Things I am interested in…

These are my links for November 26th:

• www.jonathancoulton.com/ -
• CCleaner - Home -
• Escape Pod -
• beafraid.com - insert_wit_here -
• unsubscribe-me.org | Home -
• WordPress Plugin Database -

Here is the lolrus:

(actually a *very* large bull sealion)

These are my links for November 22nd:

• DineOut is New Zealands leading restaurant review and restaurant listing website -
• Welcome to the Lido Cinema, Epsom, Auckland, NZ -
• Rebecca Watson | The Public Radio Talent Quest -
• podsafe music network -
• ! -
• http://icanhascheezburger.com/ -
• Picnik - edit photos the easy way, online in your browser -
• Bitty Browser Home Page — Picture-in-Picture for the Web -

moar funny pictures

These are my links for November 19th:

• Rational New Zealand -
• Tor and Forge Books: Podcasts -
• Deputy-Dog.com -
• Slapyo.com » Blog Archive » WordPress Plugin: Fix Database -

moar funny pictures

andysimp.jpg - originally uploaded by andrew.turbott.

This is me Simpsonised (also use as my gravatar etc…)

Me, Dilmah & Rollo

Jen took this rather nice picture of me and our two cats - (little black) Rollo, and (larger ginger) Dilmah. It is on the web album too…

Since Cosmo’s death Dilmah has been a lonely pussy.  Now he has a new playmate - Rollo!  Short for “Roll Over (and fall off Andrew’s leg)”, which is the first thing he did when I met him on my return from Wellington this afternoon.  Jen chose him from the RSPCA yesterday.  He is six weeks old (which makes his nominated birthday Oct 1, 2007).

He also answers to “The Claw Beast” (Andrew), and “Munchkin” (Jen).

Click here to go to the web album…

These are my links for November 10th:

• EVula’s Lair -
• Main Page - Escape Velocity Nova Wiki - a Wikia wiki -
• Belthazar’s Guide to Asteroid Mining -
• LONELY MIAOW -

These are my links for November 4th:

• National Institute of Standards and Technology -
• The Skeptics’ Guide To The Universe - Logical Fallacies -
• The New England Skeptical Society - Articles -
• NeuroLogica Blog -
• The Skeptics’ Guide To The Universe -
• ColorSchemer | Build dazzling color schemes with ColorSchemer Studio -
• Ronan Guilfoyle - RHYTHM BOOK/ESSAYS -
• Colin Wilson: Now they will realise that I am a genius -

 I am very sad to report that one of our two brother cats, Cosmo, was hit by a car while crossing the road in front of our house at about 0630 this morning.  The driver did not stop.  Cosmo managed to crawl off the road, but died shortly afterwards.

 A nice gentleman who witnessed the event later came back to contact us and tell us what he saw.

 We brought Cosmo & Dilmah home to live with us in early May (see link here).  We think they were born towards the end of February.  Their birthday was recorded with our vet as Feb 18, the same day as mine.  This means Cosmo was about 8 1/2 months old when he died.

 I am suprised at how emotional I feel over the death of a pet cat.  In some ways Cosmo was the physically more frail of the two brothers. He was always getting sunburnt ears, and we were worried that he would get skin cancer. However, I liked him because he was more adventurous and inquisitive than Dilmah.  He figured out how to climb in our bedroom window first.  He was also less prone to come seeking affection, unlike “love slut” Dilmah.

 He is being cremated, and we will scatter his ashes in our garden, along with his favourite toy, Mousey (if we can find it wherever he left it last).

 At least he had a better life with us and his brother than he would have found if he had been left with his mother (a stray).

 Here is a link to an album of pictures. Cosmo has the white fur on his nose, and wears the red collar. His brother, Dilmah, has the black collar.

 We will remember him…