Ecuadorian Bus Crash
Monday, April 14th, 2008Some terrible local news from my current country of residence. Several people were killed when a lorry collided with a tour bus.
You can read the article by clicking here.
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Ironing, Heath Ledger, Tom Cruise is a Pyschopath
Friday, January 25th, 2008Fact#34: The only thing I hate more than genocide is ironing.
Over the past few days, whenever I log into my facebook account or sign into msn messenger, I have noticed the increased number of people with tags attached to their names exclaiming their disbelief that Heath Ledger has passed away.
Well, I have news for these [...]
Glen Hansard for the Oscars
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Well, Glen Hansard of Irish band The Frames has been nominated (along with Marketa Irglova) for an academy award in the category of ‘Best Song’ for “Falling Slowly” from the film Once.
Not my favourite Hansard tune to be honest, but it will be great if he won it as it will mean that I have [...]
Sir Edmund Hillary not a Mountaineer - Actually either an Exceptionally Large Statue or Electronic Computing Device
Friday, January 11th, 2008Well, according to the New Zealand Prime Minister.
Sir Edmund is dead! And the New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark had this to say.
“Sir Ed described himself as an average New Zealander with modest abilities. In reality, he was a colossus.”
Hrm, the original meaning of the word Colossus is defined as an ‘exceptionally large statue’, i.e [...]
Nintendo Wii, History Masters
Monday, December 3rd, 2007You might have noticed that as of late I’ve been posting here a bit more regularly than usual. However the last week has been full of activities that have prevented me from writing – moving house, running training courses, doing tax, and playing Nintendo Wii. I got my hands on a copy of the new [...]
Bernie Banton
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007Bernie Banton dies. It is all a bit sad, really.