Notes Of A Tourist On Planet Earth sounds like a title that Jules Verne might have used, or Isaac Asimov, but isn’t. Notes Of A Tourist On Planet Earth, by J.D. Smith, is touted as being a collection of hilarious essays, poems and ponderings about the human species. However, I found it to be a carefully crafted collection of thoughts, …
The first ever International Goldfish Championship, hosted in Fuzhou, of China’s Fujian Province, took place on September 15, 2012. Three thousand entries, from fourteen different countries around the world, competed for the title of “World Goldfish Queen”. A panel of judges determined which of the goldfish contestants should be crowned the most beautiful goldfish in the world. In an interview …
» Which is worse, ignorance or apathy? Who knows? Who cares? » Adam returned home late one night after drinking way too much with a dodo and a unicorn. Eve, who felt abandoned and was lonely, got angry and yelled at him, “You are seeing another woman!” Adam responded, “Don’t be silly, Eve, you are the only woman on earth.” …
» Thanks to automatic teller machines, children no longer believe that money grows on trees. Now they think it comes out of walls. » While we try to teach our children all about life, Our children teach us what life is all about. » I dreamed that God sneezed, and I didn’t know what to say. » A lot of …
The Logical Absurdity TV Channel 6 a.m. – Morning News – To get your day off on the wrong foot, all the bad news that happened overnight is presented. The depressed mindset you develop counterbalances the stimulants you took in at breakfast in the form of sugar, caffeine and fried pork. 9 a.m. – The Whiners – Reality Show – …
The mark of a true artist is the ability to take the ordinary and make it extraordinary. For a musician, it is a simple note. For an artist, it’s a stick of graphite, and to a writer, it’s life. Case in point is ‘Someday Forever’, by John Moelaert. Someday Forever is a literatical land made up of many things, from …
The ultimate jaw-numbing wall-crawling sugar rush is here, an Edible Gummy Party Python. The Edible Gummy Party Python is every kid’s dream. It is a twenty six pound edible python, that is nearly eight feet long, almost five inches in diameter, and is available in two fabulous flavor combinations, Red Cherry and Blue Raspberry, or Blue Raspberry and Green Apple. …
Not Your Mother’s Book On Being A Stupid Kid | A Classic Collection Of True Americana | Or, The Best Brain Farts Ever! I read a lot because I enjoy reading, though occasionally I read something that I don’t enjoy. When I received ‘Not Your Mother’s Book On Being A Stupid Kid’, by Dahlynn McKowen, Ken McKowen and Laurel McHargue, …
By Clifford T. Hofferd Hey it’s time for a flashback! To a time when people were looking forward to what 2013 had to offer. Others (like me) were looking forward to the summer movie season, and what Hollywood has to offer moviegoers. With that in mind I have decided to compile a list of movies by movie studio which are …
Now papyrus Jedis can create their own light sabers with easy to follow instructions, and pre-printed paper. Chris Alexander has searched the reaches of the Empire, and brought us ‘Star Wars Origami: 36 Amazing Paper-folding Projects from a Galaxy Far, Far Away’. This book is a paper-folding adventure, and Star Wars education, rolled into one. The projects are ranked in …
New Zealand–based tour operator, Forgotten World Adventures, has taken an old abandoned rail line, and turned it from a rusting eyesore, into a profitable business. They invite folks to drive “rail carts” along the old Stratford to Okahukura Railway Line, which was originally built between 1901 and 1933, and runs parallel to the Forgotten World Highway. The “rail carts”, however, …
Extract: The Pipeline Wars Vol. 1: Enbridge by Fram Dinshaw As we approach the end of 2012, Planet Earth is a condemned prisoner, sentenced to death, strapped into an electric chair gasping its last terrified breaths, as it awaits a final throw of the switch to die. The execution switch is the development of the Alberta oil sands, which companies …
