Just a screen shot at this stage, as the site is not ‘live’ yet.

Here’s a short feature story about Asher and his latest exhibition Heavens from today’s ABC TV Sunday Arts Show:

There are some other videos of Asher and his work on his YouTube page. I hope I haven’t stepped on anyone’s toes by uploading these videos, especially the ones taken from ABCTV. If anyone from the ABC […]

 
Bethany Aarons
Born: Wednesday 21st March at 5.54pm.
Weight: 3.35kg (7lb 6oz)
Length: 49cm
More photos can be found on Beth and Annalena’s Diary
 

[Source via Pharyngula]

I should catch the train more often: this happened on my local train line last week:
A train passenger has told how a carriage full of people burst into laughter on a peak-hour train last week when lewd messages were broadcast over the PA system by a passenger who broke into an empty driver’s cabin. Train […]

Some people think I can be a bit gruff and moody, but I have nothing on this beast:

 
No joke - this is for real. Well, it is listed in the Animal Diversity Web, which describes this beast’s behaviour thus:
As suggested by their name, sarcastic fringeheads are extremely temperamental. They are fiercely territorial creatures that aggressively […]

Just to close out my series of posts on the Dover “Intelligent Design” trial, the final judgement of Judge Jones has been handed down, and it makes for some excellent reading.
Basically, the Judge ruled that Intelligent Design is a disguised form of Creationism, and as such should not be taught along side Darwinism in school […]

We sat up last night to soak up a piece of Australian sporting history: World Cup here we come.
Many people have been praised and thanked for their contribution to this sensational win: “St.” Guus for his coaching, Qantas for proving a chartered flight, and of course the players themselves. But the most important contributor to […]

Another one of these silly internet polls. Astrology for the information age, but then I would think that given that apparently I’m a “hardhat”.

Hardhat

You are an atheist, a rationalist, a believer in the triumph of science and of reason over libido. You can’t stand mumbo jumbo, ritual, spiritual nonsense of any kind, and you refuse […]