Horrible!

Joshua and Caleb ... priceless!

I knew there'd be a gem somewhere inside my good friends, home-schooled brothers Joshua and Caleb's website. Turns out to be a goldmine. Thank you guys, thank you! This is from their post 'Evolution isn't even logical':

Where Did All the People Go?
Evolutionists claim that man is one to 2 million years old. However pendulation expert Thomas R. Malthus discovered human populations have tended to increase geometrically with time. This means that if the time for the population to double itself is called T. Then starting with the initial population of 2 people, after T years there would be 4 people, after 2T years 8 people, after 3T years 16 people, etc. History has been consistent with this. During the time of Christ there were 300 million on earth. In 1650 there were 600 million. In 1850 there 1.2 billion. In 1950 there were 2.4 billion and in 1990 there were about 4.8 billion. This present population indicates that there have been 30 doublings (T) in history. This would carry us back to about 3500 B.C. which was the time of Noah's flood! Interesting.

If the first man appeared 1 million years ago as Evolutionists claim, and these conservative growth rates applied during that period, the world's population would be, at present, 10 with 27,000 zeroes after it. However, no more that 10 with 100 zeroes after it could be packed on the earth and that would be wall to wall people. Where have all these people gone? Shouldn't their bones have at least remained? Population statistics tell us the earth isn't that old.

From The Good Report

Thank God for musical blogs - NOT

Ok this shout goes out to anyone even contemplating putting auto-cued bl**dy music on their blogs: IT STINKS! REEKS! SUCKS! We *all* hate you for it. It does NOT make your blog cool. Oh, and before you try to show off your musical taste, maybe you should get one in the first place! Wow I feel a bit better now. And who caused all this ranting and raving. Joshua and Caleb did, "two homeschooled brothers [whose] main purpose is to give you a 'Good Report' from God's Word." Well done. Well done, home-schooled brothers Joshua and Caleb. Here's my report to you: F! F for turn the freaking music off! Here is their blog -- turn up your speakers and see for yourself.

Magic radioactive mushrooms

Sounds like something out of radioactive man's secret lab. I read this story on spiegel.de, so it must be true. Apparently fungi Wangiella dermatitidis and Cryptococcus neoformans are capable of feeding off pure radioactive energy. Scientists in New York ran an experiment comparing one sample exposed to the normal level of background radiation, the other sample received 500 times that amount. The radiation junkie fungi thrived happily and outgrew the ecologically grown fungi. Apparently large quantities of this fungi have been found growing inside the Tchernobyl containment area. The authors speculate that this type of fungus could provide an unlimited food supply for nuclear-powered manned space exploration. And here's a sample of it growing on radioactive man:


NB not really my toe, I'm glad to report. Found on 'zfootdoc' - gross!

Roller coasters

I love roller coasters. The best coasters I've been on were at the Universal park in Orlando. 'The Hulk' and 'Dueling Dragons' are both fantastic rides, hard to choose between them. Orlando is highly recommended as a fun-filled holiday destination. If you go, get the combo pass that includes Universal and Wet 'n Wild. Disney is OK for kids, but I was quite bored. Anyway, here are 2 vids of the Universal rides. They are better in real life! I went about 40 times, and had a blast every time.
- The Hulk -


- Duelling Dragons -

Talking to the lovie

...on a Sunday morning is great!

Can you feel the love tonight

I am not easily taken in by cheeze. But hearing this Elton John sop fest on the radio made even this old Scrooge a bit soft. It must be the key changes. It's quite beautiful though. Listen:
There's a calm surrender
To the rush of day
When the heat of the rolling world
Can be turned away

An enchanted moment
And it sees me through
It's enough for this restless warrior
Just to be with you

And can you feel the love tonight?
It is where we are
It's enough for wide eyed wanderer
That we got this far

And can you feel the love tonight
How it's laid to rest
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best

There's a time for ev'ryone
If they only learn
That the twisting kaleidoscope
Moves us all in turn

There's a rhyme and reason
To the wild outdoors
When the heart of this starcrossed voyager
Beats in time with yours

And can you feel the love tonight?
It is where we are
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we got this far

And can you feel the love tonight
How it's laid to rest?
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best
It brought back memories of long Sunday breakfasts in York, with Sunday Love Songs playing on Classic FM. It was magic. But so is Norway. All it takes is a magic person.

Random facts

I got tagged by the gf, so here are 8 random facts about me.

