Castlehom Chronicles

Lizard Kings Monitor Lizards

They look like dragons, inspiring stories of man-eating, fire-spitting monsters with long claws and razor-sharp teeth. But these creatures are actually monitor lizards, members of an ancient family that includes massive Komodos-the largest lizards to walk the planet. With their acute intelligence, these lizards are a very different kind of reptile, blurring the line between reptiles and mammals. NOVA follows expert lizard hunter Dr. Eric Pianka as he tracks elusive monitors through Australia’s heartland, and cutting-edge lizard cam technology provides a lizard’s-eye view for an unparalleled close encounter with these amazing living dragons.

OF COURSE YOU CAN HOME SCHOOL YOUR CHILDREN.

SDL

My name is Shannon Larratt (bio), and you probably know me best through my work in body modification, Internet Casinos, computer-fax integration, and voice telephony, each a field in which I was prominently involved in pioneering central concepts and bringing them into the mainstream. However, I fell into each of these fields “by accident”, and both my academic and personal interests center around art and painting.

Hamlet’s BlackBerry

http://www.williampowers.com/

A crisp, passionately argued answer to the question that everyone who’s grown dependent on digital devices is asking:

“Where’s the rest of my life?”

At a time when we’re all trying to make sense of our relentlessly connected lives, this revelatory book presents a bold new approach to the digital age. Our computers and mobile devices do wonderful things for us. But they also impose an enormous burden, making it harder for us to focus, do our best work, build strong relationships, and find the depth and fulfillment we crave.

Using his own life as laboratory and object lesson, and drawing on such great thinkers as Plato, Shakespeare and Thoreau, Powers shows that digital connectedness serves us best when it’s balanced by its opposite, disconnectedness.

LIVIN’ LA LIBRA LOCO

http://www.inthehook.com/profiles/devon_larratt.html

She’s into superstition
black cats and voodoo dolls

She’ll make you take your clothes off
and go dancing in the rain
she’ll make you live the crazy life
or she’ll take away your pain
like a bullet to your brain

she’s living la Vida loca
she’ll push and pull you down
she’s living la Vida loca

woke up in New York City
in a funky cheap motel
she took my heart and she took my money
she must of slipped me a sleeping pill
she never drinks the water
makes you order French Champaign
and once you had a taste of her
you’ll never be the same
she’ll make you go insane
upside inside out
she’s living la Vida loca

She’ll make you take your clothes off
and go dancing in the rain
she’ll make you live the crazy life
or she’ll take away your pain
like a bullet to your brain
upside inside out
she’s living la Vida loca
she’ll push and pull you down
she’s living la Vida loca
her lips are devil red
and her skins the color mocha
she will wear you out
she’s living la Vida loca
living la Vida loca
living la vida loca

Missing Old People

TOKYO — Japan has long boasted of having many of the world’s oldest people — testament, many here say, to a society with a superior diet and a commitment to its elderly that is unrivaled in the West.

That was before the police found the body of a man thought to be one of Japan’s oldest, at 111 years, mummified in his bed, dead for more than three decades. His daughter, now 81, hid his death to continue collecting his monthly pension payments, the police said.

Change your Mind change your Life.

http://www.drwaynedyer.com/blog/latestDR. WAYNE W. DYER starred in The Shift (March 2009), a compelling portrait of three modern lives in need of new direction and new meaning. In his first-ever movie (written by Kristen Lazarian and directed by Michael Goorjian), Wayne Dyer explores the spiritual journey in the second half of life when we long to find the purpose that is our unique contribution to the world. The powerful shift from the ego constructs we are taught early in life by parents and society—which promote an emphasis on achievement and accumulation—are shown in contrast to a life of meaning, focused on serving and giving back.

