Still on holiday.

Just letting the reguars know all is well here and we’re enjoying the quiet of the holiday season. We’ve not been doing much other than relax but it’s such a novelty to be able to do it we aren’t bored at all. The regular routines will start to kick back in over the next few … More Still on holiday.

And in the UK?

In the UK while mayhem reigns on the streets those guardians of law and order have slapped a $150 fine on a pensioner because someone knocked a cigarette out of his hand! The ‘someone’ who knocked the cigarette out of the hand of Lazaris Michael (76) was a policeman who tackling a shoplifter. Before Mr Michael … More And in the UK?

Takes all sorts…

That ancient astronomer Sir Alfred Patrick Caldwell-Moore, aka just Patrick Moore is one of that odd breed of eccentrics Britain seems to throw up from time to time. One of his ‘funnies’ was a 1976 jape when he announced on BBC Radio that at exactly 9:47 a.m. next morning the planet Pluto would pass behind … More Takes all sorts…

Lucky Australia!

Looks like the skies will be smiling at us tonight. The configuration of Venus and Jupiter along with a crescent moon means we’ll get a smiley face in the heavens tonight!! 🙂 Europe won;t see it because the moon will have moved position by the time it gets around to them, and the US will … More Lucky Australia!

On a theme…

This little offering is entitled “Burying the Truth” and, again, is a YouTube ‘short’ about Schapelle Corby and the way the media have portrayed her. Her major problem was the prima facie case that she was in possession of the drugs therefore the onus was upon her to prove she had nothing to do with … More On a theme…

Haiku

For any of you out there without a culture bone in their bodies I am *not* sneezing… well ok I *am* sneezing because I have a cold but that’s nothing to do with the subject. Haiku is a traditional Japanes verse form which uses the line syllable format of 5 – 7- 5, i.e. the … More Haiku