Category: Time
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1642: Universal laws, myths, coincidences and me
I’ve been trawling the internet today. Not all day, I’ve been doing other things too, but I’ve had a ‘pull’ to search for Iceland and 1642. I’ve briefly searched with this criteria before, which was when I found out that the Poetic Edda and the Codex Regius were rediscovered in Iceland at that time. I…
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One Minute Ramble: Shadows
When you stop to think about them, shadows are a bit like a paradox. They are something that isn’t really there, and are created out of nothing by something blocking a light source. In that respect, does the shadow actually become a part of the thing or person casting the shadow? Just as everyone has…
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Pirate’s Garden
I sit upon the cliff top and look far out to sea, The Moon’s quite bright on this cloudy night, but that’s OK for me. Hidden behind the foliage in shade and speckled light I see the ships come sailing in; it’s still a marvellous sight. One behind another, they head toward the shore No…
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Tomorrow Today
Whatever has happened in the past is not important. Whatever is to happen in the future is just a dream, if people think they know what they want; or nothing, if they don’t know. The past and the future by themselves are not important. What we have done in the past can shape our future,…
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Did anyone notice the End of the World?
May 21st 2011 has, for some reason, been scheduled as the day that the World ends. At 6pm to be exact. It’s now 7.02pm and everything is still here, exactly as it was before. Although, it has started to get a little dark… I think it’s about to rain. The World is also expected to…