http://www.mynavel.co.uk The Joy of Belly Buttons and their Fluffy Accumulations Wed, 14 May 2008 13:16:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My web-log analytics are a constant source of joy and amusement to me. People search for the strangest things, and a not insignificant number of them end up pondering my navel. On the whole, the stranger search phrases people are using when they stumble into my belly button fall into the ... http://www.mynavel.co.uk/2008-05-14/the-joy-of-logs/ Over three months of not posting! Whatever next? Don't worry eager readers (not that I actually have any), I have been diligently collecting my belly button fluff all this time; more on that later though, I want to explain my absence and also today's events. Firstly: Where have I been? Well, as mentioned ... http://www.mynavel.co.uk/2008-05-13/my-absence-and-a-drowned-man-at-exeter-quay/ I have a week's backlog of belly button fluff and little time to photograph it, so I cheated... Wednesday’s fluff was a nice shade of red as I was wearing a terracotta t-shirt. Friday’s belly button was bereft of fluff. I have been doing this for a month now, so what does a ... http://www.mynavel.co.uk/2008-02-04/belly-button-fluff-and-lazy-photography/ Woops, I forgot to post this the other day. Here is Belly button of the week (week five). This picture was taken by kellyandapril on Flickr. Pregnant bellies are great and well worth cuddling. I am a little behind on the photographs at the moment. Take comfort in the fact that all lint ... http://www.mynavel.co.uk/2008-02-02/belly-button-of-the-week-week-5/ Just to get the formalities out of the way, I had no belly button fluff yesterday. I was wearing a lose top that was not tucked in. I also got up late and slobbed around in my dressing gown until I bathed - I didn't even get dressed until about ... http://www.mynavel.co.uk/2008-01-28/no-belly-button-fluff-but-free-pizza/ It has been a long week.First there was my birthday. I mostly spent this day paying flying visits to friends and wandering around the campus of Exeter University taking long exposure pictures of moving water. In the evening I just went for a quiet drink with my wife; this was ... http://www.mynavel.co.uk/2008-01-27/a-stable-stream-of-belly-button-fluff/ I slept in, I visited a friend in hospital, I cooked, I meddled with the internet, I photographed belly button fluff and I went to bed. I wore a white t-shirt yesterday too. The size of this sample isn't great but on a dark background, you can see it is rather ... http://www.mynavel.co.uk/2008-01-21/a-quiet-day-and-not-insubstantial-navel-lint/ I usually bathe in the morning, but yesterday I had cause to bathe mid-afternoon. This, I discovered was rather disastrous for belly button fluff accretion to that point; an entire morning's accumulations were lost in one rather nice long bath. However, I seem to have discovered that tucking one's t-shirt in ... http://www.mynavel.co.uk/2008-01-20/daytime-baths-and-belly-button-fluff/ This week's Belly Button of the Week is actually a tandem effort... I love the innie/outie love. This image was taken by majorbonnet on Flickr. A brilliant and imaginative image. http://www.mynavel.co.uk/2008-01-19/belly-button-of-the-week-week-3/ I took the morning off work yesterday because I have had an horrendous week traveling and working. We took the opportunity to go and have a guided tour of our local primary school because it is coming to the time when we have to decide what school our son is ... http://www.mynavel.co.uk/2008-01-19/belly-button-fluff-and-school-tours/