Day: December 8, 2010

Blood donor reject

I tried to do a good thing thing yesterday: I tried to donate blood. Donating blood is one of those “I must get around to it” things that has been on my to-do list for a while. My son required…

Turn left at the next tank

I was a bit disappointed with the look of the satellite mapping system China has launched to rival Google Maps (see how I kept my nearly uncontrollable giggling and snorts of derision from taking over there). Google and China haven’t…

You are … here?

Ha, so maybe Google doesn’t know everything! This photo of the Google Map cars lined up as one of the drivers checks out the roadside map makes someone like me (who has no sense of direction) feel a whole lot…

Where has the time gone

I remember so vividly hearing the news that John Lennon had been murdered that I almost can’t get my head around the fact that it’s been 30 years. He wrote one of my two all-time favourite songs (Beautiful Boy). A…

Men, take note

1. The reason why our bras don’t always match our underwear is because WE actually change our underwear. 2. The next time you and your buddies make jokes about armed women in combat, take a poll to see which of…