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This plastic cask is full of walnut wine that has been aging for several years... mainly because I've been too busy, or too lazy, to fin...

From time to time, I receive a genuine but hilarious e-mail. This morning, a Pakistani guy contacted me, stating: " I have heard from r...

It's ages since the late John Lennon shocked people by comparing the popularity of the Beatles with that of Jesus Christ. As for the Rol...

From now on, like somebody with a pacemaker, I'm going to have to learn to live with this pair of blue-eyed beasts purring away on my wa...

A few weeks ago, I was uncertain about the best timing for my switch of ISPs [ Internet service providers ] from Orange to Free. Friends had...

The branch of the German legal system that prosecutes wrongdoers announced today that the DNA of bags of blood seized in the Spanish affair ...

For young Australians of my generation, having completed their education at the end of the '50s, it was the "done thing" to li...

Millions of TV viewers were no doubt glued to their screens today, watching the latest French wonder train setting a new world speed record ...

The above title mustn't give you false hopes. I'm not about to expound a set of principles and proofs that might earn me a Nobel Pri...

Contrary to what naive observers might believe, the prestigious French sporting newspaper L'Equipe surely did not dream up, in one way ...

In our Royans region, the major event marking the start of spring is the Plowmen's Festival in the nearby village of St-Jean-en-Royans....

I've been saying so many nice things about Google that readers will end up believing that I work for this company, or that I own shares ...

This morning I was surprised to find my donkey Moshé rolling around in the dust with a stray animal: Many of the local farmers are too lazy ...

Before Sydney switched the lights off, I hope that somebody was thoughtful enough to warn pleasure boaters in the dark waters of the harbor ...

Back in Australia, I never really knew what altitudes were all about, because we all lived more or less at sea level. And I didn't learn...

Wow, this 31-year-old boy's in for a bright future! But he's only got nine months to put his celebrity act together, to start learni...

It would appear that a miracle was brought about on 2 June 2005 through the intercession of the late head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope...

At the age of 18, when I met up with the IBM company in Sydney and started to learn how to be a computer programmer, I was amused and intrig...

I seem to recall that this kind of game used to be practiced, long ago, in Aussie pubs or clubs... but I might be confusing Australia with P...

This morning, as planned, I switched abruptly from Wanadoo / Orange to Free . The Internet connection worked immediately, with no need to ...