Say what you likeDo we really have a freedom to be downright offensive? BBC NEWS: “What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist,” wrote Salman Rushdie. It’s 15 years since Rushdie’s novel, the Satanic Verses, earned the Booker Prize-winning novelist death threats, but the question persists.

Soup’s up! Come and get it while it’s hot!Hey, remember a while back when I was whining about not being able to find any vegetable stock here in Japan? Well, I just arrived home from my hols and guess what was sitting on the table waiting for me! Yes, that’s right, my prayers were answered

Sorry for the lack of posts the last few days. Life at home has been upheaved due to furniture being rearranged to have new windows put in and I have only just reassembled the desk and my little office is partially up and running again. My inbox nearly burst at the seams as I powered

Tsunami death toll rises above 20,000.Mass devastation and millions lhave been left homeless after being hit by a 10 metre wave caused by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake. Worst hit was Sri Lanka but the waves hit India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, the Maldives, Burma, Bangladesh, even as far as Somalia on the African coast. Waves

Survival Guide to Homelessness: “I spent nearly five years, from mid-1996 to the beginning of 2001, homeless, or as I liked to call it with a distributed household. I had storage, shelter, mailbox, telephone, shower, bathroom facilities, cooking equipment, and transportation, even access to television, radio, computer equipment, and ac power. I had the essence

Banksy’s Artworks for Sale!

HAPPY CHRISTMAS (not XMAS) and/or HAPPY YULE everyone! I hope you’re having a wonderful holiday with your friends, family or by yourselves this year. Have fun! xxx Livvy, Pieter and Small, Medium & Large

My Paper Crane sells really cute stuffed toys, including the tampon doll! (Don’t worry, it won’t bite) Heidi’s journal is just as creative.

Hamlet sent me this hilarous X-FACTOR outtake. (WMV 3MB)This guy makes a living out of slaughtering battery chickens… no wonder he’s a little damaged.

Google’s Cheat SheetA must for google power users 😉