The other day I was driving along, minding my own business, when the following ad came on the radio:
“We’re announcing some great deals at [local electronics store] but this information is embargoed till 11.55am.”
It took a moment to sink in. So… basically what they’re telling me is that they have something to tell me, but […]
Well, I have already fulfilled one of my 2008 resolutions: I went fishing (not to be confused with phishing) for the first time in my life. I didn’t catch anything, but that was okay. Why would you want to catch anything? It’s one of the few times that it’s fine to simply sit in silence […]
I went to see David Beckham last night. Not, “I went to a football game” (although there was some football). Like 90% of the people there, I was mainly celebrity-watching. For $80 a ticket (USD$65 - although someone bought my ticket).
Having Beckham in town is quite exciting. Where is he staying? Where is he eating? […]
So it’s Halloween here tonight. October 31. What does this mean? It means as a grown up I buy candy and serve it to random children who ring my doorbell - which wouldn’t be acceptable at any other time of the year, really.
There won’t likely be a lot of door-ringers because Halloween isn’t such as […]
I am a huge fan of buying groceries online. I generally don’t like the hassle of supermarket shopping and it saves time, time which I can then spend working, blogging or doing Arnold Schwarzenegger impressions, whatever I feel like. Depending on your location, many large supermarket chains now offer such a service.
Advantages of grocery shopping […]
I just had a friend visiting, an old and close friend who I met over 10 years ago when we were just starting university/college and lived together in a madcap, very budget student hostel. Picture a campus version of Alcatraz, with nice people but gloomy cells for rooms, bolted-down furniture and overcooked mystery slop for […]
After six months of world travel, my hair was starting to look like a Tina Turner wig so I thought I’d treat myself to a salon cut and color. I knew better hair would make me a better blogger.
Remind me to never do so again, because I’d forgotten how tortuous such sessions are.
First came The […]
Sometimes I pause in my daily tasks, look up and think, “What would Benjamin Franklin say about this?”
Okay, I don’t, but I was reading the ever-inspiring Pick the Brain this morning which has a list of classic Ben Frank wealth-building tips. It’s a thorough and interesting list and a couple of things struck me:
All those […]
Oh dear. I found an MSN article (via LifeHack.org) called 10 Things Your Restaurant Won’t Tell You which is timely because apparently Americans now spend around half their food budget on eating out.
I knew I shouldn’t click on the article, simply because I eat out a lot (especially now, while I’m on the road) and […]
How many magazines do you buy a month?
The only one I buy religiously is Empire UK because I’m a film fanatic. It’s pretty commercial but they have the odd insightful article and I enjoy their writing style and witty captions. Awesome website, too.
Empire costs $6 in the UK, $9 in the US and (gulp) $18 […]
