I’m a controversialist and catalyst, quietly enabling others to develop by providing different ideas and views of the world. Born in London in the early 1950s and initially trained as a research chemist I retired as a senior project manager after 35 years in the IT industry. Retirement is about community give-back and finding some equilibrium. Founder and Honorary Secretary of the Anthony Powell Society. Chairman of my GP's patient group.
An Advent Calendar
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This week another from the archives, in fact from a trip to the London Transport Museum a couple of summers ago where they had some splendid old buses on display, including this Leyland Cub K series from 1936.
Click the image for larger views on Flickr Leyland Cub London Transport Museum, August 2013
An Advent Calendar
Some of Favourite Images from Other Photographers on Flickr
Click the image for larger views on Flickr and details of the photographer
Note that this image is not mine and is copyright the original photographer
who may be identified by following the link to Flickr
An Advent Calendar
Some of Favourite Images from Other Photographers on Flickr
Click the image for larger views on Flickr and details of the photographer
Note that this image is not mine and is copyright the original photographer
who may be identified by following the link to Flickr
An Advent Calendar
Some of Favourite Images from Other Photographers on Flickr
Click the image for larger views on Flickr and details of the photographer
Note that this image is not mine and is copyright the original photographer
who may be identified by following the link to Flickr
An Advent Calendar
Some of Favourite Images from Other Photographers on Flickr
Click the image for larger views on Flickr and details of the photographer
Note that this image is not mine and is copyright the original photographer
who may be identified by following the link to Flickr
Entheogen
A psychoactive substance which is used in a religious or shamanic ritual or to bring about a spiritual experience, typically a plant or fungal extract.
Entheogens can supplement many diverse practices for transcendence and revelation, including meditation, psychedelic art and magic.
Entheogens have been used in a ritualized context for thousands of years; their religious significance is well established in anthropological and ethnographic studies. Examples of traditional entheogens include: peyote, psilocybin mushrooms, cannabis, ayahuasca and Amanita muscaria.
The OED says the word was first used in 1979 and is derived from the ancient Greek ἔνθεος, divinely inspired, or perhaps more literally “creating god within”.
An Advent Calendar
Some of Favourite Images from Other Photographers on Flickr
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People insure some unlikely things.
Egon Ronay, the restaurant critic, insured his palate for £250,000 in 1993, arguing that without this asset he would be like a sculptor shorn of his hands.
While playing cricket for Australia between 1985 and 1994, fats bowler Merv Hughes took out an estimated $370,000 policy on his trademark walrus moustache, which, combined with his 6’4″ physique and outstanding playing ability, made him one of the most recognized cricketers in the world.
And in 2003 Basil Brush apparently insured his tail for £1M.
Boom! Boom!
Eccentric looks at life through the thoughts of a retired working thinker
