http://www.ikostar.com I don't know much about chemistry, but I know what I like. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:28:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en See, this is what I was on about before: I came in last night and there was this massive spider in the bath - I'm arachnophobic... and my hands were shaking so badly as I took the photo that it wound up looking like it's got about 20 skittery legs. It ... http://www.ikostar.com/2008/08/07/brrr-spiders/ These are the worst and best photos I took yesterday and Although on reflection I quite like the first one as well, even though it was kindof a bungle. I had that shirt made for me. By a proper tailor. The second one is clickable. I've been taking quite a lot of photos ... http://www.ikostar.com/2008/08/06/158/ This is a picture of a balloon hiding behind a big plant thing - it's hiding from the other balloons (who are like, gay balloons) and so on, but they're too knackered after the weekend to pay it much attention in any case, so it really has nothing to worry ... http://www.ikostar.com/2008/08/05/balloons/ The NPG We just went to the National Portrait gallery, because that's the sort of bloke we are. The annual portrait competition was on again (as it was last year, and the year before) and the only one I liked was the one that won second prize, which I liked better ... http://www.ikostar.com/2008/08/04/a-moderately-impractical-art-collection-bonus-points-level/ This was what the future was going to be like back in about 1970. There will be sexy space chicks wearing shiny purple wigs and sexy space chick outfits with detachable sleeves and whatnot. (why did she put on that outfit if she was just going to take it off again ... http://www.ikostar.com/2008/08/03/living-in-the-future-a-retrospective-5-2/ "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk" (said Hemingway to me, (and not for the first time), waggling his most under-control finger in front of his main focusing-eye). So to the best of my ability, I do. Well, I try to. So um... in exchange (I think) for a ... http://www.ikostar.com/2008/07/29/through-a-gale-of-bum-notes-1-a-shaky-start/ View Larger Map http://www.ikostar.com/2008/07/22/when-town-planners-just-cant-be-arsed-anymore/ Ok, this was going to be the last one of these things because I've run out of things that I keep going back to see, and there was only one to go, and procrastination took a hold of me... ... but then I remembered another one, which is up in London ... http://www.ikostar.com/2008/07/20/a-moderately-impractical-art-collection-6/ This is the third one of these I've had: If you click on it you'll see a version (in a seperate window) the size of the universe. The first one was given to me by a girl from California called Anne-Marie Murietta, who I've lost touch with now... which is a shame ... http://www.ikostar.com/2008/07/13/ring/ There's this thing over there ----> about these eco-planes, which look pretty cool etc. Apparently they're solar powered, and the cockpit bit is filled up with a mixture of helium and nitrous oxide, which is doubly environmentally friendly because you just sit on the runway pissing yourself with laughter in ... http://www.ikostar.com/2008/07/10/eco-planes/