Leece's Ramblings: July 2014

Thursday, 31 July 2014

Hee hee hee!

Hee hee hee!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08eWyRCXxQI&feature=share

Hey Paul, I saw this and found it sufficiently disturbing that I thought immediately of you.

Hey Paul, I saw this and found it sufficiently disturbing that I thought immediately of you. Er, let me reprhrase that..I thought of CmC.

It might not be suitable for CmC, but it's what sprang to mind.

http://www.retronaut.com/2013/06/no-your-post-war-admiral-radio-wont-bathe-the-baby/
http://www.retronaut.com/2013/06/no-your-post-war-admiral-radio-wont-bathe-the-baby

Wednesday, 30 July 2014

Tuesday, 29 July 2014

Hey look, it's me on my trike!

Hey look, it's me on my trike!

Originally shared by Rob Masters

This last weekend, Alicia Smith and I spent four days on that iconic Summer retreat for sandgropers, #rottnestisland . It is a very different, but still wonderful, place in winter. In fact, I think I prefer it then.

http://leecetheartist.dreamwidth.org/308354.html It's an entry about Rottnest.

Sunday, 27 July 2014

Title

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0nftlFxfruIahYkDmpAxuOqcYlxErPqML we went for a bit of a...

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0nftlFxfruIahYkDmpAxuOqcYlxErPqML we went for a bit of a ride today.

Saturday, 26 July 2014

Alas...

Alas...

Originally shared by Berit Schurse

So sad but true...

More informations about this short film here: http://blog.ninapaley.com/2012/10/01/this-land-is-mine/
http://vimeo.com/50531435

Friday, 25 July 2014

Rottnest looking North from our chalet, my trike In foreground.

Even bins can look good sometimes.

Wednesday, 23 July 2014

Woohoo!

Woohoo!

Originally shared by Snapshot Serengeti

Craig writes: We have just been awarded a second Expedition Council grant from the National Geographic Society to extend Snapshot Serengeti until the end of the year. This covers the end of Season 9. You, our Snapshot Serengeti volunteers, are the people…
http://blog.snapshotserengeti.org/2014/07/23/funding-from-national-geographic-society

great :)

Originally shared by Courtney King

great :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MejbOFk7H6c&feature=share

Tuesday, 22 July 2014

These don't really need translations, but if people would find it fun and would like to practise their French, I'd...

These don't really need translations, but if people would find it fun and would like to practise their French, I'd love to know what the various comments are beneath the posters, if nothing else.

Only if it's fun, vous French speakers, vous.

http://allanbarte.tumblr.com/
http://allanbarte.tumblr.com

OK Go and The Muppets - Muppet Show Theme Song

OK Go and The Muppets - Muppet Show Theme Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=RDoiMZa8flyYY&feature=player_detailpage&v=oiMZa8flyYY

Thursday, 17 July 2014

In summer they had a beach...in winter, an ice rink.

In summer they had a beach...in winter, an ice rink.

This is the first time I've ever seen an ice rink for real.

Another view.

Reminders No gaming this week no gaming next week.

Reminders No gaming this week no gaming next week.

On Friday in our rpg, our intrepid characters discovered some dastard had blown up the seacave they were set to explore. Dark mutterings are muttered about Mr. Tombolini who, apparently was the only one who knew their intent.

The dwarven shaman is distracted by the scores and scores of phantom Paleolithic mammals streaming from the exploded cave site and has an encounter with some phantom early hominids. The rest of the party are struck by the Homotherium cub found in the rubble which adopts them and their bootlaces. So, young(can't remember the first name - something that meant 'cave' in another language I think) Rockpile the 1st joins the group...probably something to do with some expat English necromancers running around in the area after they were kicked out of Britain back in the day, judging from the reactions of one of their descendants. He seemed a bit worried about it.

Pentaceratops or something of the like at the Art Gallery wetlands.

Tuesday, 15 July 2014

For Australians who are concerned about the sustainability of our seas.

For Australians who are concerned about the sustainability of our seas. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lionflame.ssguide&hl=en There's an Apple version too, has been for a while, but finally it's come out for Android.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lionflame.ssguide&hl=en

Friday, 11 July 2014

RPGing is on tonight. Fend for yourself food.

It's a hammer. It says so on the label.

It's a hammer. It says so on the label.

Originally shared by Norse Mythology

THOR'S HAMMER / RUNES
Excerpt from Past Horizons website

A small hammer dating to the 10th century was found recently on the Danish Island of Lolland. Over 1000 of these amulets have been found across Northern Europe but the pendant from Lolland is the only one with a runic inscription.

This particular torshammere (Thor’s Hammer Amulet) was found at Købelev and reported to the Museum Lolland-Falster archaeologist Anders Rasmussen by detectorist Torben Christjansen.

Hammer pendants are interpreted as amulets shaped like Mjölnir, the hammer owned by the Norse god, Thor. Viking men and women often wore Thor’s hammer for protection.

“It was the amulet’s protective power that counted, and often we see torshammere and Christian crosses appearing together, providing double protection”, said Peter Pentz, an archaeologist at the National Museum of Denmark.

This object is cast in bronze and has traces of silver or tin plating as well as gold plating, and is the first ever to be found with runes inscribed. Pentz is grateful to the unknown rune writer who is at last confirming that these amulets actually do depict Thor’s hammer.

Over the years there had been doubt cast on whether these small amulets indeed represent a hammer. Some believe that the shaft is too short, while others believe that the hammer would not have had a symmetrical head such as this one. Perhaps this find will place this particular debate to rest, as the runic inscription clearly reads: “Hmar x is” (“This is a Hammer”).

Read the full article at pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/06/2014/the-hammer-of-thor

We don't get the foraging nomadic birds like silvereyes visiting any more because of all the cats with their...

We don't get the foraging nomadic birds like silvereyes visiting any more because of all the cats with their constant spraying, digging latrines, catfights and prowling around our yard which is one of the few that has earth and trees. Bring your cats in at night, people, and desex them early before they get into bad habits.

http://www.sciencewa.net.au/topics/environment-a-conservation/item/2936-findings-back-tougher-cat-laws
http://www.sciencewa.net.au/topics/environment-a-conservation/item/2936-findings-back-tougher-cat-laws

Thursday, 10 July 2014

http://www.breakingcatnews.com/comic/everything-is-broken/

http://www.breakingcatnews.com/comic/everything-is-broken/
http://www.breakingcatnews.com/comic/everything-is-broken

It didn't want to embed in the comments for some reason.

It didn't want to embed in the comments for some reason.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX2VaVtFYfs&feature=share

Never mind, I used my old camera. It was a pretty co-operative butterfly.

But due to international copyright laws...

Wednesday, 9 July 2014

Mutter, mutter, calls itself a gamer's game, mutter, calls itself a eurogame, so why is Five Tribes is four player,...

Mutter, mutter, calls itself a gamer's game, mutter, calls itself a eurogame, so why is Five Tribes is four player, not five player, hmmm, answer me that? Looks cool though.