Anecdotal thoughts of Jim Aborwhear
Whilst enjoying my lunch hour of freedom whilst working my friend and I will often debate the great moral, scientific and political issues. There was one conversation we had last week which we could not agree on. I have therefore researched the matter thoroughly and checked a variety of scientific sites regarding the following subject … [Read the full story]
Nigella, there’s no need for the burkini
There have been a million excuses why Nigella Lawson was looking like a beached whale on Bondi Beach a few weeks back. She was being modest, she was protecting her skin from he sun etc., etc… Well, it’s hard to believe a woman who constantly has her baps on display and whose trademark is the … [Read the full story]
Japanese murderers end whale hunting season early
This week Japan cancelled the rest of its whale hunting season in Antarctic waters because of repeated harassment by Sea Shepherd activists at sea, after netting only a fifth of its targeted catch of 850 whales. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which Japanese officials have condemned as a terrorist group for its annual harassment of the … [Read the full story]
On This Day…in 1851
On this day in 1851, Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville about the voyage of the whaling ship Pequod, is published by Harper & Brothers in New York. Moby-Dick is now considered a great classic of American literature and contains one of the most famous opening lines in fiction, “Call me Ishmael.” Initially, though, the … [Read the full story]
Three survive after whale sinks boat
Three men survived four hours floating in rough seas off the north west Australia coast after their boat collided with a whale and sank. A police spokeswoman said the men were travelling on the 14-metre vessel from Port Samson to Geraldton, about eight kilometres west of the Exmouth peninsula, when they hit the large mammal … [Read the full story]
