BRAIN-EATERS SHOW EVOLUTION CONTINUES, SCIENTISTS SAY
A group of people who ATE HUMAN BRAINS became immune to several deadly diseases, proving that evolution is continuing at high speed, scientists said. The astonishing report was shown to me by a gourmet...
View ArticleSHE FAKED HER PREGNANCY. FOR 10 MONTHS
I just overheard a guy telling his wife to calm down, look at the facts and think rationally. Can you believe THERE ARE STILL MEN who don’t understand how women work?!?! *** Guys, guys! Women are...
View ArticleRobert Parker The Wine Advocate Matter of Taste – Craggy Range Wine Dinner at...
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View ArticleRobert Parker Wine Advocate Matter of Taste – San Francisco Nov 14
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View ArticleMalaysian Police Raid Independent Website
As an indication of Malaysia’s deepening crackdown on dissent, for the second time in four days police have raided the offices of Malaysiakini, the country’s biggest independent news website,...
View Article10 Daddy and child conversations
Kids ask tough questions. Like: “Do fish get thirsty?” I replied that they do, and the most common cause of preventable fish death are the greedy ones drinking up all the water in their tanks. *** “And...
View ArticleCentral Otago Pinot Noir Celebration 2016 (Jan 28-30)
The Wandering Palate will be heading to Queenstown and the Central Otago Pinot Noir Celebration 2016 (Jan 28-30), one of the best pinot ‘parties’ on planet earth, or Middle Earth as it were. Indeed, I...
View Article4 examples of knee-jerk reactions
Now that my children are all on Facebook I don’t punish them for misdeeds any more. I just tag them on old family pictures of them pooping at the poolside etc. Mwa ha ha. *** But I was scolded by a...
View Article3 eyebrow-raising news items about pets treated as children
While shaking hands the other day, I felt thankful that we evolved from apes. Had we evolved from dogs, we’d greet each other by circling around with our heads down saying: “Wow, your nether regions...
View ArticleSmart pets harm my self-esteem
A DOG HAS LEARNED TO READ. Fernie, a two-year-old Labrador from the UK, can read four words and is working on another 20, says his owner, a teacher. The growing intelligence of animals worries me, as I...
View ArticleTHE DAY 16 WOMEN ESCAPED THEIR MARRIAGES
WIFE: “The house is on fire! Get the kids out first!” ME (Stuffing Star Wars figurines collection into pockets): “I’m on it! Really soon! Almost immediately!” *** Fortunately, it turned out to be a...
View ArticleLeading Vietnam Blogger Draws Five-Year Sentence
The Hanoi People’s Court on March 23 sentenced prominent independent blogger Nguyễn Hữu Vinh, known also by his pen name Anh Ba Sam or “Brother Gossip,” to five years in prison for charges related to...
View ArticleHard Cheese! Authentic is the New Luxe
The term ‘mass luxury’ is a contradiction. It makes no sense, except of course in marketing parlance, when it becomes potent. True luxury in the consumerist Edwardian sense – a Fabergé egg let’s say,...
View ArticleRobert Parker The Wine Advocate – London Matter of Taste April 21 to May 3
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View ArticleMONDAY MOANING BLUES: THOUGHTS ABOUT SILENCE
I TOLD MY CHILDREN THE HORRIFIC TRUTH about life in the old days: “And at about 11.30 every night, they would play the national anthem and we would pretend to stand up and every screen went blank. And...
View ArticleI’m outing myself: I identify as a potato
It’s 2055. Phones are painted onto our palms. Being transgender is compulsory, except for Popes, who have to be female. All countries have combined into one big nation, North Zuckerberg. No, wait....
View ArticleMy position on gender and toilets
A WOMAN WAS SACKED for having short hair and wearing trousers to work recently. “They said I was gay,” she complained to an unsympathetic Labor Tribunal in the city of Guiyang, southwest China. How...
View ArticleThoughts about persuasive speech
INTERVIEWER: “And exactly how much leadership experience do you have?” ME: “Does being admin of a Whatsapp list count? Because I had 20 names on one before I accidentally deleted it.” He wasn’t...
View Article4 true stories about taking risks
I NEVER USED TO be a risk-taker but then I had children who would play in the dirt and say things like: “Daddy, close your eyes and open your mouth.” Parents soon learn what true courage is. I’ve been...
View ArticleDifferences between Westerners and Easterners
Asia contains literally four billion people. So it’s kind of weird that every time I visit the West, people say: “You’re from Asia? I met a guy from there once; I wonder if you know him?” What’s even...
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