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Welcome to Peter's personal website! The Peter here is Peter Rootham-Smith (Peter rather than Pete.) I live to the north of Cambridge in England, with wife Virginia, two cats Tabitha and Amelia, and a collection of soft toys.

This is a website of pictures I've taken which I'm inflicting on the rest of the Internet. This is a website about various projects I have on the go. This is a website about places I've been, deeds I've done. This is a website of what I think about films and books and games I've seen and read and played.

What we think is important, worth recording. We all have our own opinions, and are entitled to have them. It would be boring if we all thought the same. But on a deeper level what we think, what we believe, our worldview, affects the world we view. We can choose whether we're born to sweet delight, or born to endless night.

Some people exert themselves trying to reason others to their point of view (sometimes out of insecurity.) Viewpoints we disagree with may be dismissed as 'irrational'. But I believe our beliefs at the lowest level are irrational, are not based on logic. The set of beliefs we hold are often contradictory paradoxical. I don't understand myself, don't know what I'm going to like or dislike.

But there are universal objective absolutes. French onion soup with melted cheese drowning in it is magic, preferably eaten in a restaurant with good company to talk to. Eating in Benihana Steak Houses in the States and watching the chef not only cook the food before you, but also put on a comic juggling act as well, is a delight. Strawberries with cream are nice too.