To all my regular readers, and to those visiting today – a very merry Christmas to you all. I hope the festive season brings you joy, peace and most of all, a happy time with friends and family.
As this year draws to a close it will be a time for reflection – I hope as [...]

I am cheesed off and resent receiving emails from businesses that in the past I have held in respect but which now resort to false and misleading advertising.
Here in Australia, as backward as some people think we may be, we have strong laws against what is effectively bait advertising. In other words, advertising something everything [...]

Have you heard of cord blood banking, cord blood stem cell banking, or perhaps umbilical cord blood banking. The term should probably be collection rather than banking. Anyway, it is the collection of cord blood that has got me ranting this time – with a little bit of a rave as well.
There is plenty of [...]

This really is incredible – and they say dogs are unthinking dumb animals – yeah right – this footage of a dog saving another dog on the freeway is both sad and uplifting.
What is really sad is that no one stopped to try and help.

If your looking for a gift this Christmas for someone who has everything – check out stupid.com – I am sure they will have the perfect gift.
Here are their top ten stupid.com gifts for 2008:

One of my favorites – The Rubber Screaming Chicken
The Wealth Redistribution Christmas Tree Ornament
The Mini Guitar Hero – better off buying [...]

Marijuana is one of the most widely used drugs on the planet, second only to alcohol. In almost every western country there are laws prohibiting its use, yet, just like the days of alcohol prohibition, most people ignore those laws.
Many claim that Marijuana is dangerous, and it can be, but then so is alcohol. Some [...]