The latest gadgets have always been capable of inspiring envy and lustful looks of desire. For people of my age this started with the usual school playground fare of things like games, toys and trainers. As we got older and technology advanced rapidly we moved into walkmans and discmans and various music related gadgets/status symbols. Then it ( Read more... )

"...Experience Has Always Seemed To Be A Fair Swap For Youth ( Read more... )

I was reading my sister's Cosmo the other day - as one will from time to time as part of the never-ending quest for some vague understanding of the fairer sex - and there was an interview with Cameron Diaz asking all sorts of boring questions about man trouble and the like ( Read more... )

Social networking sites, especially facebook, are full of people warning that it's 'addictive'. As if somehow the fixation with it is unnatural but can't be helped, as if those who enjoy it are to be pitied ( Read more... )

"...We Thought, Because We Had Power, We Had Wisdom ( Read more... )

Facebook does seem to be taking over as the dominant force in the internet craze for social-networking sites but it's still crap for writing so there's always room for alternatives. It does, however, allow one to interact and discover all sorts of fun things about one's friends and their lives (if in a slightly stalker-esque way). But I've ( Read more... )

It may be considered somewhat odd for a heterosexual 20-something sport-playing male like myself to say this, but there are few things more depressing than going to watch the football ( Read more... )

I don't suppose that it will come as news to anyone that dropping a dumb-waiter lift full of bottles of wine and booze on your arm smarts a little bit. But if you're anything like me then what hurts the most about such physical injuries is not the pain - I'm a battle hardened rugby player - but the intense feeling of 'Oh my god how can I have been ( Read more... )

"...& For One Word He Can Be Judged To Be Foolish. We Should Be Careful Indeed What We Say ( Read more... )

For fellow unemployed bums, students and those in slack jobs that let them arse around on the internet all day (or for those with unfortunate addictions to facebook) the following sort of cyber exclamation will have become all too familiar; "Help! Lost phone. Need numbers ( Read more... )