The weekend worrier
I had an unpleasant experience on Saturday over coffee at the Hilton. We had ordered some of the hotel’s world-famous cheesecakes to go with our coffee, and were settling down nicely to gorge ourselves further after a heavy lunch. Coffee was served with some complimentary choux pastry. Being the greedy person that I am, I […]
Introducing Mac
Jake is a handful at times, and he loves swiping things off any table or shelf. He’s also very vocal when he wants to be let into or out of a room, or when he tries to persuade either of us to give him a few extra bites of cat food. Other than that, he’s […]
Completely useless Christmas gifts: felt pebbles
Reader Lesley threw these my way. They’re felt pebbles, going for as little as US$14 each. There are six different ones, and are “useful as simple decorative objects (a collection of them looks great in a bowl) or when used as a pincushion, etc.” So they’re not entirely useless, and are only slightly less useful […]
Completely useless Christmas gifts: Taser C2
OK, this is so not “completely useless”, I hear you say. Especially since the UN has defined the Taser as a weapon of torture. It is, however, dangerous, because it’s such a nice looking gadget (“available in four designer colors”), and one that is likely to be mistaken for a new fangled electric shaver. The […]
Terror on war: worst disguise award
Either no one told suspected Iraqi insurgent Haider al-Bahadli that Halloween was over, or he was gunning for the World’s Worst Disguise Award. He and his “groom” were picked up at a security checkpoint who suspected something was amiss with the “wedding convoy”, because the convoy carrying the “wedding party” were all men, bar al-Bahadli, […]