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Author: Richard Carter

A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.

Durham, Durham, Duras

Compare and contrast: University of Durham Queen's Campus, Stockton and Klingon Vor'cha class attack cruiser.

Published 26-Jun-2006
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: compare and contrast, science fiction, star trek

Serendipity Do Dah!

In which I find a connection between Jim Rockford and my dad.

Published 25-Jun-2006
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: coincidences, dad, mum

There is nothing like Haldane

In which I make a very weak pun.

Published 25-Jun-2006
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: puns, religion

Kedgeree recipe

It's excellent, really. You should try it.

Published 25-Jun-2006
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: carolyn, conversations, recipes

Shagged out

I went for a ten-mile walk yesterday.

Published 24-Jun-2006
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: walks

No! Man!

It turns out I'm not allowed to go tap-dancing.

Published 24-Jun-2006
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: carolyn, dance, discrimination

The green choice

Wind powerstations kill eagles.

Published 23-Jun-2006
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: birds, environment, windpowerstations

The short-ball game, apparently

Sven disagrees with yours truly, apparently.

Published 20-Jun-2006
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: football, sport

The odd couple

In which I wine and dine Stense.

Published 19-Jun-2006
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: pubs, stense

Yes man

In which I agree to Carolyn's latest hare-brained scheme.

Published 17-Jun-2006
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: carolyn, dance

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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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