Read this and tell me true …

http://fergarama.wordpress.com/

“Wow, life in the countryside.  So many things happen on a daily basis that I’ve forgot to write them all down.  Here’s a summary off the top of my half-cut head: people staring at you like you’re fluorescent pink (actually I think painting myself this colour would stop people staring at me), hearing “faranj” everywhere (the local word for “foreigner”) and being annoyed by it, electricity running out when the sun sets, missing people/beer/women/Internet/interesting conversation/etc, novelty wearing off about explaining my earrings and tattoos, eating extremely well (organic and Ethiopian), enjoying eating with my hands, reading a lot, playing football with Primary school team 4 times a week overlooking the mountains, realising how hard the countryside people (especially the women) work just to survive, realising how easy we white Westerners have it, appreciating my luck in being born a white Westerner, noticing being cut off from most of my life things swings between being great some days and being shite other days, getting bored of eating ‘injera’ (Ethiopian pancake), seeing one of the most beautiful girls I’ve ever seen then being bitterly disappointed to find out she will never touch alcohol, is a Muslim, doesn’t want a boyfriend until she gets married and is actually quite dull, marvelling at the sunsets, wishing there was someone here to enjoy all the pains and pleasures, looking forward to hitting the city again sometime after the next 3 months.”

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He’s (White Bob the faranj) so good so true.  Go to the link and read what he has to say to praise… “that goes for the female farm workers, long may they continue to help me dig composting pits and feed the rabbit.”

The Olympics are back!

http://www.pbs.org/previews/realolympics/

“The games were almost 800 years old when Jesus Christ was born, and it took a special Christian edict to stop them, four centuries after his death. Abandoned and long forgotten, they would return in the modern age as the inspiration for the most prestigious sport event on earth.”

THE REAL OLYMPICS features a reconstruction of the major events of the ancient Olympic Games - from chariot racing to combat sports. Leading experts from universities around the world acted as historical advisors; stunt men, horse wranglers, 40 young athletes and hundreds of extras were involved in the staging.

Synopsis of The First Olympics: Athens 1896

Five Emmy nominations went to the two-part TV drama The First Olympics: Athens 1896. The story begins in 1894, when Baron Pierre de Courbetin (Louis Jourdan) announces his intention to stage the first Olympic games of the Modern Era within two years in Athens. The baron heads to the US to recruit an athletic team. Despite disinterest, opposition and spotty funding, de Courbetin assembles his team with the help of Princeton professor William Sloane. The thirteen chosen Americans have a pretty bumpy time of it, but most survive to the final Olympic contest: the grueling Marathon. The supporting cast is top-heavy with veterans from both America and England, including Angela Lansbury, Honor Blackman, Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna. Among the leading players is future NYPD Blue star David Caruso as Irish-American athlete James Connolly. Originally running five hours, The First Olympics was first telecast May 20 and 21, 1986. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.

http://www.archive.org/details/olympics-1936-02

Owens surprised many^[6] by winning four gold medals: On August 3, 1936 he won the 100m sprint, defeating Ralph Metcalfe; on August 4, the long jump (later crediting friendly and helpful advice from Luz Long, the German competitor he ultimately defeated);^[4] on August 5, the 200m sprint; and, after he was added to the 4 x 100 m relay team, he won his fourth on August 9 (a performance not equaled until Carl Lewis won gold medals in the same events at the 1984 Summer Olympics).

I wish i had a river.

It’s coming on Christmas
They’re cutting down trees
They’re putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace

Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
But it don’t snow here
It stays pretty green
I’m going to make a lot of money
Then I’m going to quit this crazy scene

I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I made my baby cry
He tried hard to help me
You know, he put me at ease

And he loved me so naughty
Made me weak in the knees
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on

I’m so hard to handle
I’m selfish and I’m sad
Now I’ve gone and lost the best baby
That I ever had

Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly

Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on

I made my baby say goodbye
It’s coming on Christmas

They’re cutting down trees
They’re putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on

The Human Spark

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/humanspark/

In a three-part series originally broadcast on PBS in January 2010, Alan Alda takes this question personally, visiting with dozens of scientists on three continents — even undergoing an examination of his own brain.