- I bought my first car this year. It broke down the next day. It's fine now.
- I once peed next to Jakob Nielsen. I didn't look at his schlong.
- I am notorious for breaking deadlines. Notorious.
- I once cycled 190km in one day.
- I shook hands with O.J. Simpson. He seemed like a nice guy.
- I have a tooth missing, but you can't see it. I'm very scared of dentists.
- I live 300 metres from a nuclear reactor.
- I have made over 200 blood plasma donations. All the money I made from it was lost in the dotcom crash. My stocks went down by 98%.

DVD scare fest

Hooray, DVDs are on their way! After a couple of nights of scanning my collection for anything watchable, it was time for a binge-buying session. So here's what will be hitting my screen this summer:

The Grudge
A Tale of Two Sisters
Dark Water
Sympathy For Mr Vengeance
Family Guy: Season 5
Das Boot
Cube 1-3
Lady Vengeance
OldBoy
Phone
Crash
Pulse
Love Actually
Alien 3
Dawn of the Dead

And here is what the gf thinks about scary movies

flickrvision

flickrvision is a very neat application that can keep you captivated for hours (or minutes). Also try the '3d' button in the top left corner.

Caravan of Love

After the gloom of the previous post, something more cheerful. This clip features the highlights of a recent trip with the newly acquired radioactive van (aka snuggle car). The gorgeous scenery is in the Hardangervidda national park in Norway (4m snow in late April), and the Aurlandfjord just north of there. The clip is slightly embarrassing, but always brings a smile to my face, so why not share it!?

Photo project

I found this photo on another blog (lost the URL). I was quite intrigued by it. Once I get my new camera, I should like to do a project along similar lines. Maybe I can persuade grumpy nun to be my model, she'd be perfect (scary!).



Here is another haunting and beautiful forest photograph, entitled 'the red blanket', by the very talented Floriandra.

Norway Day

Today is Norway Day, hooray! I made a pledge not to get infected by the buoyant spirit of Norwegian self-celebration, but walking in to work this morning, I couldn't help but feel the excitement. Lesson learned: Dress up when you leave the house on Norway day. Percentage of chaps in suit and tie: 100. Except radioactive man (unshaven, unkempt, red fleece, fat pants). Result: Dirty looks from passers-bye. There are flags everywhere - almost as if they'd won the world cup. Which of course they never will, hihi (Germany won it 3 times, by the way). I made it into the office unscathed - it's a haven of tranquility on a public holiday. Outside, the parades marched through town all morning, complete with brass bands and the odd gun shot from the festning.

Norway Day is also the culmination of the russe celebrations. Russe (pronounced ry-sse) are the high-school graduates. Their main party period is between May 1 and Norway day. The russe tradition consists of: Getting an old, rusty, red russebil (VW bus, Ford Transit or such like), paint the names of the gang of russe who own it in big white letters all over the bil. Driving around town, honking their customised horns and being a general nuisance. Shooting water pistols at little kiddies. Wearing red dungarees or low riders with Norwegian flags on them. In the weeks before Norway Day, the russe challenge each other to a series of dares. These include things like kissing a police man, brushing your teeth with fjord water, and running across the main square naked (or so I am told). Each challenge earns a ribbon which goes on their hat. During the Norway Day parade, they hand out russe cards, little red business cards with their photo and a joke on it (I had the weirdest flashback of London phone booths). Anyway, things have cooled down now, along with the weather. I guess the russe are taking a well-deserved snooze in their russebils (I understand they don't get much sleep in the run-up to ND). And for another year, my little Norwegian town falls into its usual, slow pace of life. Happy Norway Day, and good luck all you russe!

So, honey, how do you like my new shirt, lah?

"U don’t know how to be than don’t be….
The way u tuck out your shirt is just bloody irritating….
It jus emphasizes on you FAT butt….
Even if you want to tuck it out….
Go and change your shirt first…
Stop wearing your SLEEVELESS pe t-shirt….
Its way too small for you…
Change to the ones wif sleeves tat are sold every thursday outside the school….
And the way you say your words….
Please….
Don’t make me puke….
If you want to say "lah"(as in "don’t do it lah")
At least say it wif a proper accent…..
And don’t even try to shout or scold anyone….
They just aint scared at all…
And when u shout….
You are just looking for trouble….

Tis is for your own good…
If you hate me for tis…
So be it…
I don’t care…."

From Lost In Beauty

Sad

Waiting for the loved one


From NO DEJEIS DE VENIR A VISITARME

Grumpy nun

What's the matter grumpy? Cheer up!


