Hello Fans!

Apparently I Have Some
     None more surprised than Conrad when, without any blog-pimping on Facebook, 6 people come and nosey around BOOJUM! 
     I'm not complaining, just wondering what it is or was that drew them in.  If only I could replicate the effect ....

The Food Challenge Continues
     That's six sausages, the last of the pancetta and three bread rolls used up.  We still have a packet of Polish Meat Croquettes to consume, plus some tomato salsa.  No photos posted because you got plenty yesterday.  Instead here's a photo of

The Moon being blown up!  Ha!  Take that, Moon!

A Weapon For A More Elegant Age
     To coin a phrase.  Or have I heard it somewhere else? That is, if you regard the pen as being mightier than the sword, which makes is a kind of literary NBC*.

Don't worry, we can rebuild it, make it better than before

From left to right you can see the barrel of a fountain pen, the cap, the three-part nib unit, separated, then a refillable adapter and a bottle of ink.  Conrad needed to separate the nib out in order to rinse and soak it, getting rid of the feeble blue ink.  Conrad uses black ink, for extra sinisternessssss.

M83
     Raconte-Moi Une Histoire.  Top notch stuff!

Get Some Perspective
     If you want to see where you fit in, astronomically, have a gander at this:

The Horsehead Nebula

Up for one of the Best Space Photographs of 2013 over at Auntie, herein the link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23691292

This nebula is nearly 5 light years square.  Consider that next time you feel important!