Monthly Archives: August 2013

ALWAYS TAKE EXTRA CARE WHEN PUTTING A BODY THROUGH A MEAT GRINDER

Posted on August 29, 2013 by [email protected]

“Rule one of reading other people’s stories is that whenever you say ‘well that’s not convincing’ the author tells you that’s the bit that wasn’t made up. This is because real life is under no obligation to be convincing.” – … Continue reading →

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IS THERE AN EXPLANATION FOR THE STIGMATA?

Posted on August 27, 2013 by [email protected]

What are the stigmata - and how can they be explained? There is no recorded instance of the stigmata - wounds imitating Christ’s from the crucifixion - before the thirteenth century, when artistic depictions of the crucifixion in religious art … Continue reading →

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ETERNAL LIFE, MAN-EATING ANTS, STRINGY NOODLES - HOLD THE TOMATOES

Posted on August 22, 2013 by [email protected]

Somehow western culture has equated the word Mongol with ‘barbarian’. There is no doubt the Golden Horde that invaded Europe during the thirteenth century was savage, but that overlooks the comparable excesses of western armies at the time; think the … Continue reading →

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Poetic Justice - we need more of it

Posted on August 11, 2013 by [email protected]

Found this via my pal Glenn Starkey. Law and order in action. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RyXUoMPb5E&w=560&h=315]

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CLEOPATRA, daughter of the Nile

Posted on August 9, 2013 by [email protected]

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RAW, SEXY AND DANGEROUS

Posted on August 4, 2013 by [email protected]

I fell in love with Asia from the moment I got off a plane in Jakarta when I was 22 years old. The wall of heat, the chaos, the ripe scents, the bedlam of it all. It was raw, sexy … Continue reading →

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WHEN CASABLANCA WAS IN TURKEY

Posted on August 1, 2013 by [email protected]

Istanbul. It was Byzantium to the Romans, Constantinople to Justinian when he built his masterpiece, the Sancta Sophia. Later, Ottoman conquerors built the great mosques that still soar above the Golden Horn. The Tower of Justice rises from the cypress … Continue reading →

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