Ever wondered why the world’s governments hate their people smoking so much? It is one of those questions which has bugged me for a few years now. They expect us to believe that it’s all because they care so much about our health – more than most of us care about it ourselves, but consider [...]

There seems to be a lot of discussion about how best to turn this year’s census into a farce by filling out false information on the forms. This happened last time:
It is believed the majority of self-reported Jedi claimed the religion for their own amusement, to poke fun at the government,[1] or as a protest [...]

Under the previous post, Rob asked me to write a piece on the events in the Middle East/North Africa.
I don’t expect this to be a lengthy post because I think these “revolutions” have been orchestrated to a large degree. I’m not saying there aren’t millions of people who are elated at the thought of freedom [...]

I continue to be appalled by the attacks on freedom of expression in the West. The situation seems to be getting worse all the time. If you don’t go along with whatever agenda is being promoted under the guise of saving the planet or “human rights,” it seems you have no right to an opinion [...]

I don’t usually write about royal gossip, but I received a tweet the other day from an Argentinian man who says he is Prince Philip’s illegitimate son. He claims to have been conceived five or six years before Philip married the Princess Elizabeth in 1947.
He says that his 1943 birth certificate is fake and that [...]

Well, it does if you are a fiery Italian footballer and you have an argument with Joe Jordan. The Tottenham coach and former Scotland international was “headbutted” by the AC Milan captain and ex-Rangers player Gennaro Gattuso after the Italian team had just lost 1-0 to the Spurs at the San Siro last night.
Italy midfielder [...]

I received an email yesterday asking if I can supply a quantity of custom printed flags to promote a certain death metal band. They were a new one on me (not that I know of many), so I did a bit of research. It turns out they are part of the “God Is Dead – [...]

It’s a funny old game, this blogging. I admire those who can produce high quality posts day in and day out (they know who they are!), but I haven’t been able to get a post out for a whole week. I keep hoping that one day I will be ordered enough to be more prolific. [...]

Do you believe in do-as-you-would-be-done-by? Does the knowledge that the things you do, whether good or bad, will be revisited upon you by way of either blessings or troubles, possibly with interest? “Do unto others” was a popular expression in the past but which seems to have largely made way for concern about one’s karma, [...]