Besides being frightfully cold most of the time and consisting of a vast population of social degenerates and general miscreants, England has a lot to offer. For instance the store TK-Max. This is a shopping outlet which offers discounted clothing brands and an assortment of other miscellaneous articles. On one particular outing I had a [...]

The omnipresence of mobile or cellular communication is here. My beef is with text messaging. Originally I was a fan of this. It was easier to renege on social commitments because you never heard the disappointment in the voice of the reneged. A relationship of convenience could be swiftly severed with a detached text as [...]

Child poverty reduced if both parents go to work:

This was a headline on the guardian.co.uk website. Followed by:

Campaigners worried that strategy could have serious effects on family life

I don’t know if you have been to England, but what is really going to help reduce child poverty, is if these Careless Hooligans Avoid Visceral intercourse and [...]

You watch America’s next top model and project runway. And it’s pretty entertaining really. I did not think the day would come when I would enjoy watching a bunch of camp or sexually ambiguous designers or ditsy models showcase their talents, but it did. However whilst these shows offer some entertainment and you never really [...]

One-upmanship is big in the world of travel. I like to call it geographical one-upmanship. This is the equivalent of general knowledge one-upmanship, which if you don’t know is the most reprehensible of all supposed intelligences.

The soulless fuck that takes pride in knowing the name of the largest man-made canal or most populated city is [...]

I was unfortunate enough to accompany 70 grade 3 and 4 kids on a school field trip. We boarded two buses, in Thailand these are the open-air, windowless designs, and set off for the first destination. The students with their youthful exuberance, the excitement at not attending class and going somewhere new created quite a [...]

What makes a man short? What makes a man tall? Genetics, point of perspective and geographic location or those around you perhaps. Surround yourself with a gang of midgets or little people or the vertically challenged and you will no doubt be tall. Move to China. Stand alongside my grandmother (4ft 9in) and again you [...]