Monday motivation
Month: May 2011
As you do
I accidentally hit my husband with a pillow and a rolled up magazine several times the other day when he hit the snooze button on his alarm clock one too many times.
A Storm in a he or a she cup?
The parents of a kid in Toronto have decided to raise their child as a genderless being. Not, apparently, because said child has asked for that. No, it’s simply because they have decided. They already have two children: sons named…
A very crusty sandwich
Rapture … maybe, maybe not
The day of the expected rapture came and went last weekend but the old bugger who was predicting a May 21 beginning of the end now reckons it’ll all happen in October.
It’s the end of the world as we know it
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Well, I suppose it was a good thing that old preacher dude got his dates mixed up about the whole end of the world thing but now that we’re going…
Tom’s surgery
The pastor asked if anyone in the congregation would like to express praise for answered prayers. Suzie Smith stood and walked to the podium. She said, “I have a praise. Two months ago, my husband, Tom, had a terrible bicycle…
Interesting product placement
Holidays and wayward furniture
So I’m not back in the land of the web-living after a week of annual leave involving several vodka tasting sessions, searching for lost ping pong balls (Norman’s favourite toy at the moment), bonding with Seymour the Wonder Cat and…
Star wars: Celebrities and their super-injunctions
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) As the internet grows, it is becoming close to impossible to control, making for some interesting dramas. Here in New Zealand, our most high-profile case has probably been the the…