Readers of my old blog (circa 2005-2006) know that one of my favorite topics was the “buy vs. rent” debate. One of the best writers on the subject has been David Leonhardt of the NYT – he has argued for years that it was cheaper to rent than to buy. But now, as home

Rich people are having a hard time maintaining their lavish lifestyles in the face of the economic slowdown. The NYT article is both ridiculous and thought provoking. Excerpt: NANCY CHEMTOB, a divorce lawyer in Manhattan, has found that her days have become crammed seeing clients, all worried about how an economic downturn will affect their

If there ever were a personal grooming product with a name more hilarifyingly inappropriate-and-misleading-innuendo laden than Nads, I believe we have a winner in the MAXIglide:

Most radio can usually be categorised as either ‘talk based’, for example LBC, or be ‘music based’, like Virgin Radio, but all that is set to change as the dawn of the Digital Era has spawned a new style of radio broadcasting - there is now a digital station that broadcasts nothing but bird song! It

It has been effectively for the last three weeks anyway. My Rover was over heating big time - on the A3, the temperature gauge was going off the scale, and the sounds of the engine were increased by the cacophony of the cooling fans working flat out. The garage diagnosed a blown head gasket, so

These little fellas have been the bane of my life during the summer months over the last few years: They may be microscopic and look innocuous, but the weeping sore eyes, the runny nose, the general fatigue and the flu like symptoms they induce in me make pollen spores my all time public enemy number one.

A momentous event has occurred on May the 14th 2008 if you believe in these things: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has released no less than 160 formerly classified files detailing their investigations of UFO’s (Unidentified Flying Objects) and the monitoring of extra-terrestrial activity. These are considered by some to be the UK equivalent of the

What with the after shock of the credit crunch, you would be forgiven for thinking that the challenges facing the Sales and Marketing industry have never been greater, but it looks as if a car dealership in the state of Missouri, USA has found a sure fire way to beat those high street recessionary blues. This

To answer the question of the title, probably not…but I recently had my first attempt at writing an article.  This originated from a bit of late night surfing I was doing one Saturday night. I found this site where you have to submit articles on specified subjects (the title of this category was Vampires and Vampirism),

The count down has begun! In a few weeks time I will be heading north to this place for a few days holiday: As breaks go, my trip to Stockholm is one that I am particularly looking forward to. I have always been curious about this part of the world, as a land that can boast