tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17197931635357978542024-03-13T20:24:49.611-07:00ZEN MY ASSComments off. Usual reasons :-(Gwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comBlogger476125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-70387827698293005502020-04-27T03:49:00.001-07:002020-04-27T03:49:09.181-07:00It really will fly - believe it or not<br />
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<br />Gwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-62615561209526049512020-04-17T09:41:00.001-07:002020-04-22T22:26:58.666-07:00Haiku recommendation<br />
Readers might like to visit Yamaguchi Seishi's haiku published today on my haiku universe link (see links column or comments).<br />
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I wish I'd written it.<br />
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More than a work of art.<br />
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The photo is mine and has nothing to do with the haiku except to say we don't know what lies ahead.<br />
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<br />Gwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-67617411095317363152020-04-15T12:12:00.002-07:002020-04-15T12:24:54.592-07:00Not my Cat. It just thinks it is. <br />
Seems to enjoy my company when I'm sitting outside and often it watches me or goes to sleep.<br />
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Very occasionally it tries to sneak past me to get into the house. I don't allow cats in the house. It knows that. But still it likes to have a try.<br />
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Perhaps it's a game we play.<br />
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A red cat called Tommy used to come by. But sadly one day it was killed by a car as it was crossing the road. The car didn't stop.<br />
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A local doctor went to the aid of Tommy but it died in his arms.<br />
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He buried Tommy in his garden. I was allowed to see Tommy in his box in the doctor's kitchen before he was buried.<br />
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I don't know the name of this cat. I don't suppose it matters since it has never asked me for my name.<br />
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It seems to be listening to small birds in the hedge.<br />
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It was was watching me working until I approached to take the photo. Of course being a cat it then looked away. Haughtily, almost.<br />
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But me being me I nevertheless took the photo.<br />
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Gwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-88574536418827635172020-04-11T23:18:00.003-07:002020-04-12T03:32:15.393-07:00EU News Numbers Game <br />
Opening words: Sad news. The USA overtakes Italy! This is terrible. The worst for a country since the outbreak of the pandemic! (Euronews).<br />
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Next up wonderful words about how it's going to be in the EU after the pandemic from the German president no less.<br />
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Yes, they're already setting the agenda.<br />
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Euronews, the EU news channel which claims to have the most viewers in Europe, never compares like with like.<br />
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The EU plague news is invariably slanted.<br />
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Blatant anti-America.<br />
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Propaganda.<br />
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Devious.<br />
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The plain and true fact is that the European Union has by far the highest death totals in the world. Far higher than the USA.<br />
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In just three EU countries (Italy, Spain, France) with populations totalling 174,000,000 the number of deaths is rapidly approaching 60,000.<br />
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In fact if we include little Belgium in our list of EU pandemic deaths the total of just FOUR EU states is over 3 times higher than that of the whole of the USA.<br />
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And let's not forget the USA population is 331,000,000.<br />
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It's time for the EU's major news outlet to report the news as it really is and not as they wish it to be.<br />
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My<br />
personal Frankenstein<br />
bat -mouse<br />
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encounter<br />
as I now recall<br />
involved a laboratory mouse<br />
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the friendly stall holder said<br />
must have escaped<br />
from the medical university<br />
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The mouse it was white<br />
was sniffing<br />
the various cheeses on offer<br />
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<br />Gwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-28302330374067844182020-04-09T06:15:00.003-07:002020-04-09T06:17:13.115-07:00Easter Egg<div>
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This is not a corona virus. It's a photo of tonight's moonrise.<br />
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<br />Gwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-23091943967658715652020-04-07T00:43:00.001-07:002020-04-07T00:53:52.083-07:00Comparing like with like<br />
In the USA the number of coronavirus deaths stands at 10,000.<br />