Found on MoeDou

A view from the other side

There is an abundance of babby-related blogs out there (more on that later). Pad Dad offers a refreshingly different view on the subject. Luckily he still finds time for the important things in life:

"A lazy bank holiday while AW at work. Main event was lying in bed watching Arsenal Ladies beat Charlton in the Women's FA Cup Final, and clinch the quadruple (League Cup, UEFA Cup, Premiership, and FA Cup). Not a bad game, although taking Pat (Chelsea fan) to Ashburton Grove yesterday and clinching their failure to retain the title was a lot more fun."

Kiwi!

Back by popular demand.

If this marquee is rocking...

Today's very windy again. There's a marquee above my office window to keep out the sun. It's not rattling like yesterday, but has settled into a sloooow, gentle, rhythmic squealing sound - guess it needs some lubrication. It reminds me of the sound you get from the neighbour's flat when they are engaged in a bit of rollroll.

Kitty of the month

From SeriousCatsSRSLY

Spread wide

"Some of the latest worship songs border on the erotic. I recently heard the most suggestive one yet. It spoke of Jesus' "intoxicating fragrance" and meeting him "in our secret place." The next verse invited me to "spread wide in the arms of Christ." Lyrics like these leave little doubt: today's praise music targets love-starved women. (Gals buy about 75% of the praise and worship CDs.) I don't know any man who follows Christ for his "intoxicating fragrance."Meanwhile, the masculine hymns of a generation ago have been banned in most churches. We no longer sing of battle, blood or sacrifice. Onward, Christian Soldiers is forbidden. Rise Up O Men of God has been gender neutralized. We've retired the action songs and replaced them with relationship songs.There's nothing wrong with worship songs that evoke strong emotion. I'm not afraid to admit that just last Sunday I was moved to tears by a worship song I heard in church. But we cross the line when we present Jesus as our lover rather than our leader."

From Ra'ah

Erwin Olaf

Erwin Olaf's photography is often surreal, but always strikingly beautiful. Full of melancholy and sadness.

- From HOPE series -

- From BLACKS series -

True love (a poem)

i love you.

i'll finish the orange and red and blue and green and yellow.
to give you all the brown m&m's.

i'll dig out all those bits and chunks of cookie doughs.
and feed you piece by piece.

i'll tuck you safely to bed.
and cover you comfy, never will i snatch your blanket again.

i'll learn to cook nice sunnysideups.
then do all the cleaning up fast and clean. to join you in our room to rollroll.

i'll mop the floor once a week with our apple kiwiclean.
once with detergent, once with water and once to wipe the floor dry.

i'll do laundry ever so often at the rate you change,
so you'll always have nice fluffy clean clothes to wear.(: i wont ruin your clothes. (:

i'll wash your shoes every month,
no potato to grow even if i step into puddles of water beside you:D

i'll buy you food while you chop the seat.
any food you like baby. we'll have durian ice kachang soon.

i'll do anything.
pay any price.
just to fall asleep next to you again.
i belong to you.

From 'revive.stay flyyy'

Power on!

This is a pretty cool animation / advert. The style is a rip-off of the completely incredible 'Remind me' (Royksopp) -- still, this is very watchable, entertaining and educational! And here is a spoof of it (not quite as entertaining).

Swooosh...

The windows are rattling, the clouds are racing, the sea gulls are frolicking -- today is a storm day. I like it!

Goin' BIG in Texas

Hi y'all, just got my tickets for the SLC trip with a stop-over at Houston's George Bush airport. Whereas other international airports call themselves just that, 'international airport', G.B. is the INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT. Wo-hoo!

Back in business

After a lot of financial nuisance recently -- credit cards being zapped for fraud protection, running out of money after buying the car -- last weekend topped it off. The salary was in the bank (I love it when the 12th of the month comes around), but because I hadn't used my card for a couple of weeks, I had forgotten my pin. Lots of head scratching, failed trials at the supermarket, and searching high & low for a written record resulted in -- nothing! Today I decided to contact my bank (don't even have to call them, they have a chat client - neat!), and it was surprisingly easy to find the pin in the online banking application. So, lest I forget again, I decided to post the number on my blog, hidden in the string of numbers below:
91962174047879762638
38065728260474866049
25645488528439808957
78911035931840487895
32578822952770819971
53090351850353538901

