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Yearly Archives: 2005
singer Jackson found not guilty
Singer Michael Jackson has been found not guilty on all counts in his four momnth long trial. I for one am glad of this. Hopefully this will bring an end to the money grabbing attempts that have been going on against Jackson for years. Though that is probably too much to expect. Still at least [...]
Pay Per Mile
Sigh. Pay as you go road charging [news.bbc.co.uk] looks to be the next thing on the Government’s mind. Another useless concept. This one would, of course, directly impact on people like me, people who have to travel to work across some distance, because I’d either have to pay over-the-odds to drive on the motorway, or [...]
Lightsaber madness
Really, I mean, did they not think about this at all? [news.bbc.co.uk]. Two people decided that they would have a fake lightsaber duel. But rather than buying them in a shop like sane people, they decided to construct their own out of empty light bulb tubes and flaming petrol. Strangely enough, one exploded. If they [...]
Kylie and Consoles
The news of the past few days is that singer Kylie Minogue has been diagnosed with Breast Cancer [news.bbc.co.uk]. She has suspended her tour whilst she starts on treatment. I think that it is good that she made the knowledge public. Hopefully it will help her to fight it, and raise some awareness too. The [...]
Travels and reading
Strangely, there’s a news article saying that the British are very complacent when it comes to travelling and Malaria [news.bbc.co.uk]. Surveys have suggested that a majority of people do not take health advice before travelling abroad and often do not have enough time to arrange medicines. I find this quite mad, one of the first [...]
