Peter Cushing: Back from the dead.

The irony has not escaped me that star of many a Hammer House Horror film Peter Cushing was resurrected in near true-to-life CGI form for the new Star Wars film, Rogue One. If you were not one of the people queueing up on the day of the film’s release, then you’re probably not that big […]

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Signs of Invisibility

  Just this last week I have discovered what has been ailing my heart all these years, and importantly what has been causing the terrible shortness of breath that lead to my impromptu visit to the ER a couple of months ago, and that has plagued me frequently since April 2013. What my cardiologist told […]

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Bistro

Originally posted on Phi:
Miami by night takes on a very different character than Miami by day. As impressive as the Art Deco architecture of Miami’s South Beach is during the daylight hours, it dons a very different costume past the crepuscular hour and becomes a dizzying concoction of dancing neon lights and soft glows that…

WPC – Relax

Originally posted on Phi:
There is nothing relaxing about taking a picture of a bee alighting on a flower only to relax for the briefest of moments, if bees are able to relax at all. The relaxation of producing this kind of image only comes afterward when one can exhale and unfreeze all muscles, and…

WPC – Relax #2

Originally posted on Phi:
In the interest of keeping to the theme of this week’s challenge, here’s another not very relaxed but most beautiful of bugs caught between wing-beats. Incidentally I have been chasing the huge yellow and blue Tigertail butterflies all year in the hope of getting a good shot. They dance around in…