unusual

On BBC Radio 4 'Today' programme this morning there was a section about a list of strange and unusual book titles. The link is: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/ It was quietly amusing.

This is not something new today, that I have considered. I have long noticed how...well take this for an extreme: On the Animal Planet channel they show two crocs in courtship. Really! Some male croc has the hots for some female croc "hottie"? Like, "Come to me my precious beautiful darling...

My brother gave me a call and said his son had caught a horsefly and wanted to know if I'd like to stop over and take some photos of it. He also mentioned having a praying mantis, I wasn't interested in the horsefly but I did want to photograph the mantis. When I got there I found out the...

This question begs an answer from God. Or...does the question itSELF cause you to wonder about God...his existance, or purpose... or, where man fits into the scheme of things? I was sweeping a basement a couple days ago and my broom came close to a spider. He ran for his life! Even a spider...

In the high end audio industry, there are a variety of products that are touted to have particularly extraordinary effects, as well as prices. While I won't name any particular one product, it does seem likely that some of these products, err, transcend the boundary between invention and...

The following change of topic was posted near the bottom of page eleven of another thread and I feel deserves a thread of its own. For context, the relevant posts are repeated here. I posted a link to this thread in that other thread and I'm hoping we can continue the conversation here instead...

Who can give me any scientifically sound basis behind the effects of what I can only think of calling "instant hypnosis" off the top of my head (no pun intended). I specifically mean the way that someone can be made to believe they will experience no pain (even if they don't know they've been...