July 2025

Earlier posts first.

Creatures from outer space *

I Married a Monster from Outer Space was a hit film of 1958. I often wonder if people who saw the film and got married in 1958β€”or indeed people who […]

Undersea creatures *

Have you ever been high up a mountain, and found yourself short of breath? That was because the air gets thinner the higher we climb. At what we call ‘sea […]

Creatures of habit *

If you’ve taken in my first and second suggested ‘Website starting points’, you may still be thinking about the strange fundamental facts of our existence. We live on a revolving […]

‘One of Us’ *

Margaret Thatcher, on a famous occasion, tapped an individual member in a group photo of Conservative MPs, and asked, “Is he one of us?” A vital question. Karl Marx took […]

Surfer, beware

I have designated this website as a “theme park” (intending the play on words). Since I hit 80, and registered the domain name, I have always wanted it to be […]

A strange town

Have you ever got lost in a strange town? You may get that experience on this site. Not because I am a sadist (or incompetent). Rather because I want, now […]