Archive for June, 2009
Tasmania trip
I have not posted much on my blogs recently because I went on a trip to Tasmania, Australia’s most southerly State. Tasmania is much cooler than where I live on the sub tropical Gold Coast. Tasmania has a much older feel to it with a strong sense of the colonial past. We landed in Launceston, [...]
The best mouse mats in the world – Flipmat
My new mouse mats have arrived. Regular readers of my blog may recall this article I wrote earlier this year: Why a mouse mat is a good business promotion tool – if you get the right one. In my view, Flipmats are the best mousemat around (try finding any better). Besides being technologically advanced and [...]
Mummies and housewives busy snorting cocaine
Years ago – gosh; I’m showing my age now – one of the few things I liked about school was the ‘yummy mummies’. Back in those days the mummies had more time to be mummies and enjoy life. I remember how much more relaxed mummies looked back then. Many looked a lot smarter too. Today, [...]
Will the world end in 2012?
2012 – will it be the year the world ends? Personally I have never worried about it, for lots of reasons. Today I came across a very interesting resource: Ask an Astrobiologist: Nibiru and Doomsday 2012: Questions and Answers
Huge Pre-Stonehenge complex found recently
Stonehenge is a very interesting place and new understanding about its purpose and origins has recently arisen due to some outstanding detective work conducted by archaeologists. Recently, around 15 miles from Stonehenge, a large complex has been discovered which predates Stonehenge. Here are two articles about the subject: Huge Pre-Stonehenge Complex Found via “Crop Circles” [...]
DeeperWeb Search – The Essential Search Engine Addon and Plugin
DeeperWeb Search – The Essential Search Engine Addon and Plugin http://www.deeperweb.com I like it a lot – take some time to check out the features and have a look at the Quick Tutorial (link in top right corner).
Useful quick translations in many languages
Here is an impressive resource with useful foreign phrases. It is a collection of phrases in many different languages with sound files for some of them, which is very easy to use. Find what you need fast. I am impressed by the design, the relevancy of the information, the out bound links and the way [...]
Enhancing Your Conversation Skills
You meet people along life’s way, people you have very little in common with. Somehow, you find yourself occupying the same room, and then you’re forced to acknowledge that person. Making simple conversation can be very difficult for some. In fact, small talk doesn’t really amount to much, especially if it’s forced. I remember well [...]
Final note on the Urticaria I suffered earlier this year
Regular readers of my blog will recall that earlier this year I suffered a bout of Urticaria. My posts mentioning Urticaria can be found here. The purpose of this post is to inform interested readers of my final conclusions, now that some time has passed. Simply speaking, I self diagnosed that the Urticaria was caused [...]
Pet-Abuse.Com – Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Pet-Abuse.com is in my view a very important website. Animal abuse today is becoming an increasingly serious problem, both in terms of frequency and depth of cruelty. Pet-Abuse.com is doing some very worthwhile work in this area. I quote from their goals: 1. To increase public awareness of the animal cruelty/human violence connection 2. To [...]
Lest we forget – today is the 65th anniversary of D Day
Today, 6th of June, is the anniversary of D Day when, in 1944, allied forces stormed ashore to start the liberation of western Europe from Nazi oppression. More from Wikipedia here. This year, which is 65 years on from D Day has been marked with a parachute drop by 3 Para – landing near Pegasus [...]
Inner qualities come from Spirit.
There is a lot of ‘badness’ which springs from within us. Circumstances, such as fatigue, can exacerbate this. We are frail and weak in ourselves. In Spirit there are unlimited strength, wisdom, love and other qualities – available to us. We are channels on earth – for good or evil. Our natural state tends towards [...]
The Need for Self-Confidence
We all have hidden fears that we don’t always want to share with friends or family. These fears often leave us paralyzed. When the need to overcome these fears is required, we often choose to take the easy way out: hide and run for cover. In order to succeed in life, we first have to [...]
Remembering and appreciating friends.
Today, 3rd June, is the 15th anniversary of the death of a close friend of mine who died in the northern summer of 94. In fact, he was the best friend I ever had. His name was Peter Vernon Booth (Pete) and he was a very unusual man. Think eccentric English boffin. Highly intelligent (IQ [...]
Pets & Life Balance
Over the years I have come across lots of research and articles about pets and their connection with health and well-being. In some cases, pets are even taken into old peoples’ homes for therapeutic purposes. Today I discovered an article which claims: A UQ researcher has found that billions can be saved on health spending [...]
