Book Review: Torn by Drew Wagar
The two main protagonists are as different from each other as two people could be… Drew does a good job of describing the backgrounds of these characters and brings them together in an unusual way. In...
View ArticlePitch Anything
Pitch Anything is a book that I would never in a month of Sundays have read if I didn’t have a little buzz thing inside my head called Ed Dale telling me, “you have got to read this book, you have got...
View Article‘Zuckerberg’: A Contemporary Fairytale?
When I wandered into our local video store last week in search of ‘Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale’, for you know who aged 8 years, I found myself instead asking ‘Have you got Facebook?’ The shopkeeper,...
View ArticleCar hire companies – how to complain and win!
The web is full of horror stories of holiday car rentals that go wrong. Usually these complaints involve hidden charges at the point of collection and are centred on spurious refuelling policies or...
View ArticleCowboys and Aliens: A Bloke’s Review
Whether you have seen this or not, whether you want to or not, you should read this review . . . Cowboys and Aliens: ‘B’ Movie Seriously, what a stupid, ‘B’ Movie type title, I am willing to bet there...
View ArticleBook Review: Get off the Sofa by Dr Andrew Curran
If you want to know how your body works and how to keep it healthy this is a book that will fill you with knowledge. It’s well written with good and as simple as possible explanations of the complex...
View ArticleHemsley & Hemsley and the Art of Eating Well
My brother and his delightful new Portuguese girlfriend’s Chrimbo pressie was a copy of a cook book Hemlsey & Hemsley the Art of Eating Well, which seems to be all the rage at the mo. In of itself,...
View ArticleA MacUser goes cycling
I’d “liked” Mac|Life’s Facebook page a while ago, sporadically responding to various posts they put up. They say they are “your favourite source of Apple news, reviews and how-tos”, but actually it’s a...
View ArticleE-mail and ‘Brideshead Revisited’ Visited
I made no resolutions this year, nor planned anything, Life has continued, mostly with a relaxed energy and efficiency. One thing I’ve noted is that I’ve started unsubscribing from e-mail marketing...
View ArticleWine review: Freixenet Elyssia Pinot Noir
Last week I reviewed Freixenet Cordon Oro. It appears Madam had another bottle that she was saving for a rainy day. Hmm. As I liked Freixenet Cordon Oro so much I thought I’d try Freixenet’s Elyssia...
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