Here’s some really important health information - especially good at this time of the year!

Q: I’ve heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?
A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that’s it…don’t waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that’s like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving [...]

Repetitive Responses Repel Repugnent Rebels

How’s this for a bit of frivolity - click here.

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Surf-boarders do it standing up,
Some people talk about it,
Campanologists do it for a change,
We set to it.

Divers do it in rubber suits,
Miners get down to it,
Card-players do it on the table,
We press on with it.

Walkers do it on the hills,
Orienteers run for it,
Policemen do it in their helmets,
We revel in it.

Pot-holers do it horizontally,
Drivers do [...]

Atmospheric Inspiration

Is this Divine Guidance/Inspiration? I was looking at the log of hits for the blog the other day and saw one or two that had arrived via Google searches. Out of curiosity I did equivalent searches using the same criteria as the original visitors, just to see what they had been looking for [...]

Putting in a good word for the Atheists

In a recently published document, entitled Spe Salvi [Saved by Hope], Joseph Ratzinger [Pope Benedict 16th] warns the world of the evils of atheism.

“Pope Benedict XVI has launched a powerful attack on atheism, saying that it was responsible for some of the ‘greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice’ in history.” Telegraph.co.uk

In the document [...]

Till Death Us Do Part. Or Maybe Not.

This is just too much for me to cope . . . .
I’ve come across some weird ideas in my time, many face to face. This one is at a very safe distance and it is not unlike the sort of thing you might read about in books and magazines but I still find something [...]

Global Warming? Re-adjust the clock!

This one is just so smart I have no answer. The warming of the atmosphere has a very straightforward explanation after all, you just need to open your eyes to what is going on around you and it becomes obvious.
All the interfering with natural processes which we do obviously has its consequences, and fiddling around [...]

France and America

Q. What is the difference between France and America?

A. France has a President who speaks fluent English.

Why Bicycles are better than Partners.

Bicycle curves do not sag.
Bicycles don’t care if you have ridden other bicycles.
You don’t have to take a shower before you go riding.
You can go cycling at any time.
You can borrow your friend’s bicycle.
Bicycles don’t insult you if you are a bad rider.
If you say anything bad to your bicycle you don’t have to say [...]

The Emperor’s Child

Once upon a time, many years ago, in the East, there lived an Emperor. He was a very wealthy and happy man. He had six hundred wives who had borne him many children and he loved them all. All his children were girls and so he had no heir, which was perhaps the one thing [...]