Breathing is Dangerous

Well, it’s bound to be. Or else, it’s not dangerous per se (annoying phrase and possibly miss-spelled but I’m too tired to think of another one) but ’studies’ somewhere, at some point, will show that too much of it (breathing), or doing it in a manner other than a technique prescribed by experts and approved of by [...]

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Are We Up the Creek Without a Paddle?

Or will there be some benefits brought about by the current/upcoming recession? Alice Thomson on the Times Online tries to put a positive spin on things, in her Why the Recession is a Blessing in Disguise  article. From the tone taken by a good number of people who left comments on the article, I don’t [...]

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Holden Caulfield was an Emo kid?

I haven’t ever thought about writing on a banknote (I never have one long enough to do anything other than hand them over) — though, now that I have thought about it, it seems a bit of a wasted opportunity not to add a bit of artwork or some commentary. Of course, like practically everything these [...]

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Strange Statues

At haha.nu — Strange Statues Around the World

This one reminds me of our government’s attitude towards the country’s economic situation over the past few years. Ours, too, I suppose — I still can’t believe we didn’t see it coming. Or maybe we did but just didn’t want to think about it…

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Another classic blog post from Miss Doxie

Miss Doxie doesn’t write on her blog that often these days but posts like Cookie and the Geese make the wait so worthwhile.

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