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Beijing... have a look but no Peking.

Beijing is a city of contradictions for sure. The weather can be blue sky days if a 8kmh wind from the north blows or it can be a bit coyote ugly like below... which has its own beauty. Click on the title above or go to Beijing 2016-18 in the Destinations OS link at the top menu. for more on Beijing..
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Channeling the Munich vibe... Poppy the Dachshund and the male members of an Oompa band who were waiting to play at the royal wedding as we walked on by on Sat May 19 2023.

why we dive

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A Weedy Seadragon
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A Southern Bob-Tail Squid
The Weedy Seadragon (below left) is a marine faunal emblem of Victoria. In an absolute exception to the rule in the website, this snap is not mine but was taken by dive buddy Sam Glenn-Smith ~ clearly a very talented underwater photographer. It shows the magnificence of the marine world and also the beauty that lies beneath the Rye pier that landlubbers fail to access and appreciate. This folks, is why we dive...

Komodo... You pretty thang!

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Komodo in Nusa Tenggara Indonesia... far far from Kuta Beach, and a scuba divers delight. See  the Komodo July 2019 and the Komodo 2022 Dive pages for more. :-)

​Two Glorious backhands. The light and the shadow

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Its the FedXpress in full flight at the Australian Open snapped by me on Tuesday Jan 14  2014. I posted this as a nod to his 2013 success at the Hopman Cup in the previous week. A remarkable 14 year interval between winning the coveted jewelled ball. (Last time it was with Martina Hingis)  
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​I rather like the composition and the shadow contained therein.   




This is the "in-Seine" light of Paris in the afternoon... sigh.
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Not Wanting to Badger You...

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A picture is indeed worth a thousand words, but can also raise as many questions as it might solve. In a particularly un-PC context of today, the sporrin of this sprightly Caledonian might  hark back to the days when hunting a badger was simply seen as good sport... or a spot o' dinner for the table.  In true Scottish spirit one wouldn't want to waste  a pelt...
Snapped at the 143rd Highland Games in Waipu NZ Jan 01 2014



Happiness Drives Success

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"Research shows that when people work with a positive mind-set, performance on nearly every level—productivity, creativity, engagement—improves. Yet happiness is perhaps the most misunderstood driver of performance."

Mimetic Desires

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You know you want one...
 Mimetic desire is more than jealously... its wanting something because someone else has it. In fact it’s about valuing something because someone else values it. 


Neil Gaiman

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If you have 20 minutes to spare, spend it with Neil Gaiman and enjoy his address to the graduands of University of Arts  Philidelphia.

Pencil did a version of Gaiman's talk...​

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As a follow up, enjoy the efforts of the folks from Zen Pencil who have captured some of the  key concepts of Gaiman's address.

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