This evening I took delivery of a new microscope. A proper microscope. Coming soon a 10 MP camera, and depending on results this may be followed by some extra lighting and optics. But hang on, I hear you say, don't you already have a microscope and camera? What have you beeen using all this time to take pretty rock picktures? Witchcraft and old copies of Hansard?

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It might be said that this particular tableau is dedicated to my deep and abiding affection for So You Think You Can Dance: Aliens.

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I shouldn't complain about being housebound most of the time. Sector 7 is a pretty exciting place to live sometimes. Look what I found going down in the dining room: ( Read more... )

Shopping for toys at Sector 7 isn't all about satisfying the pathetic whims of lost childhood by people old enough to know better. Oh no, sometimes we buy toys for the children cats. The best cat toys are--rather unfortunately for the toys themselves--doomed. To illustrate:

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