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Archive for July, 2008

Revenge of the Mair Park Ghost

By Symon ⋅ July 31, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

Before that fateful day when I decided to write about the Mair Park Ghost, I Googled the same three words, just to see if there was any other information about it. As I suspected, nothing came up. Absolutely zero. A couple of months have passed, the mystery has been solved (actually there is an extremely [...]

Friendship lasts forever…

By Symon ⋅ July 27, 2008 ⋅ 7 comments

Les and Symon @ Flame Youthchurch (2050AD) In keeping with my current Muppets phase… I’m cracking up more and more at Waldorf and Statler these days and actually find myself relating to them (should I be worried?). Someone in Blogland made a wise-crack recently that Waldorf and Satler reminded them of Lesmond J. and myself. [...]

Muppet Fan

By Symon ⋅ July 23, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

What is wrong with me? I’m 34 years old and still absolutely love the muppets. Always have, and always will I suppose. Maybe I need to do some more tests from Psych Central? Youtube is awesome for watching classic retro clips, and I just found one which features my three favourite muppets of all time! [...]

Ode to The Muppet Show

By Symon ⋅ July 22, 2008 ⋅ 6 comments

One of my first memories of television was watching The Muppet Show on Saturday nights with the whole family. It was pure magic, and unlike the Superman movie, I knew it was all make-believe (thank goodness). My five favourite Muppet Show characters have always been (in order of greatness): BeakerThe Swedish ChiefAnimalCrazy HarryGonzo I showed [...]

Are you as sane as I am?

By Symon ⋅ July 21, 2008 ⋅ 14 comments

What does one do when their wife spends the evening setting up an online softie shop? Well… spend the evening doing online psychology tests of course! I stumbled upon Psych Central and had a mighty entertaining hour with it’s various self-help quizzes. To my surprise, I’m actually quite normal. The one ‘abnormality’ (or gift , [...]

Swimming in the Devil’s Pool

By Symon ⋅ July 20, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

Absolute crazyness. I thought these photos were fake until I did some snooping, and discovered to my amazement that they are very real. They were taken at a swimming hole known as the ‘Devil’s Pool’ at Africa’s Victoria Falls (located on the Zambezi River and border Zambia and Zimbabwe). How can people swim in the [...]

Cave of giant crystals

By Symon ⋅ July 19, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

Just when you thought I couldn’t get randomer (is that even a word?). The photos are real… They haven’t been photoshopped, or taken at a movie set. They are from ‘The Cave of Crystals’ in Mexico. In April 2000, Naica miners made an incredible discovery, a natural treasure, a cave of giant crystals. The cave [...]

I flew like Superman

By Symon ⋅ July 17, 2008 ⋅ 7 comments

In the summer of 1978 ‘Superman’ hit the big-screen. The special effects were totally lame compared to today’s CGI drenched superhero movies, but to an impressionable 4 year-old, Superman wasn’t a movie… it was a documentary. I believed it was all real. So real, in fact, that I decided if Superman could fly, then so [...]