What's on your mind today?

[Tank]

I had a little aquarium that was just sitting around. I now have a little aquarium sitting around with a Sundew and Venus Fly Trap in it. 

[Tank]

New toy 

No idea where I'm going to keep it!

[Icarus]

 Scope looks to be something like a 125 mm reflector. It has a fairly short focal length which will make eye piece FL critical. Very good choice of a hobby telescope. Small enough to be portable and big enough to observe some of the  celestial objects less bright for smaller scopes..

Now all you have to do is find observation sites that are not light polluted. Enjoy the astro world, it is thoroughly fascinating.

[Asmodean]

I had a little aquarium that was just sitting around. I now have a little aquarium sitting around with a Sundew and Venus Fly Trap in it. 

The Asmo approves of keeping evil plants as home guards.

[Tank]

Scope looks to be something like a 125 mm reflector. It has a fairly short focal length which will make eye piece FL critical. Very good choice of a hobby telescope. Small enough to be portable and big enough to observe some of the  celestial objects less bright for smaller scopes..

Now all you have to do is find observation sites that are not light polluted. Enjoy the astro world, it is thoroughly fascinating.

Celestron Astromaster 130. Half price on a deal. Ans I'm on the learning curve now

[Tank]

I had a little aquarium that was just sitting around. I now have a little aquarium sitting around with a Sundew and Venus Fly Trap in it. 

The Asmo approves of keeping evil plants as home guards.

Flies tremble ans scatter

[Asmodean]

Instill fear in them, then rule them absolutely. With a iron hand and dictatorial intent.

[The Magic Pudding..]

Instill fear in them, then rule them absolutely. With a iron hand and dictatorial intent.

What sort of fear?

To put it another way, the image of the vagina dentata captured what Freud described as (or perhaps, what Freud experienced as) a fear of castration

I don't recall ever having such a fear, Freud was a fkn weirdo anyway.

What is the go with naming of this thing though?
I find it hard to swallow the white flower is so lovely they name it after the goddess of love.

These people confirm what I'm thinking so it must be true.
https://herbspeak.com/venus-flytrap-name/

[Tank]

Interesting.

[Recusant]

Instill fear in them, then rule them absolutely. With a iron hand and dictatorial intent.

What sort of fear?

To put it another way, the image of the vagina dentata captured what Freud described as (or perhaps, what Freud experienced as) a fear of castration

I don't recall ever having such a fear, Freud was a fkn weirdo anyway.

What is the go with naming of this thing though?
I find it hard to swallow the white flower is so lovely they name it after the goddess of love.

These people confirm what I'm thinking so it must be true.
https://herbspeak.com/venus-flytrap-name/

Cool find--I'd never explored the etymology of its name. Thanks! 

I know that Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty, so I questioned that part. Turns out "Dionaea" is a sobriquet or cognomen for her -- "the daughter of Dione."