I was watching a documentary recently, about alternative therapies, and how effective they were. One of the points that was made repeatedly was that therapy in question (I’ll use reflexology in this example) couldn’t work, because there was no connection between the action and the effect. “Since there are no nerves running between the soles [...]
Here are a sampling of the things I really really wish I could say to my customers:
Go and have a wash you filthy cretin. I can taste you from six feet away.
That is not funny (whenever an item doesn’t scan, a customer is guaranteed to say “It’s free!” and then laugh as though it’s the [...]
The UK Government has given the go-ahead on scientists creating part human, part animal embryo’s.
I find the concept chilling.
I get why they’re doing it. It’s to take stem cells, which can be transformed into any other kind of cell, an ability which is unique to stem cells, and use them to study diseases. I just [...]
About a day after I first got the mealworms, I added a couple of slices of apple to the bowl, to see what they did. Within 60 seconds, the 2 slices were covered, and a couple of hours later, they’d been completely eaten. I’ve added more since then, that’s gone completely untouched. I think that [...]
And I’m scarily creepily excited about that. I now have 18 altogether. Soon, they’ll grow into adult Tenebrio molitor AKA Darkling Beetle. This raising mealworms lark is surprisingly rewarding. Seeing the whole life cycle of a mealworm will be really cool.
One thing I have noticed, is that they’re picky about their substrate (the material they [...]
Today, I had the idea to try the mealworms with some bokashi bran. I have a huge bag of it left, that is going to waste, so I figured I’d try a couple of teaspoons of mealworms on it. They burrowed into it straight away, but I’m going to leave them in there for a [...]
Day 2 of the mealworm breeding.
They don’t seem very interested in either the apple or some potato I put in today. Yesterday they were swarming all over it, nomming it down, but today, they don’t seem to be bothered. I don’t know whether or not they had their fill yesterday. I’ll check them again tomorrow [...]
My name is Solomon, and I’m a mealworm breeder.
I have a few birds in my garden, and I feed them all, because I like to see them. And it’s not like they come and put on a show for free. We get quite a few species, some of which eat seeds, while other’s prefer live [...]
At work, we see a lot of what you might call “characters”. One of them is Mad Pigeon Woman. She’s not in the least mad, but it seems to suit her. She’s a little old woman, with an Irish accent, who feeds the pigeons in the square outside of work, and she’s lovely.
The first time [...]
I hate hot weather. It makes me sweaty and sticky, and usually ratty and short tempered.
It’s been at least 23 degrees here today. And I’ve been inside. Thankfully by a door. My sharp mood wasn’t enhanced by my passive-aggressive boss. I ask for a break, and get the response (after she ignored me), “Yes in [...]
