Tag Archives: boundaries

Lost in translation

Posted on April 9, 2020 by pendantry

Drizzle like silk pressing jade dust Shimmering like a deep cloud Strong wind and rain Stunned Sensational briefing Current events are unpredictable Severe outbreak is banned Qingming is unable to worship the ancestral grave Affectionate ancestors all angry What do … Continue reading →

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Seeing the real world, revisited

Posted on April 4, 2020 by pendantry

With a hat tip to Fandango’s Friday Flashback, here we are, albeit a day late, with a post of mine from eight years ago today. There’s nothing special about ‘eight years’; it’s simply that, of all the fourth of April … Continue reading →

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How Man’s Effect On Nature Will Change Your Life

Posted on January 9, 2016 by pendantry

Further musings on the absurd antics of the dominant extant species on the only life-bearing planet known to said species. Continue reading →

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Capitalism vs The Climate

Posted on November 8, 2014 by pendantry

I believe myself to be a realist. I have no doubt that many who know me would scoff at this, having long ago slotted me firmly in the ‘pessimist’ pigeonhole. Nevertheless, my weeks of late seem to be full of … Continue reading →

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What can I do?

Posted on October 29, 2014 by pendantry

Humanity’s demands on our planet’s resources now exceeds nature’s ability to regenerate by a massive 50%. This means that we would need one and a half planet Earths to support humanity’s current ecological footprint. And — largely due to ignorance … Continue reading →

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This changes everything

Posted on October 28, 2014 by pendantry
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Focus

Posted on June 6, 2013 by pendantry

While I agree that it’s important not to sweat the small stuff, I believe that it’s just as important to keep one’s eye on the ball and not lose sight of the wood for the trees.

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Let’s Play… cut down a tree today

Posted on May 23, 2013 by pendantry

EXT. DENSE WOODLAND – DAWN Mist swirls amidst the trunks of the trees of an ancient forest. BURLY MAN arrives, clearly a lumberjack, armed with a large axe. He chops down a tree. FADE OUT FADE IN The sun rises. … Continue reading →

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Schrödinger’s Leopard

Posted on April 29, 2013 by pendantry

That clip was just in case you don’t know what is meant by the term ‘Schrödinger’s cat’. Moving on, then… … let’s do a quick species jump, to dogs (from whom, I’m reliably assured, we can learn a lot). And … Continue reading →

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Where are our rich influential people?

Posted on January 14, 2013 by pendantry

Mixed metaphors can be fun. Me, I’d love to see an image depicting our society plummetting towards the edge of a cliff like lemmings in headless chicken mode. I’m almost tempted to take up the art of, err, ‘cartooning’ — … Continue reading →

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