Admiring a stunning rainbow with my better half… Me: Apparently, the laws of optics have changed… Rainbows didn’t exist until after Noah’s flood. God created them as a promise to the world that He would never flood it again. Jen: All I can say is He seems to have taken His eye off the ball… Continue reading Optical allusions
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
Not to be confused with Alfred the Cake
It’s not often I feel any kind of sympathy for the Charles formerly known as Prince, but… BBC: King-size creation on display at NEC Cake International Poor bastard! (But I suppose he could always abdicake and eat it.)
Cousin Chris
My music-streaming service (Tidal) just recommended some hip-hop to me. The only reason I can conceive it might do this is if the algorithm decided some chap named ‘Chris Carter’ might be my cousin. (Links are not endorsements.)
OK, now all this climate nonsense is starting to sound serious!
BBC: Climate change could make beer taste worse Global warming is changing the quality and taste of beer, scientists have warned. A new study reveals that the quantity of European hops, which gives beer its distinctive bitter taste, is declining.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 16, part 2 • 1868’
Researching human evolution and expressions, and revising ‘On the Origin of Species’.
Book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 16, part 1 • 1868’
Researching human evolution and expressions.
Second-class junk male
Book Review: ‘One Midsummer’s Day’ by Mark Cocker
Swifts and the story of life on earth.
Book Review: ‘Writing Tools’ by Roy Peter Clark
An excellent collection of writing advice.
Book review: ‘Affinities’ by Brian Dillon
Exploring our relationships with images.