I Often Hear People say,

that kids are cute because of their innocence,

back in my day we did not see anything wrong with the death penalty,

but alas the innocence of youth is soon lost, great Christmas present by the way!

They Say A Marriage,

is made in heaven,

but this one seems to have failed before it even started in the planning department!

Oh Dear,

no pictures today,

as we did not go out, but Jay called round for the afternoon for a few teas and a chat, 

after we said our goodbyes and finished our evening meal we settled down for Red, an action packed movie of old aged pensioners taking on the CIA's best and winning, one from Midsomer Murders, a couple from Bones and we were off to bed.

I Am Sure We Have All Heard Of Sand Castles,

but how about a castle on a single grain of sand?

that is what artist Vik Muniz has achieved in collaboration with artist and MIT researcher Marcelo Coelho, Muniz explores the microscopic with a series of sandcastles etched onto individual grains of sand,

I will not go into the details of how after four years of trial and error utilizing both antiquated and highly technical methods the drawings made by Vik were then sent to Coelho, who worked with a number of microscopic drawing processes for several years before deciding to use a Focused Ion Beam (FIB) which has the capability of creating a line only 50 nanometers wide, (as an aside a human hair is about 50,000 nanometers wide), if you want to read the full story and see more pictures have a look here, but what an amazing concept, a castle on a grain of sand.

I Have Never Ever,

been interested in owning a pedal cycle,

 all that hard work especially up hills when you can take the car, unless your country has installed one of these on every hill, the Trampe CycloCable®, the motorized aid was built into the street in Tronheim, Norway to give a little help to anyone trying to get up an 18% grade hill on wheels, the prototype was built in 1993, and the Trampe has pushed over 200,000 cyclists up the hill since then,

here is how it works, you position your bicycle 10 centimeters away from and parallel to the lift rail, with your left pedal in a lower position, while standing astride your bike, put your left foot on the left bike pedal, and your right foot in the start slot of the lift, push the green ‘start’ button and it’ll gently haul you up the hill, what a great idea, pedal cycling with out the sweat!

on the good news front people riding scooters or pushing strollers use the lift, as well, it moves about five feet per second and can extend up to 1,640 feet, I wonder if you can use it with a skateboard?

Can These Dogs,

possibly be real?

 or have they been Photoshopped? the answer is they are real and competing in Intergroom, a competition in the world of creative dog grooming that revolves around color usage, contour shapes, and other design principles that make your dog not look like, well a dog,

this years competition is scheduled for Saturday, April 5th-Monday, 7th, at the Hilton Meadowlands, 2 Meadowlands Plaza, East Rutherford, NJ. Tel: +1-201-896-0500 Fax: +1-201-896-9696, if you want to see more of this fascinating escape from pet reality there is a book available from the photographer, Paul Nathan who is a fashion photographer titled Groomed.

I Have Often Read,

that certain animals,

are more intelligent than we give them credit for, and here is the proof!