At the time of the month when it feels like someone is punching you in the uterus, childbirth actually seems like a valid curative.

Woman fights off bear with zucchini.

A colleague pointed out that it becomes infinitely more amusing if you change the emphasis slightly and assign the possession of the zucchini (courgette) to the bear rather than the woman.

Leaving aside the annual headbanging over the number of A grades awarded at A-level, this is the standard of journalism in the UK.

Note this paragraph:

In 1953 two people got to the top of Everest, an extraordinary achievement at the time. Yet on a single day in 1996, 39 people stood on the summit. That might suggest that Everest had become 20 ( Read more... )

Yes, double post day from me.

Thousands of children go missing every year. Most are found safe and well. Some, tragically, are not.

When a child goes missing the most vital time is the first twenty-four hours. It's also vital to get the news out, with accurate descriptions of the child, where they were last seen, and what they were wearing ( Read more... )

Friday started off with a bang - well more of a grinding sound really. On driving into town to catch up with the lovely F, my beloved seven-and-a-half year-old Polo chose that moment to give me the first mechanical fault of its career. The driver's side window went down, but when I flicked the button to shut it again, it just stayed down and made ( Read more... )

Aaaaaaaaand, in news that will shock everyone, Blizzard backtracked. Real names will no longer be required when posting on the new Starcraft or World of Warcraft forums ( Read more... )

So today I received an e-mail offer from Dell (I bought a laptop from them last year).

Link to Dell's siteThe offer is for one of their NEW! "Opi" Studio Laptops ( Read more... )

So Blizzard has decided that in the upcoming forum revamp, posters will no longer post under their World of Warcraft characters. Instead, they will post under their real names.

Let's just read that again. Under their real names. No opt-in, no opt-out. Want to post on the WoW forums? You're no longer "Footscraper", you're Jessica Irwin ( Read more... )

Dear Ms Gillard,

Congratulations.

Now:

1) Dump the Internet filter
2) Proceed full-pace with the NBN
3) Abolish state government (savings from which will largely pay for no. 2)

Love and huggles,

pootlus.

For those who are heartily sick of the vuvuzela (which I thought was a slang word for a certain part of the female anatomy the first time I heard it):

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