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10,000 is a fifth ( 20%) of the number of coronavirus deaths in Europe - already over 50,000.<br />
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I don't know what Europe is any more. I don't think anybody does. Is it the Europe on my school atlas?<br />
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If Turkey is in Europe then Europe's number could increase dramatically in the next couple of weeks.<br />
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I join with everyone in wishing British PM Boris Johnson well in his personal battle with the virus.<br />
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And I have to add that I was impressed with US President Donald Trump's heartfelt tribute to Boris and his never give up qualities.<br />
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The words of one Eurpoean leader, I shall not name him, left me cold. They were Orwellian in their exactness. Perhaps they were computer generated for the occasion.<br />
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I think that's all for today, unless things change dramatically.<br />
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Hope everybody is keeping safe and well in our little corner of Blogland.Gwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-25050676852016363492020-04-03T06:42:00.003-07:002020-04-03T06:48:13.342-07:00Anticipating summer holidays. <br />
One thing I've decided to do to pass my time and keep cabin fever at bay is to plan a little holiday. <br />
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I shall start near the Great Orme, a place which holds fond memories for me. It was there I 'officially' finished my cycle ride from the Severn Estuary to the North Wales Coast some 20 years ago.<br />
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The mode of transport for the forthcoming adventure has yet to be decided. I fancy taking the steam train through the Snowdonia National Park using the mountain railway from Caernarvon to Porthmadog<br />
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Are any of you thinking of taking a post-Covid-19 holiday break later in the year? I'm interested to see if people will be reluctant to travel far and wide once this thing is ended.<br />
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<br />Gwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-25475833770269745032020-04-01T22:53:00.002-07:002020-04-02T01:02:05.798-07:00 TV channel disappears. Yeti Footprint Found on Moon*.<br />
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Lest we forget, it was Galileo who discovered craters and mountains on that body and it was he whose last words were that the earth moves, that it goes around the sun. Fake news of course! He must be joking. Throw him in the clink.<br />
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The EU's recent 'edict' (source: EU Observer) abolishing April Fool's Day 'fake news' items and mentioning, in the same breath, the word 'Russia' appears to have had an unfortunate consequence.<br />
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Or maybe it's a strange coincidence.<br />
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Dear Frau Von der Leyen, in times like the present we need something to laugh at. Your predecessor the joker clearly understood that.<br />
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You apparently not? That's a question.<br />
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Following your April Fool 'edict' I appear to have a problem. The channel RT - Russia Today - now shows me a blank screen.<br />
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Fortunately I still have Al Jazeera.<br />
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But how long before it too is gone?<br />
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An Al Jazeera news item this morning said China's early under reporting is responsible for the pandemic. Can that be allowed EU? <br />
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Who decides these things Mrs VdL?<br />
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Alternative sources of news are essential to the understanding the world of today. I object to being told which news channels I may watch and not watch. I like to flick through Al Jazeera, CNN, Bloomberg TV, Euronews, BBC World and even the Chinese channel I'm still allowed to watch (for the time being). The TV has hundreds of channels. Most in German and most of them uninteresting. </div>
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<br />Gwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-28231701471277569172020-03-30T01:31:00.001-07:002020-03-30T01:36:23.246-07:00What's on the tele today? <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Gwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-82988461118980535632020-03-27T07:12:00.003-07:002020-03-27T07:25:00.168-07:00Zen My Ass Pandemic Bog Paper <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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COVID-19 SOUVENIR TOILET PAPER </div>
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Toilet paper has never been so popular. Zen suggests a commemorative design to mark the event. </div>
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Strictly limited. One sheet per customer. Framed or Unframed. Standard toilet paper size.<br />
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Gwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-87372294034363370312020-03-26T12:08:00.003-07:002020-03-26T12:44:42.224-07:00Odin <br />
