A Case of Shoeshine Head

Since I've ruined several pairs of high quality shoes with shoe polish (the fact that some chemical components attack rubber is never mentioned anywhere), I no longer wish to use that expensive toxic junk which is all bad. So in order to stay true to my principles, I've decide once again to do without the industrial rubbish and make my own cheap shoe polish.

This recipe is very quick and easy to make, is totally odourless except for a faint olive smell which won't stay, and is as efficient at leather stuffing and waterproofing as any industrial counterpart, while being more pleasant to use. And the icing on the cake... it's much cheaper too. I use it with all my shoes and handbags and shall never purchase shoe polish anymore.

Ingredients

• 10 g shea butter
• 59 g olive oil
• 25 g white beewax
• 2 drops vitamine E

QSF 100 g

Instruction

Melt wax and butter in a double boiler.

Add oil and vitamine E and mix well.

Quickly transfer to a jar or recycled shoe polish box while still hot. Put cap on and chill about 60 minutes until hardened.

Apply like ordinary shoe shine using a rag. Leave to dry a couple of minutes before polishing.

NOTE: This polish is colourless and suits all types of leather. However, you might wish to revive the colour of your shoes, bags or else, or conceal stains and scratches so you can add 6 g of natural pigments and mix well before transferring to a jar. A few examples: for black polish, you may use activated charcoal powder; for light brown polish, use chesnut powder; for dark brown polish, use walnut stain powder; for white polish, use zinc oxide; for other colours you'll have to mix oxides or micas but you may have to do many trials to obtain your desired colour.

As the late French humourist Coluche would say, “Some politicians are so desperate to shine in public, they'd be willing to eat shoeshine”. So if you're in this mindset, be aware that this shoeshine is perfectly edible — however it may disagree with your bowels. But it's a case of the biter bit if you like (another of these untranslatable puns that would be too polically incorrect anyway).

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Thought Contagion

While waiting for the new album they must certainly be recording in between extended world tours, we'll make do with a couple of singles released sparingly over time, though going by what I've heard so far, I'm afraid we'll have to give up any hopes of ever getting a worthy successor to Drones. Truth is the standards have been set just a tad high. So long as they don't crash out into soup! Rather than the official tackier-than-ever zombie-style promo clip, here is the version they performed as an opener to their song-on-demand show in Paris, last Februrary which was streamed live on YouTube and most popular social media platforms so we could enjoy at home (heard about the rat race ticket sale — thank god for music that brings people together!). Comments on the new Muse welcome.

Ey@el

Strung out, falling from the big time,
Welcome to the infinite black skies —
Brain-cleansed fractured identity,
Fragments and scattered debris.

Thought contagion...
Thought contagion...

Fall down, learn when to count it out.
Prop me up before I black out.
Withdraw before you're out of time —
A clean slate and buried war crimes.

You've been bitten by a true believer.
You've been bitten by someone who's hungrier than you.
You've been bitten by a true believer.
You've been bitten by someone's false beliefs.

Thought contagion...
Thought contagion...

They'll never do what you want them to.
Give it up and watch them break through.
It's too late for a revolution,
Brace for the final solution.

Thought contagion...
Thought contagion...

You've been bitten by a true believer.
You've been bitten by someone who's hungrier than you.
You've been bitten by a true believer.
You've been bitten by someone's false beliefs.

Thought contagion...
Thought contagion...

Strung out, falling from the big time,
Welcome to the infinite black skies.
It's too late for a revolution,
Brace for the final solution.

Original text by MATT BELLAMY
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Scientists Discover That Trees Have a “Heartbeat” Too

Don't know about you, but I've always been attracted to trees as if we had a special bond. Forests are definitely my favourite natural environment where I can resource myself best. Maybe it's because I was born on the edge of Vincennes Woods, but I could never live anywhere without trees. It breaks my heart and infuriates me whenever I find some trees have been cut off because they blocked off the light or sight of some residents. I'm that kind of “nuts” who hug trees like old friends, so I have a smile when reading that scientists have discovered they have a heartbeat too for I have always known that and didn't need any scientific proof.

Nor is there any doubt that J.R.R. Tolkien and J.K. Rowling knew this as well as illustrated with Old Man Willow, Treebeard and the Ents in The Lord of The Rings or the Whomping Willow in Harry Potter. One day for sure, trees will kick our asses as they should or save our lives depending on how we decide to treat them. Those who have tried will tell you that when you hug a tree, there is an energy transfer and a powerful reconnection to the planet and cosmic whole occurring. So let all the jackals and jackasses be heard, this trailer of awakening consciousness is no Noah's Arch and will go on with or without them.

And it's whispered that soon, if we all call the tune,
Then the piper will lead us to reason.
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long,
And the forests will echo with laughter.
Does anyone remember laughter?

Stairway to Heaven", Led Zeppelin (1971)

Ey@el

It seems everyday more and more information is being uncovered about trees and the many mysteries within them. We know that they are alive, but it seems they are even more alive than we may have thought. Trees are interconnected underground, we also now know that trees can communicate with one another, but recently scientists have discovered that trees actually have a sort of heartbeat, it is just so slow that they’ve never noticed before.

Up until recently scientists had thought that water moved through trees by the process of osmosis, in a sort of continuous matter, but now they’ve discovered that the trunks and branches of the trees are actually contracting and expanding and essentially pumping water up from the roots to the leaves, kind of like how our heart pumps blood throughout our bodies.

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