Born in Truro, Cornwall, and lived on the Isles of Scilly until I needed to move away to college (no further education facilities in Scilly). Studied at Truro College, Cornwall, A-levels in maths, physics and geography. Received a BSc from the University of Southampton in Geophysical Sciences.
I am interested in origins of the World today, from the Hadean eon and geology, through human evolution, human migration, the ancient civilisations, international histories (forming of modern countries) to local history (Isles of Scilly), as well as language, lingustics and culture. Similarly, I am also interested the origin of how people think, including philosophy, religion and psycology.
Other than 'placing' our World, I enjoy films and some TV that "gives me something", like a laugh, a new line of thought, dramatising or romanticising something I care about. I enjoy most music that doesn't "have an attitude problem".
Contributions
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Here, along with Scilly News, I contribute articles on the local history of the Isles of Scilly, including the 335 Years War and various shipwrecks (e.g. MV Cita).
To do
editAdd history articles from Scilly News, updating information and adding references.
Films
editI've rated the following as worth 10/10 on IMDb:
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- Crash (2004)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
- Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)
- Fargo (1996)
- The Green Mile (1999)
- La Vita è bella (1997)
I would also recommend:
- Kukushka (2002)
- Good bye, Lenin! (2003)
Quotations
edit"Only a child sees things with a perfect clarity, because ut hasn't developed all those filters which prevent us from seeing things that we don't expect to see?" — Dirk Gently in Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Serious Productions, 1987.
"Create, because that’s what your soul must do to survive." — Rita, Medium Is The Message, Dark Angel, 2001.
"We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh." — Friedrich Nietzsche
"The whole problem with the World is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." — Bertrand Russell (stolen from User:Shanes)
"Everybody is weird, it's just some people are better at hiding it." — Steve Severecci. Comment on conformism.
"Half the World's starving and half the World bloats. Half the World sits on the other and gloats." — Robyn Hitchcock, The Cheese Alarm.
External links
editPure Daft - online ramblings and pictures.