Many years ago I watched old documentary footage showing a blue whale being slowly bitten to death by a pod of killer whales. It had a lasting impact on me as ever since then I’ve always regarded them as extremely dangerous (perhaps the 70’s Jaws ripoff ‘Orca’ influenced me a tad also).
I couldn’t find the footage on youtube but [...]
“First they came …” is a popular poem attributed to Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) about the inactivity of German intellectuals following the Nazi rise to power and the purging of their chosen targets, group after group.
First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I [...]
There has been a modern revival of vampirism in recent years. Although AIDS has put a dampener on sucking your girlfriend’s blood, no one can deny there is a growing subculture which embracing everything vampish, and its popularity has spilled over into mainstream pop-culture.
What is modern-day vampirism? Simply, the party by night, sleep by day mentality. Dressing in [...]
I have always been fascinated by World War 2 history and especially old gun emplacements, tunnels and stuff. A dream I have is to visit France and explore the Axis fortifications along the coast (including the sub-pens). In future posts I will be writing about some of New Zealand’s historic WW2 sites, but first I want to write about the [...]
Do I believe hell exists? Absolutely. Do I believe it is a physical place somewhere close to the Earth’s core? No… But if it was, no place could better be described as Hell’s doorway than the man-made phenomenon near the town of Darvaza, Uzbekistan.
Several slight variations exist, but in essence the story begins during Soviet times in 1971. [...]
A couple of posts ago, I commented on a recent magazine cover shot of Demi Moore and how her thigh was not quite the same (a photoshop blunder).
Well folks… the plot thickens. It just so happens that another image has arisen which shows perhaps that Demi’s body is not Demi’s body at all.
It appears that 26 year old model Anja [...]
Nail biting drama doesn’t come any better than this folks.
Lions ambush buffalo family…Lions catch baby buffalo…Lions begin to eat baby buffalo…Crocodiles steal baby buffalo from lions…Lions steal back baby buffalo from crocodiles…Baby buffalo’s extended family seek revenge on lions…Lions get pwned…Baby buffalo is rescued…
Baby buffalo lives happily ever after.
Don’t believe me?
Ever since I was a kid I have been fascinated by rays… PaislyeJade has been terrified by them.
She remembers an obviously doctored photo in an old local surf shop of an areal view of a dingy dwarfed by the shadow of a giant manta swimming beneath it. The imagery that fuels nightmares.
In our early years of marriage we had a [...]
I remember dissecting a rabbit at high school… while my friend fainted. Good memories.
Now a couple of decades later, at approx 8:01pm I stumbled upon a fluffy bunny in desperate need of life-saving surgery… with only a minute to operate.
Talk about pressure.
The story has a happy ending (after three attempts). House would have been proud.
Click here to operate on fluffy [...]
Before I begin on the topic at hand, please accept my humble apologies for not blogging in weeks. Family, Ministry, Renovations and having to single-handedly keep the flannelgraph site stocked with reviews (not so subtle hint is keeping me rather busy these days. But, and dare I say it… the Life and Times of Burton has a [...]
