Monty Python star Terry Jones has developed bowel cancer. His surgeons hope they’ve found it in time to sort him out. We wish him the best for a speedy recovery.

After all these years, workmen ripping up a temporary road at Ground Zero have found human remains that were somehow missed at the time. Relatives are understandably extremely distressed and with good reason.

Unashamedly stolen from various places. *************** Paul once bought Heather a plane for Christmas… and a ladyshave for the other leg. *************** Heather might be legless, but Paul’s found out that she’s far from ‘armless. *************** A South African gold miner was injured at work and had to have his right leg amputated. After the … More Mills $ McCartney jokes

Following on from the highly unusual death of Steve Irwin comes yet another almost fatal injury from a similar animal. A stingray jumped into the boat of an 82 year old Florida man stabbing him in the heart with it’s tail. Luckily in this case the barb broke off and remained lodged very close to … More Another stingray attack.

Normally I’m a firm believer in the use of shaving oil and a triple bladed razor when shaving… I get a wonderfully close shave and my skin feels like what I imagine a baby’s bum would feel like if I hadn’t promised the magistrate I wouldn’t find out… … so earlier today I had a … More Shaving oil… it huuurrrttss…

Watched this fabulous (if violent) old film last night. Wow it was impressive. One side note… I’d forgotten what a lovely young woman Diane Keaton was. I watched ‘Kay’ for a long time before I even remembered who she was. Actually the performances of all the principals were outstanding. Obviously Al Pacino stood out but … More The Godfather I

Well it’s finally been released as a download. You can get the new version of Internet Explorer here but do you really want it? I downloaded one of the beta versions a few weeks ago and didn’t like it. I found it bloated, slow and prone to crashing. It barfed at site after site apparantly … More Internet Explorer 7

It’s hard to believe that Suzanne Somera will be 60 soon. Ok she admits to having injections in the face to help keep her young looking… but still it’s hard to believe she’s not 20 years younger. I wish I looked as good at that age… well I only have a year to go so … More Suzanne Somers 60?? Really?

With some less than gracious acceptance of public opinion, John Stainton, Bindi Irwin’s manager, has decided to postpone the shooting of her wildlife video for at least a year.He says it has nothing to do with public opinion but whatever excuse he likes to use I’m glad she’s been pulled her back from the limelight. … More Sense prevails

Was discussing this with the wife the other day. Her take on it is that other measures need to be implemented prior to building more infrastructure. For example we could make better use of the water we already have. Shes thinks recycling sewage, reducing leakage, and just reducing general usage would help and should be … More Desalination plants revisited