Choice and free-will are strange concepts to grasp when you examine what they really mean. Consider this statement: "I will eat a doughnut." That seems quite simple and straight forward. There is a doughnut and you are making a decision to consume it. But does that actually mean your choice is pure and untainted? Or …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Refreshing
It was 28 degrees in Cambridge today and Tesco were all out of water, Coke, Pepsi and fruit juice! Gotta love folks who avoid Mountain Dew like the plague! Damn that bottle was ice cold (for about 1 minute!) and hit the spot perfectly! EDIT: As requested by Pascale - Mountain Dew on location at …
Request for a Woman’s Perspective.
Why do young lads and men shave their body hair? In a long running debate about guys shaving off their body hair I would like get a female perspective about this. So before I go into my own personal thoughts I'd like you to take a look at these two photos and let me know …
Photo Montage #3
Last Saturday I went on a research trip for my novel. I'd been looking on Google Earth for locations to base the story around, some will be changed but others will remain the same, villages, towns etc. After touring around north Norfolk for a while I finally navigated a bumpy rocky beach side road until …
Meet my Dad – The Chief!
If I remember correctly there was an Action Man figure in my Dad's study, sat on a shelf, wearing nothing but his plastic underwear and one commando boot. If you pulled the string on the Action Man's back he would give commands like: "Prepare to repel invaders!" or "I'm going in!" I'm not sure how …
Dave Farmer 