I don't believe it: two of my predictions come true in a single news story: "Fact: gnarly rhino" and "Frantic horny gal"… East African Standard: Joy as endangered rhino gives birth [12-Apr-03] Kenya's Meru National Park is celebrating a rare arrival of a new-born white rhino… One of the nine endangered white rhinos translocated to… Continue reading Uncanny
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
More non-scents
BBC: Scents 'influence women's behaviour' Strong smells can trigger a change in mood in women So that's the cause. I've often wondered. Is it just me, or does the nose in the photo accompanying the BBC article look suspiciously male? It's the stubble on the top lip that's the dead giveaway.
De-fibulators
BBC: Police consider lie detector tests Police in the North West could soon use lie detection tests to interrogate suspects… The Silent Talker device has been developed in the region and is touted as having a 90% success rate. As opposed to tossing a coin, which has a 50% success rate. Come to think of… Continue reading De-fibulators
Freewheeling
When I'm not rescuing little birds from drainpipes, I like to save the planet in other ways. This morning, I decided to help reduce demands on the world's limited petrochemical resources by freewheeling my car into town. I live near the top of a hill, and the town is a mile away in the bottom… Continue reading Freewheeling
Tits out
I did a very fine and noble thing this afternoon. I suppose it would be a whole lot nobler if I didn't tell anyone about it, but that's just not my style. I was just about to start mowing the lawn, when I heard a right old racket coming from a nearby drainpipe. Rats, I… Continue reading Tits out
Big nob
An emailer (whom, for what I hope are obvious reasons, I have anonymised) writes: …I was searching for an image on google using the phrase "big nob" and was presented with a picture of "Stense" and nothing else !! Dammit if he isn't right. I've worked out why this happens and, Stense, if you're reading… Continue reading Big nob
Literary Greats
BBC: Rare Woolf manuscripts bought A series of previously unpublished manuscripts hand-written by Virginia Woolf are among a collection that has been bought by The British Library. The manuscripts form part of two mock newspapers composed by Woolf's nephews, Julian and Quentin Bell, as children. Mock newspaper articles: hardly likely to be of the calibre… Continue reading Literary Greats
Old perv
It was my birthday yesterday. It was also the 20th anniversary of my being legally entitled to buy myself a pint. So I celebrated in the most appropriate way: by going down the pub and drinking large amounts of lovely, strong, warm British beer. Not bad for a Wednesday afternoon. The day before, I received… Continue reading Old perv
Conversation with dad
Me: "Did you know that Stense is a Buddhist?" Dad: "What, by choice?"
Snail mail
Nobody I sent post cards to from Barcelona over a fortnight ago has received them yet. Friends, I sent them, honest I did - although I'm beginning to suspect that the yellow postbox I wasn't too sure about might have been a Metro air-conditioning vent after all. Postscript: The post cards finally arrived.