Category: General

And I have a cold. So I’m sitting at my notebook catching up with some friends by email. Quantum, (my owner,) sneaks under my feet an I don’t notice. I finish an email, reach forward to take a drink of tea, shift my foot and tread on my owner’s tail. Owner squeals and bats my ankle with a pawful of claws. I yelp and jump and hot tea splashes into my, erm, lap. I jump again, a little more energetically, my owner is still round my feet, I lose my balance, fall backwards, pour the rest of the tea over my chest, yell some more and fall to the floor. My owner has it away on her toes, I rush to the shower and spray chest and, erm, lap with cold water. After cooling down I hang my wet clothes to dry, take a comforting shower, step out of the shower stall – stand on my owner, again, slip on the tiles and finish up on my, erm, fundament on the bathroom floor.

And I still have a cold.

Sorry – today, I’m completely energyless.

“How to – with pictures”, originally posted for OZ and Tocino, can now be found as a submenu item under Images on the menu bar.   I have also added a page about Resizing, which can be found in the same submenu.

As ‘er indoors said, “Any comments here, please”.

I’m sure that most people know how to do this. However, for those who don’t I’ve put a “Comic Book” set of instructions on the Menu Bar.

Any questions, please post here.

All it took was a bit of time.

Many nations have now pledged support to Australia – here’s a good article from the SMH – even Indonesia has offered $1m in aid.   I don’t believe I’ve ever been so glad to be proved wrong! 😀  

The European Commission has issued a diary to schools right across the EU that lists Muslim and Jewish festivals, and those of just about every other religion: except Christianity. No Christian festival gets a mention. The French have protested, and a Commission spokesman calls it a ‘blunder’. Is it credible to claim this was an accident?

If ever you catch me ranting about the kids of today, their uselessness, stupidity, lack of character, you name it, just mention to me the name ‘Jordan Rice.’ I promise that will suffice to shut me up, and to replace my arrogance with true humility. Jordan Rice was thirteen when he found himself trapped with his family on the roof of their car in the Queensland floods. When someone reached them with a rope tied round his waist, this boy told his would-be rescuer to save his ten year old brother first. The younger boy survived. Jordan died, along with his mother.

I don’t make mistakes. I make prophecies which immediately turn out to be wrong.
Murray Walker

Goodnight everyone, sleep well.

A man and his wife were awakened at 3:00 am by a loud pounding on the door. Continue reading “God Loves Drunks Too”