All human beings fart.
This may prove that certain Ministers of the Crown may not actually be human.
Nicely handled close to the wind; readers of a religious persuasion may be interested in a link on this site to Heal Your Church Website, which also explores the internet and community development. Not to mention the Big [...]

You always secretly coveted a fancy stove?
These French altars of Baal from La Cornu are fancy stoves. All you need is $US35,000.
“2 grand vaulted ovens
1 gas, 1 electric – 3 cu. ft. each
Shown: Azulejo Blue with satin stainless steel and polished brass
The pinnacle of our “savior faire,” the Etoiles line of La Cornue stoves has [...]

Heard the one about President Bush having a low IQ? Much as I think he is as dumb as a fence post every time he appears on television, I have to concede that the “Lovenstein Institute” study that ranks all the Presidential brainpans for the last fifty years is a hoax.
It is a relief really. [...]

By all accounts the ABC at a senior level is a place of terror and egomania. Now that Robin Kershaw has decided the shrieks of the doomed are too much for her and decamped, the Corporation has found a new Head of Drama.
The choice rather undermines the notion of a distinctive voice. It’s a [...]

I stood in the rain last night with salt and fish on my fingers, watching people trundle from film to film and thought: “I do love this town. You have to live here to know why, but I do love it.”
Film is certainly part of it. I can fall into the Film Festival for [...]

While hunting down the West Yorkshire floater, I came upon the history of the ceremonial Big Pies in Denby Dale.
“The first recorded making of a pie in the village was in 1788 to celebrate the recovery of King George III from mental illness. Since that time nine other pies have been baked, usually to [...]

This is a wonderful moment of political debauchery, from MSNBC. It is a true story.
“HAVANA – An indignant Fidel Castro used a live television appearance Monday night to respond to White House charges that his government encourages child prostitution.
Speaking in the central province of Villa Clara on a national holiday marking 51 years since he [...]

The French Canadians have a weird national dish called “poutine”, invented a mere forty years ago, made of cheese curds, brown gravy and French fries, good for settling hangovers.
In other words, it is their version of the floater. Soup dish. Pie, smartly inverted and stabbed with both a tomato sauce and a vinegar dispenser. [...]

The FTA debate is being carried on Back Pages. Particularly well by Brian Bahnisch (as usual) in the comments. I am humbled by his ability to be concise and thorough.

Online petitions suck. Useless, trivial, easily forged, a trap for the unwary.
Why would anybody use one as a political tool?
Because they are on their knees.
As we are with the FTA. If you want to register some despairing cheep of protest, follow me here to email Mark Latham. It’s like a massed attack of maddened [...]