Stock market W*nkers
Greed and no regulation is to blame for the money market problems we are all having now. A friend of mine who deals with bankers all day long sent me this: Says it all. Read Full Story
have you...
...ever noticed that when you visit a Quotation site, that 90% of it is male quotes. That is just weird, as if what us girls have to say has never been and never will be relevant. As such, here's a nice gem. I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute. ~Rebecca West Read Full Story
Short Story
A forgotten art, but one alive and well here: Tile M For Murder Just a great read (only 4 pages long for all you "busy" people) Read Full Story
Fashion!
Turn to the left, Fashion, Turn to the right, ...David Bowie, "Fasion" What am I talking about? Uhm, fashion? :) http://www.fashionfinders.co.uk/acatalog/Independent_Designer_Boutiques.html Indi designers. Buy direct. Buy to be unique. Read Full Story
Sarah Palin
When the mayor of the small town in...Alaska, wasn't it? (I know because someone I interviewed on Friday came from that area and we had a little chat, but names always escape me)...decided to change some things, she picked the rape laws. If a woman got raped, Sarah Palin decided that any DNA testing, rape kits, processing for prosecution should be paid for by the woman who was raped. "Hey, Read Full Story
Little Known Facts...
...for your hungry writing selves: At - the @ sign used to be known as the Commercial At. It is used to indicate a unit price, as in '2 reams @ 3s 9d per quire'. It is just a quick way of writing the word 'at' without lifting pen from paper. More recently, of course, it is used in an email address to indicate that what follows is a domain name. Question mark - the ? was originally written as a Read Full Story
Filesharers to get fined.
Roger Billens from the law firm leading the action, Davenport Lyons, said his clients were "incensed" by the large numbers of file-sharers. "In the first 14 days since Topware Interactive released Dream Pinball 3D it sold 800 legitimate copies but was illegally downloaded 12,000 times. Hopefully people will think twice if they risk being taken to court," he said. he does realise that most Read Full Story
Gary Glitter...
...will carry on with his musical career? What's he going to do, a duet with the girls under twelve choir? Read Full Story
Medallist's F-Word Slip-Up On TV
I think the BBC should have said, "Get over it. She was happy. Your 5year old probably knows more swear words" Congrats to her. Read Full Story
Wounded Pakistani woman faces US judge
To cut the long story short, you have a fragile tiny, lighweight Pakistani woman who graduated from a top US University, being accused of taking on two FBI, CIA and US soldiers in a room, involving close quarters gun battle in Afghanistan. However, she's about 7 stone dripping wet and went missing 5 years ago. Story goes that she was taken by a US agency and held captive while interogated. The Read Full Story