It was nice to see Barack Obama giving BP a bit of a slap around by making them stump up with some cash to deal with the aftermath of the devastating oil disaster going on in the Gulf of Mexico…
Paying up: the good oil
Category: In the news
Plucked from the headlines, online and in print
RIP Jimmy Dean: singer and Muppet pioneer
Big Bad John singer Jimmy Dean has died at the ripe old age of 81. While best-known for that deep, rumbling voice of his, Dean also had a hand in giving the Muppets their break. A man of many talents.…
Seems like a reasonable question
Moving moment caught on video
This amazing video shows the reaction of 8-month-old Jonathan, who was born deaf, when he hears the voice of his mum for the very first time after having cochlear implants.
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Ads: we love to hate them
I don’t watch a lot of ads on TV. That’s one of the best things about MySky. For years I worked night shift so all the prime-time telly I watched was recorded earlier and I was able to fast forward the…
Keep your shirt on
Kiefer Sutherland reckons being thrown out of a London strip club shirtless was “horrific”. Well that’s what the news report says. I can’t help but wonder which part of it he thought was horrific: the being chucked out of the…
Who’s a naughty boy, then? Allegedly
I do believe our political types should behave themselves when they are out there, representing us and travelling the world on our taxes but I think it’s a bit odd that a minister gets a slap on the wrist for…
As pissed as a parrot?
Stone the crows, it seems dodgy drinking habits know no bounds, even when it comes to species A town in northern Australia has been hit by a plague of seemingly drunk parrots falling out of the sky. And local vets…
Speaking of cold weather …
(aka a timely warning for all readers to avoid the use of plastic bags or frozen chickens to keep warm during the winter months.)
There’s a lesson in all this …
… if you’re home alone watching porn and playing with your nether regions, lock the damn door.