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Author: Richard Carter

A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.

Come on, you chaps, time to dig deep

The Beagle Project opens its doors for donations.

Published 31-Jan-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: beagle project, charles darwin, hms beagle

200% Owl

A brace of tawnies spotted.

Published 29-Jan-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: birds, owls

Computer says, 'No'

Paedophiles to undergo lie tests (again).

Published 28-Jan-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: crime, lie detectors, polygraphs, pseudoscience, psychometric tests, statistics

Every little helps

Trying to find a dish-brush at Tesco.

Published 25-Jan-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: shopping, tesco

Meet Molly Carter

...my mum's new puppy.

Published 24-Jan-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: dogs, molly

Horny hamsters

Male hamsters' urge to mate is switched on by the same chemical that triggers puberty in humans.

Published 22-Jan-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: hamsters, puberty

We know who our real best friends are

Dogs better for you than cats non-surprise.

Published 21-Jan-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: cats, dogs

Staying positive

According to my garden thermometer, last night was the coldest so far this winter.

Published 21-Jan-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: slugs, weather

I think this is the best batch yet

Jen and I made some marmalade today.

Published 21-Jan-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: cooking, jen

Practise as thou preacheth

Archbishop of York at it again.

Published 20-Jan-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: religion

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On the Moor

On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk
“…wonderfully droll, witty and entertaining… At their best Carter’s moorland walks and his meandering intellectual talk are part of a single, deeply coherent enterprise: a restless inquiry into the meaning of place and the nature of self.”
—Mark Cocker, author and naturalist
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