Icelandic author Olafur Brynjulfson painted this picture of the one eyed god Odin (dated 1766). The image is taken from the German version of Wikipedia. Odin's parents who were Giants emerged from the melting ice in the north during a global warming period. Their arrival was witnessed by a crow. You may believe in the transmigration of souls or you may not but you probably know in the Old Testament it is written "there were Giants in the earth in those days". Genesis Ch 6 v 4. Odin you should know killed the serpent with one blow which split the thing into nine pieces. Not a god to be treated lightly.<br />
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This is a picture I'd like to hang on my wall. I think to order a copy from the firm that produces my annual photo calendar.<br />
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<br />Gwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-30689313051831509602020-03-24T10:39:00.003-07:002020-03-24T10:43:05.388-07:00Being careful out there . . . <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Gwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-5858923377671025482020-03-23T09:17:00.001-07:002020-03-23T10:35:53.256-07:00Doris Day sings The Party's Over<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YV5ynRFzrIM?clip=&clipt=EAAYAA%3D%3D" width="459"></iframe><br />
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There are many reports concerning the usual idiots. In this time of crisis groups of them are holding so-called <i>coronavirus parties. </i>It is even reported<i> today </i>that some of these brain dead cretins are spitting in people's faces on railwaystation concourses and other public places and causing alarm with their inane outpourings - <i>Ha ha I've got corona virus! </i> and words to that effect. <br />
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Let's hope the insane partying and unpleasant behaviour doesn't get any worse. Hopefully the police will catch up with these people and put them where they belong.<br />
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Meanwhile here's the lovely Doris Day with a classic rendition of a golden oldie from way back.<br />
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<br />Gwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-40873703781732637652020-03-13T03:31:00.000-07:002020-03-19T11:37:38.959-07:00Italy (19 March 2020 update*)<br />
A paining by Franco Rivolli on a house wall in Venice featured on the front page of today's Kronen Zeitung newspaper in Austria shows an Italian health worker holding the body of the nation of Italy the first European country to record 1,000 covid-19 deaths. The last 189 of them in 24 hours.<br />
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*Today 19th March 2020 saw Italy (now 3405 victims) overtake China. Ironically the only country helping Italy is China which is flying in corona virus experts and medical equipment.<br />
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You won't see this on your tv travel show: https://aje.io/vppng<br />
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<br />Gwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-7574851259559397842020-03-06T05:11:00.001-08:002020-03-06T05:11:04.443-08:00The last item on the current agenda <br />
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It is disturbing to note that Europe as a cultural idea and objective is the last item on the current agenda. No one is concerned with a mystique or an ideology; no one pays any attention to the misleading calm waters of revolution or socialism, that still run deep; no one seems concerned by the living waters of religious faith. But Europe will not be built unless it draws upon those old forces that first formed it and still move within it: in a word, unless it calls forth the many forms of humanism that it contains.<br />
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<br />Gwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-64257180540650279382020-03-02T07:34:00.000-08:002020-03-02T09:35:35.516-08:00Two views of the Mad Cow<br />
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I'm sorry but I've no idea who created this monster. I think the nearby Ferry Cafe' people will use it for burning old wood. The collected timber will I suspect be heaped on the back of the iron beast and be set alight on midsummer night or other such occasion. It should be quite a show. I hope I'm there to see it.<br />
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<br />Gwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-42609561341455228972020-02-29T04:03:00.000-08:002020-02-29T04:03:06.980-08:00Mum takes baby elephant home<br />
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This juvenile wouldn't move fast enough for mum. She gives him a motherly push.Gwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-67912573085336137712020-02-25T07:21:00.002-08:002020-02-25T07:24:44.939-08:00Leopard in zoo catches nosy duck<br />
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Spring is an active time for zoo animals. Why not visit your local zoo and see what's going on?<br />
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More zoo pictures in the pipeline.Gwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-17544428457633603642020-02-01T01:06:00.001-08:002020-02-01T01:20:04.471-08:00Independence Day <br />
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This year sees the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven. The sculpture of Beethoven's head is in Baden near Vienna. In Baden he composed much of his 9th symphony.<br />
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The spire of Vienna's cathedral can be seen in the top picture. The composer lived at many addresses in Vienna and environs. His last residence was at Schwarzspanierstrasse (black Spaniard street) which is near the Votiv church, a church often mistaken for the cathedral by visitors to the city.<br />
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