I’ve taken to watching this weird little series called ‘Dead Like Me’. In case you’ve not seen it it’s about a girl who diea… but stays ‘alive’ as a ‘reaper’. Her job is to help loosen the souls of those about to die to make their passing easier. Bizarre as it sounds its actually quite … More Dead like me.

Maher Arar is a Canadian though he was born in Syria . In 2002 he stopped at New York en route to Canada after a trip to Tunisia but never got home. Instead he was hauled aaway by the ‘Homeland Security’ forces and deported to Syria where he was tortured for a year before his … More Human Rights? Keep them.

It’s a quiet day today. Not much in the news so far and little going on at home. The wife is off to college for 3 days so it’ll be an easy few days while she’s not there to nag us 😀 Still, I’m taking the opportunity to do a lttle spring cleaning… not too … More Ho hum… it's a quiet day… luckily

We’ve not been told David Hicks will probably face some sort of trial ‘early next year’… some 5 years after his detention by bounty hunters whilst waiting for a bus home. The reason trials can go ahead is because President Bush has signed new legislation which not only allows the trials to go ahead, but … More Hicks… trial in sight?

A local authority in the UK town of Swansea, South Wales has fined a man a total of $350 because he ‘contaminated’ his recycling container. Apparantly he was accused (and found guilty) of placing a letter in a bag intended for bottles and cans. Another hate crime of this debauched reprobate was to deliberately put … More Recycling common sense

I liked this site. It’s called The Silly Walks generator only a bit of fluff really… but fun 😀

I was reading today an article about why leaves turn red in Autumn just before they fall. Seems they contain a brilliant red pigment called anthocyanin. Scientists have known it exists for a long time but weren’t clear what was happening when the leaves turned read… or why. Seems the answer is that the pigment … More Anthocyanin in the wintertime

I know about taste, smell, sight, touch, and hearing… and there are people who break down touch in to warmth and cold… but I’m sure there are others. For example ‘self awareness’… our sense of ‘self’ and our awareness of what our body ‘feels… for example… if I feel ‘weak’ isn’t that a manifestation of … More Five Senses?

Monday night saw the release of an episode of Australian Story featuring Bindi Irwin who told how her fathers death and the subsequent media pressure was affecting her life. Other members of the family also spoke to reassure supporters of their intense desire to protect not only Bindi, Bob and Terri… but Steve’s memory and … More Interest in the Irwin clan still intense.

I was thinking maybe death will be a bit of a bummer for atheists and agnostics. I mean if their perspective is correct… and there is no afterlife… then they’ll have nobody to crow to about how they were right all along! In fact they won’t even retain enough consciousness to know they were ever … More Death after life?