Ken Morley

Diagonally parked in a parallel universe.
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman - http://www.goodreads.com/review...
Thucydides on Politics: Back to the Present - http://www.goodreads.com/review...
Thucydides and the Idea of History - http://www.goodreads.com/review...
Apologies to Thucydides: Understanding History as Culture and Vice Versa - http://www.goodreads.com/review...
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - http://www.goodreads.com/review...
Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era - http://www.goodreads.com/review...
Port an M&Ms
So good! :) - Ken Morley
This may need to become a tradition. - Ken Morley
I kind of love this. - Ken Morley
In these home improvement shows they keep tearing out the ceiling fans. I'LL GIVE YOU MY CEILING FAN WHEN YOU PRY IT FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!
And my popcorn ceiling! - Ken Morley
Can't stand popcorn ceilings!!! The popcorn ceiling here makes the rooms look gloomy (all the shadows) and hold smooshed bug remains. I like ceiling fans better than ac though. - Heather
Day 42 - Second racking
I'm amazed at how well this is turning out. It already tastes very nice; good tannins, nice and dry (I cut back on the recommended sugar about 20%). #plumwineproject - Ken Morley
The red blush on the plums have given it a light pink colour, which should deepen a bit once it ages. I don't know if I'm going to be able to leave this alone for a year. :) - Ken Morley
My hibiscus enjoys being outside.
Zucchini... Zucchini for everybody!
"But we're sick of zucchini dad." - Ken Morley
I can't believe I've never heard the word "courgette" before. - Ken Morley
The metric system
this made me spit some coffee on my keyboard. - t-ra is ugly crying
Mission accomplished.
I'd say it was time to change those. - Ken Morley
My son treated me to lunch today.
Oh pho ... Enjoy!! - Sepi ⌘ سپی
Sepi, I did. A most excellent lunch! :) - Ken Morley
I love pho ... The most perfect lunch :-) - Sepi ⌘ سپی
Fun Fact: The genetic distance separating us from pygmy or common chimps (1.6 per cent) is less than that between two species of gibbons (2.2 per cent) - The Third Chimpanzee, by Jared Diamond - http://www.animal-rights-library.com/texts-m...
"The chimpanzees' closest relative is not the gorilla but the human. Traditional taxonomy has reinforced our anthropocentric tendencies by claiming to see a fundamental dichotomy between mighty man, standing alone on high, and the lowly apes all together in the abyss of bestiality. Now future taxonomists may see things from the chimpanzees' perspective: a weak dichotomy between slightly higher apes (the three chimpanzees, including the 'human chimpanzee') and slightly lower apes (gorilla, orang-utan, gibbon). The traditional distinction between 'apes' (defined as chimps, gorillas, etc.) and humans misrepresents the facts. The genetic distance (1.6 per cent) separating us from pygmy or common chimps is barely double that separating pygmy from common chimps (0.7 per cent). It is less than that between two species of gibbons (2.2 per cent), or between such closely related North American bird species as red-eyed vireos and white-eyed vireos." - Ken Morley
Whitehorse water sports
Anarchist Protected Area
No hunting of anarchists permitted. - Ken Morley
Smoke on the water...
Did I mention wine is cheap here?
LOL ... - Sepi ⌘ سپی
Has anyone seen my sunglasses?
They're tortoiseshell. Get it? :D - Ken Morley
Okanagan Valley
Wine country. :) - Ken Morley
It's OK by me :) - WoH: Professor MOTHRA
I guess technically it's Okanogan, as I'm south of the border. - Ken Morley
Okanagan Valley pano
The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution & Future of the Human Animal - http://www.goodreads.com/review...
One of Zheng He's ships compared to Columbus' - http://www.angelfire.com/hi5...
"Six centuries ago a towering eunuch named Zheng He commanded the Ming dynasty's fleet of immense trading vessels on expeditions ranging as far as Africa. Almost a century before Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas and Vasco da Gama's in India. Even then the European expeditions would seem paltry by comparison: All the ships of Columbus and da Gama combined could have been stored on a single deck of a single vessel in the fleet that set sail under Zheng He." - Ken Morley
When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order - http://www.goodreads.com/review...
Day 11 - Strained and transferred to carboys
I'll top them up once the water I'm boiling cools. #plumwineproject - Ken Morley
I've learned something new tonight: carboy, which I'd never heard of, is another word for demijohn. - Mark H
I also learned something new.: "The word carboy is from the Persian qarābah (قرابه), from Arabic qarrāba, 'big jug'." :) - Ken Morley
I haz a fruit!
Reminds me of the Looney Toons cartoon with Daffy holding on to a perl yelling "MINE MINE Its All Mine!" http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AKSNit... - CW
and uz a cute ... :-) - Sepi ⌘ سپی
Time flies like an arrow, fruit bats like a melon. - Eivind
Toe to toe, back to back, let's go. - Ken Morley
It probably took Escher a little longer: http://youtu.be/n5FYehN0IYA - Ken Morley
Great geometry - Sepi ⌘ سپی
Fun Fact: Lettuce is a legal psychotropic
I was wondering about the wisdom of juicing bolted lettuce leaves and stems and came across this: - Ken Morley
The yeast is bubbling away nicely! #plumwineproject
I added sultana raisins to help with the body and also some strong tea to increase the tannins. I hope I didn't overdo it. - Ken Morley
That's a good method! I've put on enough for 50 bottles, so if I end up sampling frequently I should still have a few left to age for a year or two. :) - Ken Morley