First, the rose has been cleaned up and taken away by trusty Tony - here is a pic taken this morning. Today has exceedingly bright sunshine, like you so often get after a storm - and because I metered this photo for the shade so you can see the rose, the side of the house [...]

I read this interesting article today: My Battle to Cut Carbon: a battling, frustrating path to a more honest life. Both the article, and the many comments which follow it, are deeply interesting.

The author, Madeleine Bunting, points out the numerous excuses people give to not give a shit about the environment - all encapsulated [...]

I am high on coffee and am hunting out the humour for the day.

Hitler reacts to the news that Oasis has split. Hee hee hee hee. (Warning, Hitler uses some bad language.)

This scene (from the movie “Downfall” I think) has been dubbed an infinite number of times as “Hitler reacts to …” Hitler [...]

I guess many Australians, particularly Victorians, have been following the story of Victorian Cabinet Minister Tim Holding who was lost out bush walking in the extreme weather over last weekend. Thankfully he was found safe and reasonably well yesterday (Tuesday) after giving his partner and parents one hell of a scare (and presumably the state [...]

Apparently Hobart is the centre for the production of a new meteorological disaster film, Arctic Blast: ice creeps up (or down, I guess, depending on which hemisphere you are in) from the poles to envelop civilization! Hobart freezes! Half our population dies! Meanwhile, heroic hero tries to reconcile with beautiful wife and tragic (I am [...]