Time to get off this crazy ride

The Pope has hit the headlines again… this time because he underwent an emergency tracheotomy of the throat so that he could breathe. The Vatican reports that the frail 84 year old is in a stable condition at Rome’s Gemelli Polyclinic. I am sure millions of praying Catholics worldwide breathed a sigh of relief [...]

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We do not remember days, we remember moments

When I was 13 years old, my best mate James and I stole a packet of cigarettes from his father’s drawer. We hid in the garden shed behind their house, divided the packet of cigarettes into 2 equal piles, and proceeded to smoke all of them in one go.
I think I was about half [...]

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Stupidity is a terminal disease

I pride myself on my ability to be open and honest and to do the right thing, even in the face of adversity.
Many times the only way to solve a problem is to confront it head-on, to cut the bullshit and get right to the point. Screw the 21st century PC crap, the ultra-sensitive approach [...]

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Taking tennis to new heights

This can only happen in Dubai!
Taking tennis to new heights – Absolutely amazing photos taken of Andre Agassi and Roger Federer playing tennis on the helipad of the Burj Al Arab hotel before the start of The Dubai Tennis Championships 2005, 21st February – 5th March 2005.

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Practise makes perfect

In classic authors we are often warned, there’s naught so savage as a ‘woman scorned’. Well, try a man who has been told that his bedside antics are as exicting as a wet nappy and you have yourself a “nuclear situation”. A mate of mine was told by his now ex girlfriend that he does [...]

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Bring it on Patty…

Love them or hate them… The Simpsons have for 16 years provided us with many hours of entertainment… ranging from the bizarre to the downright stupid.
So what’s next… may you ask? Well it seems The Simpsons has taken a swipe at the real world controversy of gay marriage by having its latest episode centre [...]

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Bitter-Sweet Seduction

It’s new… not free… yet so totally me
Yep it’s my IPod mp3 player
And I’m no longer the nay sayer

Yep, finally gave in to my carnal lust for gadgets and bought me one of those fancy schmancy “must have” mp3 players.
Dare I say it was “on special” and I scored a few bucks… oh how gullible [...]

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