Ever been so fed up with the political system that you wanted change. Well in Iceland ‘The Best Party’ has been elected in iceland for that very reason. The Best Party (Besti flokkurinn), is a new political party founded by comedian Jón Gnarr, won the municipal election in Reykjavík with six representatives on the City Council [Read more]
Tomorrow marks an important day for me and for you. Tomorrow is the 30th June which is effectively the middle of the year and for those that are regular readers of this blog will realise that I am now half way through my yearly challenge. Last year the challenge was one razor for the year [Read more]
Earlier this week was the winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere which means that summer is now on the way here, as opposed to two weeks ago when it was moving away from us. This marks an important time in our calendar and for some reason fills me with a little hope. Hope that the worst of the [Read more]
Obama is a great speaker. Trouble is it takes more than a few cliches and stories about former Presidents to excite the young people of today. Check out Obama in a recent speech where the boy starts falling asleep while Obama is talking. The young choir singer’s big yawns and short snooze would have probably [Read more]
I know you have heard it. That un-ending drone that suddenly started a few days ago and just seems to be getting louder by the day. That buzzy-bee throb that is constantly on in the background. That awful mono pitched vibration that seems to warble out of your TV, is none other than the noise from the vuvuzela horn. [Read more]
Over the last few weeks I have come to the conclusion that bloggers are on the outer in our society. Few people actually understand the importance behind blogging and rather than explore this wonderful past time they shun it with prejudice. Blogging you see, suffers from very bad public perception. Mention the fact that you [Read more]
Tui Beer has extended an olive branch to a Bethlehem Community Church in Tauranga today. In an effort to conclude a small copyright issue that has erupted earlier this month over a harmless roadside advert. The trouble began when the church put up a billboard which proclaimed “Atheists have nothing to worry about! Yeah Right”. I [Read more]
The big news this week is that the government has released the Register of Pecuniary Interestsand boy does it make you think. For those of you that don’t know the Register of Pecuniary Interests is basically a list of all things personal that may land an MP in trouble later if they don’t let the world know. [Read more]
Buttocks, butt, backside, bum, buns, hind end, posterior, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom and behind are the usual descriptions of your bottom. Sadly when describing my backside the adjective ‘soft’ should now be used as the major descriptor. Yes you read correctly, apparently, I have a soft, weak [Read more]
Forget Kentucky Fried Chicken people. The real meaning behind those famous three letters, KFC, is now – Kentucky Fried Cockroach The secret to KFC’s herbs and spices has just been found out by a British HealthInspector. The city of Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard that during an inspection at the Leicester Square branch, [Read more]
