Rewards for the safe return of 4 year old Madeleine McCann kidnapped in Portugal have now reached an amazing $9 million. Nevertheless there is still no news of her whereabouts. That alone is cause for concern. Surely by now with the vast international publicity we’ve seen, if she was safe and well *someone* would have … More Madeleine McCann still missing.
Taxi drivers around the world are rarely noted for their tolerance and happy dispositions and having been one I can understand why. However, sometimes you *do* have to feel for the people who sometimes get the rough end of the pineapple from drivers. The latest complaint was from a woman released from hospital who told … More Sydney Taxi's
Well it’s the next big thing so I thought I’d join up… I’m registered as Bynge Oh…. well why not?? 🙂 I decided (luckily as it turned out) not to cough up any cash… and then discovered… oh joy… it doesn’t support Windows Vista yet. Typical eh? By the way… the wife is standing next … More Second Life?
Found this really nice little site which has a few ‘viral’ media snippets in it’s ‘outer net’ section. Have a look at the ‘funny animals’ piece… there are some very odd animals around!! Link *here*
Madge is visiting the US and as usual the Shrub found it impossible to avoid putting his foot in his mouth. In his welcome, he almost told the crowd Madge had been in the US when it was founded in 1776 instead of dropping in for a free meal in 1976 for the bicentennial celebrations. … More The Shrub makes a funny.
In 2005, the DMG Radio Network, Australia launched tow new radio stations in Melbourne and Sydney. Both stations were squarely targeted at the ‘baby boomer’ age group (40 – 60) and as such suited me perfectly. To add to their mix of decent music, they poached from ABC radio *the* number one presenter Angela Catterns … More Time to boycott Vega 95.3 FM?
England lost to Australia in the 20/20 version of the game last night by a world record margin What else is there to say. The one day series starts at the MCG on Friday… I wonder if anyone will bother turning up to watch?
Yesterday a little girl in France watched horrified as a helicopter dropped from the sky and killed her parents as they walked outside a restaurant in the Carmargue. Now that tale in itself is horrible enough to raise the sympathies of anyone who reads it… so *why* did the journalists at news.com decide to go … More Journalism… gawd… words fail me.
Grenfell Jones… better known as ‘Gren’… the iconic Welsh cartoonist died on Thursday morning. He was very well known in Wales and loved by all who saw his cartoons describing rugby (especially) and Welsh life in general. He’ll be very much missed by those of us who knew him. Rest in peace Gren.
Same old, same old. Another 150+ martyrs die in the cause of freedom ‘George Bush style’ as suicide bombings wrack… or wreck… Sadr City, in Bagdahd. Yet again the forces of freedaom were helpless to prevent the sectarian violence that is tearing the country apart. I still occasionally wonder how many of those millions killed … More Ho-hum another 150 dead in Iraq
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