Suffering is a reality in our Earthly lives. We suffer the death of loved ones, the pain of divorce – our own or those around us, loss of jobs and breakdown of other relationships.  At the other end of the scale are the everyday aches and pains of our aging bodies, the little frustrations of [...]

Stop – collaborate and listen, here’s a clever t-shirt
We love cake decorating for birthdays at our house, here’s some cakes to avoid
Speaking of cakes, here’s an idea for candles for nerdy loved ones
Were you scared of the Dr Who theme as a child?  I wasn’t but I know several people who were. Here’s a way [...]

Obviously mountain goats must be pretty good climbers, but wow…
They can leap 12 feet in one jump and land on a safe point, to escape predators or just cos they can.

And they don’t take orders from anyone.

From Damn Cool Pics

A Jackson Pollock painting was recently sold privately for US$140 million.  For this :
To some extent in art the skill is in the underlying meaning, not necessarily the execution – it’s a bit like an obvious invention – I could have though of that, but I didn’t.  Why an artist chose to do something a [...]

We are wary of vaccinating our children unnecessarily -read more of my thoughts in this article on Gardasil, but we certainly make sure our kids receive the routine vaccinations.  The likelihood of dying in a car crash is so many times that of suffering any side effect of the well tested vaccinations, it seems to [...]