Book Review - the darwin Awards IV Intelligent Design by Wendy Northcutt

Picked this book up at the same time as volume III (see previous post). Three bucks also. Not worth full price which I'm assuming would be $16~$18. Worth a few days reading on the bus but, once again, too many near misses / honourable mentions instead of actual Darwin Awards. Bit of light-hearted reading.

the darwin Awards IV Intelligent Design by Wendy Northcutt

Book Review - the darwin Awards III Survival of the Fittest by Wendy Northcutt

Thought this book would be good as I love the emails regarding the Darwin Awards that come through from friends. The book isn't as high in quality as tidbits that come in emails as it seems that there are more honourable mentions than actual awards. So, I was a little disappointed. Interesting read for a few days though and some explanations were included into the verification conducted by the author, aka Darwin, before inclusion was granted. Alright for $3 from the Save The Children Fund Giant Book Fair.

the darwin Awards III Survival of the Fittest by Wendy Northcutt

Cottesloe Beach - Sculptures by the Sea

What ya gonna do when the mercury hits 41.1C? Head to the beach, that's what. I think that half of Perth had that idea today. Luckily we managed to get a parking spot close by but it was certainly more good luck than good management. Otherwise we would have been stuck in traffic for the next quarter of an hour. They really do need to put a freeway running past the beach to deal with the number of vehicles.

The Boy had a go on his boogie board and had a great time. There was an exhibition on, Sculptures by the Sea, and there were some interesting pieces on display. Man, the beach and surroundings were busy. The queue at the fish and chip shop was horrendous. Glad we'd already had our tea.

Jupiter and Venus were out - almost together in the sky actually. I even spotted what I initially thought was a flare until I realised that it was moving far too quickly for a flare. It was a meteor in actual fact. Took a few photos of what was going on and we had some drinks too. Lovely way to spend an evening.

King of the Waves?

Photos

Are You A Hat Woman?

I've heard of cat ladies. I even know a few of them. But who would have thought that there were enough hat women aged 30 to 34 to partake in a survey? Not me. I would consider the horse racing season the only time that they'd come out of the woodwork. Maybe I don't know much about them because they're too busy. At least that was the finding of the survey.

Did you take part in the hat women survey?

Article - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/12134922.cms

Incorrect or Sensationalist Headline?

Bit of confusion for one journalist it would seem. I can understand the confusion as airlines treat you as an adult when you turn 12 and so does the cinema. Teenage years are certainly 13-19 inclusive but girls become women, generally, about the the age of 13-14 years. These women become adults at the age of 18. So when one reads a headline regarding the kidnapping of a teenage girl you'd expect her to be between, say, 13 to 16 years of age. Nineteen is not a girl anymore.

Teenager - yes. Girl - no. Woman - yes.

Have we done away with editors to save a few dollars or are they just not doing their jobs anymore? Or was the journalist looking to sensationalise the story to generate interest?

Relaxing With A Nice Chainsaw

Last weekend was pretty busy what with all the shopping, work, dog visiting the vet for a booster shot, cleaning, etc. Now, the question was "How should I relax?" Late on the Sunday evening I found the answer. With a chainsaw.

You see, I had a couple of dying pine trees in the backyard. Time for them to go. And the axe wasn't doing it for me. Not with my office monkey hands anyway. Too many blisters. And the pine trees were quite hard wood too. So, I bought myself an electric chainsaw. Took a few minutes to assemble and then we were ready for business.

Talk about a hot knife cutting through butter. So easy. And so relaxing. I understand why farmers are such cool, calm and collected types. They all own chainsaws. So there I was, late on a Sunday evening, ripping into two trees. Firstly cutting them down and then cutting them up. Strange language is English at times. In no time at all they were all cut to bits and the backyard looks heaps better. And I'm a much more relaxed and contented human being.

Tired? Stressed? You'll feel better with a chainsaw in your hands.

Beware of Scam Amazon Emails

Don't fall victim to scam emails. I haven't bought anything from Amazon for years. Then, out of the blue, an email arrives, in my junk mail as I've set the account to exclusive, i.e. only receive emails from contacts in my list, telling me that I've cancelled an order. Seeing as Hotmail allows you to view unsafe emails in a relatively safe manner I decided to check it out. Both of the hyperlinks in the email lead to http://admixturesinc.com/poisonous.html - surely that would be enough of a wake up call if you were going to be redirected there. I certainly won't be checking it out any further as the results could be disastrous. Be careful online and with emails people.

Scam Amazon email

Wetlands Wildlife

It's Australia Day today and so I have the day off work. Got up early to walk with the missus and the dog. Good idea to go for a walk early - just take a look below at the Bureau of Meteorology's forecast for the next week. Anyway, I noticed a few birds out and about at the nearby wetlands and thought I'd return to take a few photos.

Hot weather on the way

Heron and Pacific black ducks

Wetlands Wildlife Photo Album