Meet Jiahuey

Erm, ok, so tell me that story again Jiahuey

"i duno y....tat day at night when i goin to sleep.....my kai kor call me oh...then i oso sirprise la....he ask me many question la....ask ask ask....then ask me wan couple v him or not....somemore ugut me ler.....haiyo....then he sms me loh say he like me like tat loh....haiyo y dun call me la....show ur sincerity ma.....but all last couple d loh.....

then we go for a camp....at 1st we stil okok....but the 2nd day till we balik rumah....we din talk at all la....shit.....i oso duno y la....then u can believe that we just got out 1 time for dating.....tat is the 1st time and the last time we dating....al last.....we just couple for 1 month oni....then we broke up.....he give me a shit reason.....hey tat's not reason ok ?? hehe......

so i dun care bout it d.....just forgot him oni la........find another 1 loh...."

From jiahuey

Me too, me too!

Lose weight in Photoshop

I wanna-wanna-wanna

...must...have...new...camera! U-ooohh, I'm in love with this camera, 'tis swanky. Canon S5-IS. Ticks all the boxes, see specs. It's not out yet, but once it's on the shelves I'm gonna GET it.

Blog headers

Most blog headers are very boring -- probably a hand-full of templates accounts for 90% of blog styles on blogspot. Curiously, when you browse around you find the most colourful and interesting headers among Asian teenagers' blogs. They all share a similar scrapbook-y style, and I haven't yet figured out how they are made (photoshop, or a custom application?), but thought I'd post a few of my favourites:

Our deepest fear

NATALIE :D

siaogao-xd


Shine Shine

Divine intervention

"So I'm going to A***** College. Not my dream school. In fact, out of the 3 colleges I applied to (got accepted into all of them), it was my last choice. It's not as academic as F***** or H*****, or as prestigious. I feel like A***** is where God wants me though, even if it's not where I want to go necessarily. So far, ignoring my desires and following God's path has led me to awesome places, so I think I will trust Him on this one too. Sacricing my dream to go to F***** is nothing compared to God sacrificing His Son for me."

A few posts earlier...

"My mom says she was not very impressed with F***** and loved A***** from the start. She also adds that her best friend has wanted me to go to A***** from the start. At the table today, my mom said 'It's settled, you're going to A*****'. [...] A***** doesn't even have a football team. A***** is full of Christians though, which means lots of Christian guys, easy-to-find Bible studies and accountability."

From UP here or DOWN there

Goodbye England's Rose

May you ever grow in our hearts
You were the grace that placed itself
Where lives were torn apart

1997 - 2007

You called out to our country
And you whispered to those in pain
Now you belong to heaven
And the stars spell out your name

And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never fading with the sunset when the rain set in
And your footsteps will always fall here
Along England's greenest hills
Your candle's burned out long before
Your legend ever will

Loveliness we've lost
These empty days without your smile
This torch we'll always carry
For our nation's golden child

And even though we try
The truth brings us to tears
All our words cannot express
The joy you brought us through the years

Goodbye England's rose
May you ever grow in our hearts
You were the grace that placed itself
Where lives were torn apart

Goodbye England's rose
From a country lost without your soul
Who'll miss the wings of your compassion
More than you'll ever know

Goodbye Tony. Thanks for the good years. I will never forget you.

Blogging is better than therapy

I like it! Becoming a real blog-head hahas. Finally a place to live out my wicked side. Very therapeutic ;) Not as good as socks though (counting the hours, tick-tock)...

Meli does California

Hooray, just booked the tickets for the gf to join me in Salt Lake City (for paragliding) and Monterey (general chill-out). It'll be a hoot!

God knew...

• God knew that our daddies would teach us to sniff our clothes before we put them on, so He gave us mommies to teach us about dirty clothes and clean clothes.
• God knew that hotdogs and fritos would not have enough nutrition to sustain active children for long, so He gave us moms to prepare balanced meals and to convince us that we would learn to like "yukky stuff".
• God knew that holding a fishing pole or a shotgun or a remote control would not teach us to hold a pencil and pen, so He gave us mothers to send us to school and help with our homework.

Happy Mother's day!
From Dancing in the Light

Quick, quick, come on now, you're missing it...!

"Pull up a chair and see the many diamond facets of my life as an author, poet, actress and (now hold on to that chair, darlin’) mother of ten!"

Oh boy... I should have held-on to that chair. Shot me right through the roof. Right through the bloody roof man. WOW!
From hilary-flanery.com/

TV chefs I love and loathe

L-O-V-E
NIGELLA - You're my favourite!










