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In an article of 2 July 2012 entitled Not the answer [ display ], I deplored my inability to prevent mysterious Gamone rodents from devourin...

I'm impressed by this lovely Nasa night view of the planet Earth: [Click to enlarge] Questions arise, demanding answers. From rig...

Suddenly, yesterday afternoon, I heard hounds barking furiously up beyond my neighbor's house, probably in the muddy bed of Gamone Creek...

Once upon a time, at an unknown date, a lady in a black robe and hat stepped into the River Bourne below Gamone and got her photo taken. ...

Here in France, it's still only 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the penultimate day. So, everything still exists here, and it's bu...

Fitzroy has developed the habit of sitting down at the top of the stairs, with his rump and hind legs on the landing, and his front paws on...

Imagine a millionaire, with a constant urge to make more millions. At a religious level, let's suppose that our millionaire happens to b...

For several years, I've been fascinated by the popular books of three physicists: Brian Greene , David Deutsch and Lawrence Krauss . ...

Even if society were to decide that pranks should be forbidden, it would be impossible to enforce such a ban. So, one has to learn to live w...

A few days ago, I was woken up by a phone call from my neighbor Jackie , who informed me that the constant rain over the last week or so had...

I was stunned, a few days ago, to discover an enormous colorful billboard, promoting cheese, that had sprung up beneath my nose, a few hundr...

Tomorrow is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women , referred to as White Ribbon Day in some English-speaking ...

In Melbourne (Australia), the transport authorities have commissioned a cute little video that's supposed to encourage train travelers t...

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