Humor
Published: 10/02/2008
It was a dark and stormy night...
and you were bored. There was nothing on television... So you decided to amuse yourself on the internet. Youtube was down for maintenance, and you had no privacy... what could you do? What would you do? And then BAM!! It hit you! You'd play free games!
Free...
Published: 04/02/2008
For Gringos, hammocks are for putting up in the backyard at siesta time. Cartoons show a sleeping hammocker getting spun up into his backyard hammock. But for millions of people living in the tropics, hammocks are a way of life. And a way of rest and sleep.
In my earlier years in...
Published: 04/02/2008
As a kid, Sherlock Holmes was my hero. Here was really a cool guy if there ever was one. He knew almost everything about everything and could solve almost any crime, even crimes that had stumped Her Majesty's best. But even Sherlock had his days.
On those rare but revealing occasions...
Published: 03/02/2008
Going back a few years when I first moved out of my parents home to live in London, in University halls of residence, I remember feeling more excited than scared. The world of independence, no curfews and late night parties were something that had overwhelmed my senses. I felt extremely elated...
Published: 03/02/2008
It all started on a trip to Quintana Roo to do a feasibility study for an eco-tourism project in the Sian Ka'an biological reserve. Part of the project's challenge was that all food and palapa building materials had to be brought in as nothing could be cut or grown within the reserve. In other...
Published: 30/01/2008
If you're like me, you spend hours surfing the internet looking for weird stuff that you've never seen or read about before. During my extensive research one evening, as I scoured cyberspace to find some new and unusual crap to entertain myself with, I finally found what I was looking for.
At...
Published: 26/01/2008
Three guys up in trees are winning the war of words and nerves against the multi-billion University of California system. The three guys and their supporters are bringing the highly taunted University of California to its administrative and intellectual knees, thus begging the question of the...
Published: 23/01/2008
You know you are there when you have diarrhea and are throwing up at the same time. You just have to lose those pounds and it just doesn't get any better than losing them on both ends. What you really need is an IV drip since you are losing fluids so rapidly but who cares, water is weight and...
Published: 18/01/2008
You don't get to forty years of age without your fair share of disastrous relationships - and I've had more than my fair share. I'm giving the whole business a wide berth from now on. After all, what do I need a man for?
I've been of this opinion for a year now and there have been some times...
Published: 14/01/2008
Four leaf clovers, rabbits' feet, horse shoes - some people think these are good luck. I thought a toy mouse was good luck until I lost it. Then I asked myself how I could have the misfortune to lose something that was meant to bring me good fortune. Now people bring me good fortune - especially...