GALLOPING GOURMET - Keep swinging










HAIRY BIKERS -
'Uoooh, that's a-meeeazin', man!'








RICK STEIN - You're *sooo* cute!









KEITH FLOYD - Bottoms up!








L-O-A-T-H-E
"JAMIE" - Plonker

PLEEEEASE can I be a woman too? Can I?

"I love being a woman. There is nothing in this world that I would rather be but a woman. I am a woman that is professional and run my own profitable business. I am a woman that is my family’s best nutritionist, nurse, psychologist and general councillor. I am a woman that is an interior decorator, landscaper and a gardener. I am a woman who even became our dog’s best friend."

Oh well, one day perhaps...
From BeWell

Hot and cold

- Nigella -
ssssssss'mo-kin!

Got eggs?

- Delia -"Eggs! Eggs anyone? Anyone interested in eggs? Got some really good eggs. Fresh ones too. Eggs! Selling eggs here. So... ehhm... ok I'll be off then if anyone still wants some eggs... erm... you all know where to find me... or give me a ring... got plenty at home... just let me know..."

deviantART

deviantART is a truly amazing website, a universe full of the most fantastic images. Perfect for floating through a lazy Friday afternoon

Mel's celebrity look-alikes

Glad I'm not a teenager

Another blogspot gem. Poor soul has got a bit of heart-ache. Worth a read, though, such wonderful prose. Below is my favourite bit. Have a look for yourself, and maybe give Yong Qeee some cheerful comments, she sure sounds like she needs them.

Hmmm, today is the 190th day he left me. I'm happy for him that he found his princess, but i'm still waiting. Though there's not much hope left, I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES, just like what Chloe had say. Thanks for the tag, and I REALLY NOT GONNA GIVE UP ON HIM. Though me & his fairytale has ended, i still believe that's only part of our story. So many friends had told me to give up on you, because you're not worth for me to wait. WHAT NONSENSE WAS THAT .

From The fairytale that never ended

Masculine, Feminine

Cheer-up music and some rather tasty French damsels.

South Park Mac vs. PC

This is for the Ronster...

Indigeridoo

A few good things have come out of Australia recently, and this chap is certainly among the funniest exports. He made a hilarious Office-style mockumentary called 'we can be heroes', following a hand-full of contenders for the Australian of the Year contest (yes, there is such a thing). Anyway, the funniest character by far is Chinese-born physics student Ricky Wong, a science prodigy with theatrical ambitions. So, watch this, it made me cringe worse than the office and LOL as much as Jackass

"I Dream of Jeannie"

Just a random post I found trawling through the blogs (on a blog called Love, Family and Life -- hmmmhm gives me such a warm feeling). This photo made me laugh out loud. Read the caption, the guy says I just wish I could snap my fingers and be done with it all. I think it will take a bit more than that. Still, good luck, mate!

So many blogs, so little to say

As I was looking for a title and URL for this blog, I tried quite a few names -- radioactive-man, fallout, gamma-geek, strangelove -- and to my disgust (I have a low level of frustration tolerance), most URLs were schnapped up by some one-post wonder. Poor abandoned blogs, a whole graveyard of faded ambitions. Time that someone erected a tombstone for these electronic have-beens, so here are my condolences to ANI's blog 'ranting and raving in general'. Read it's dying words, ending with that famous line from Gone with the Wind

* 9/4/2000, † 9/4/2000

Es gibt kein Bier auf Hawaii...

Just as I was about to write a long-winded explanation for starting this blog, I chanced (procrastinating from my procrastination activity) on a very amusing blog entry. So, medias in res. This is a post I found on a wonderful little site called 'the good beer blog'. The author of this blog is a Norwegian gentleman called Knut. Knut likes beer, and why not. I used to like beer too. Now I live in Norway which complicates things. 'Es gibt kein Bier auf Hawaii' is the title of a German Schunkel-song lamenting the fortunes of a man who goes to Hawaii and finds out, well it's fairly obvious isn't it. Which brings me back to Norway, Knut, and the wonderful account of his Kafkaeske struggle. Here is Knut's message, and here is my favourite statement from his post. Priceless!

"On the outskirts of Europe there lives a peculiar tribe of people. Like most other nations, they feel that they have the solution to every problem on the planet. Other small nations have had to bow to the necessity of adjusting to their surroundings, but Norway had the curse to find oil and gas in the 1970s, giving them the possibility of constructing their own reality."