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Wednesday, March 29, 2006

No solar eclipse this side of the clouds

I wanted to see the solar eclipse today, but unfortunately, there was a thick cover of clouds in the sky. I still biked out in the fields, hoping that it might thin out enough for at least the shape of the sun to be visible, but that didn't happen.

So instead I went to Stora Råby church again.

The sundial couldn't tell the time in these weather conditions, but it was about the time when the solar eclipse was supposed to be at its peak (12.50 today).

I didn't want to stress out the owls who live by the church too much again, so I was very careful. Only two of them flew away as I took a picture of this owl pellet from as far away as possible (thence the slightly bad quality):

The ground beneath the high bushes behind the church was littered with these. It might be interesting to dissect a few of them to see what kind of creatures the owls had been eating ...

Anyway, as far as I could tell, the owls seem to be common barn owls (tyto alba).

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A cute rook

(My Flickr photos)

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Thursday, March 23, 2006

Link of the day

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1737370,00.html Timothy Garton Ash has written an excellent article about Belarus and the current struggle about defining the reality of what's actually going on there.

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Sunday, March 19, 2006

Frosty collage

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Frosty backyard

This wonderful winter has been quite long - there has been snow on the ground pretty much since Christmas. Unfortunately, it seems to be getting warmer now. Yesterday morning, it had been rather moist during the night, and everything was covered in frost.

Jackdaws keeping an eye on the neighbourhood

Frosty spider webs

(See bigger versions on Flickr.com!)

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Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Pigasso paintings!

I got something absolutely lovely in the mail today: two "Pigasso" paintings!

Shepherd's Green Sanctuary in Cookeville, Tennessee, USA, provides rescue, lifetime care and other aid and assistance to abandoned, abused, neglected, homeless and otherwise endangered pigs. One of many ways in which you can support the sanctuary is by buying paintings made by the piggies.

I got a big one by Lewis and Clark, "two brothers, saved from slaughter along with 16 other babies and 7 moms". On the back of the painting, next to their photo, it reads further: "These two are special yard pigs here at the sanctuary. Lewis is deaf and has been taught some sign language."

Also, I got a small one made by SooLee. Her story: "This tiny girl was abandoned and moved around from home to home a number of times. Always sweet and shy, she is just beginning to accept a human touch. Her bad start in life has left her wary but her curious nature will bring her around."

The painting is called "Hog and Crow at Red Rock".

Each "Pigasso" sold provides a month's feed for a cast-off pet pig. You can also buy other nice piggy gifts, make a donation, become a cyber-parent, or donate things of particular need.

Read an article about Shepherd's Green Sanctuary in the Nashville City Paper.

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In any case, these pictures will surely brighten up Mihai's slightly boring room while I'm here ...

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Sunday, March 12, 2006

The Light Comes from the Right

I don't know what the hell this is supposed to be, but when I saw it before my inner eye this morning, it at least motivated me to get out of bed.

The Light Comes from the Right

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Sunday, February 26, 2006

Ibland är mitt liv som en Rocky-stripp

Ett hommage à Martin Kellerman, som ritar Sveriges överlägset bästa furryserier.

Läs Rocky i DN.

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Friday, February 24, 2006

People who don't accept me the way I am can just go fuck themselves.

http://www.kommiekomiks.com/27.htm

That is a great comic I made many years ago. I should read it once every day.

P.S. I wonder who this blog's very insistent 'stalker', with the IP address 141.161.30.138 (Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia?), is. It's not like I write here so often, so whoever you are, you are welcome to enter an e-mail address (create a new, 'neutral' one at Hotmail or Yahoo or some other free service, if you'd prefer to remain incognito) in that box at the bottom of the sidebar, so you'll get an e-mail notification when/if there is an update here.

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Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Israeli anti-Semitic cartoons contest

http://www.boomka.org/

Interesting idea, though I think there are notable differences between kicking from above, from the side or from below. The entries in this contest are kicking from the side, which as good as always is something perfectly acceptable. (Kicking from above, as in the case of a white Christian Danish majority at a swarthy Muslim Danish minority, is objectionable. Kicking from below is admirable.)

I have to comment that this cartoon would be anti-zionist instead of anti-semitic, if the settler wouldn't have a face straight out of the classic anti-semitic cartoons. On the other hand, one can argue that it is indeed anti-semitic, because, as an entry in this contest, it implies that zionism and its crimes are something all Jews would be taking part in.

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