Funny cats
This break from our scheduled programming is a small demonstration of one of the things found on the internet that always makes me laugh...lolcats.com I'm actually allergic to cats but...
View ArticleWorld's oldest school pupil dies
At age 84, he enrolled in primary school with dreams of learning reading and maths and was even made a school prefect. Just shy of completing his primary school education...
View ArticleNo life sentence for poisoning children
The French couple who decided to get themselves out of debt by poisoning their children, believing it would be easier without them, have been given sentences of 20 years and...
View ArticleA case of dizziness - update
How am I going in this realm of dizziness which has become such a part of my daily life? I have good days and bad days, that's the only way...
View Article2010
All the best to everyone for the New Year, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and may the resolutions you may make for the new year be achieved...
View ArticleResolution broken and changes
Well, I didn't keep that resolution very well. I would offer excuses but really, the only thing that got in the way was real life. Things changed rapidly for me...
View ArticleThere are so many people who use Facebook these days, it's a global phenomenon. Yet changes to Facebook's privacy policy means that users are no longer able to hide their...
View ArticleArranged marriage foiled
An arranged marriage has been foiled by the 17 year old girl herself, who called in the Australian Federal Police (AFP) in a bid to save herself from being sent...
View ArticleDizziness diagnosed
After many visits to the GP with symptoms that only baffled them, trips to the ER, followed by ENT and neurological appointments, I have finally been given a diagnosis for...
View ArticleKiesha Abrahams
What a sad story this has been and as each day goes by I think it seems clear she won't be found alive. My heart goes out to her family...except...
View ArticleCommon sense
There's a story on the local news today about two sisters dying while they were riding on the bonnet of a car. Where will common sense enter into people's minds...
View ArticleNatural disasters
The disasters around the state of Queensland have been literally one right after the other. Never have I seen a state so submerged in water and the disaster zone so...
View ArticleDancing on Dangerous Ground
I am getting my Irish on in preparation for St Patrick's Day and what better way than to watch an Irish dance show. No, I'm not talking about Riverdance, but...
View ArticleJulia Gillard vs teenage mothers
Julia Gillard has finally made one right move and is talking about introducing new rules in relation to welfare payments to young mums. About time someone thought about the taxpayers...
View ArticleFlood Levy
Not that Australians don't already pay a huge amount of taxes compared to other nations, there's also a new flood levy to pay for rebuilding after the Queensland floods. While...
View ArticleRare Disease Day - 29th February 2012
In light of the upcoming day and my own struggle with a rare disease, this is my story. In 2008, I was living away from home, often on short haul...
View ArticleMy experience with Topamax
My specialist prescribed Topamax 25mg once per day as a starting dose to combat the symptoms of my balance disorder. I stopped taking my last medication due to weight gain...
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