Archibald was very excited. There was something floating nearby and he got the distinct impression it was edible. Archibald was quite fond of edible things, mostly because they tasted good. When you’re a hamster most things taste good, especially when you’re floating through the void of space. This is not…

Crossing the international date line is a very interesting experience, arriving in Los Angeles from Fiji, roughly 6 hour before leaving it!! After…

Our three week tour of South East Asia began with an overnight stop in Singapore on the way to Bali. Singapore is a very westernized city and a great place to spend a day cruising…

We flew into Naples on a hot September day to be greeted by blue skies and ever looming Mount Vesuvius overlooking the bay.…

There is nothing as effective as knowing you have to do something by a certain time to ensure you think  up twenty reasons not to do it.  Whether it is completing a study assignment or something you promised your boss you would work on from home, suddenly the most mundane tasks seem strangely mesmerising.The…

I don’t claim to be an expert on dating, so read this with a pinch of salt. To be honest, at one point I was really rubbish at it, and thanks to these rules, I am a lot better now. It is strange to find out though that there are some dudes out there that are really crap with girls and haven’t bothered to fix themselves.…

Although I am not young by youthful  estimations I enjoy a pretty ecletic musical range.  So why should I be pigeon holed as an "oldie".  I like Green Day, Placebo, Elbow, Arcade Fire,Ting tings, Muse, plus classic bands like Pink Floyd and White Stripes and  a whole load  of stuff…

It was my last year of primary school and I was over 12yrs. I was about to join the realms of the teens. I also had this enourmous school crush on this girl in my English class, I liked her so much. It is a difficult time when you are in puberty isn’t it. I mean your voice is breaking, all these new hormones and stuff…

Thursday was Charles Darwin’s 200th Birthday. Adding to this is the bonus of the 150th anniversary of the first publication of his Origin of the Species. It just goes to show that you can still achieve something of merit in older age, although that said he did delay the publication for years for fear of his wife’s religious…

Trouser terror in the holy land.