New article

Just a quick post to let you know I have a new article up at the UFO Magazine guest blog. It's about the recent release of declassified UFO files by the Ministry of Defence, here in the UK.

Beat the credit crunch! (SP)

Are you disillusioned with your current banking arrangements? Fed up of getting little return on your savings? Maybe the credit crunch is biting hard, and you're looking to switch checking accounts? Well, before you do anything hasty, pop along to Emoneycentral.com. It's a personal finance site that monitors banks and credit unions across the United States, to inform you of the best checking account, savings account and CD rates.

Currently, Emoneycentral.com holds details of checking accounts offering annual percentage yields of up to 6%. Some of the savings accounts offer an annual percentage yield of 4%. All the accounts listed are offered by federally insured credit unions and banks - something to give you peace of mind. The site is very easy to navigate, and you can even subscribe to the RSS feed, which will give you fast access to information about the newest offers. Essentially, Emoneycentral.com helps you make informed decisions about your finances, which could make you big savings, in these times of recession. If you want to make the most of whatever money you have, pay a visit to Emoneycentral.com, and find yourself the best deal on checking, savings or CD accounts.

Hey there!

Apologies for not posting much here lately. My time has been taken up with other things, mainly personal stuff, research, etc. Anyway, as you all know, I'm a big fan of all that's weird and wonderful. Well, maybe not all, but that's another story! On the subject of stories, I've come across this rather amusing one, from the Irish Republic.

The Irish parliament will be debating a bill tomorrow - the Nuclear Test Ban Bill. It seems a number of Irish members of parliament are a little irked by one of the clauses in the bill, and want it removed. Which clause would that be? Well, it's a clause that says if someone detonates a nuclear bomb, and that explosion is only of a minor nature, the maximum penalty that could be imposed on them by law is 12 months in jail, or a €5,000 fine. Now, then - can someone please define a minor nuclear explosion? Thought not :).


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PhotoHunt: Candy

Oh poo! I almost forgot about this week's PhotoHunt. Never fear, here I am, with some very tenuous, and arguably, desperate links to this week's theme.

Here are some nice, candy-pink jasmine flowers, which sneak over the wall every summer, from my neighbour's garden. The scent is very powerful, and makes my garden smell like one of those New Age, hippified shops. Is there such a word as hippified? Well, there is now!





And stretching the theme even further, here's my sweet-as-candy cat, Liberty, sitting next to some candy-pink hardy geraniums. See? I told you my links were rather tenuous and desperate.





Have a lovely weekend, everyone!

(SP) Clothes from the movies!

Are you a fashion-conscious movie fan? Have you often seen your favorite star wearing a slinky dress or cool pair of shades, and wondered where you can find the very same item? Well, there's good news. Pop along to I Saw It In.com, and there's a very good chance you will be able to locate and purchase that very item.

Clothes from the movies are often very hard to locate. Finding just one exclusive item can involve many hours of online research - and even then, you're still not guaranteed to find exactly what you're looking for. I Saw It In.com has handy drop-down menus, that allows you to search by actor, actress or movie, for your favorite clothing or accessory. You can also post information about where to find certain items, or request help in locating a particular item. You can even share your videos and photographs of the items you have purchased, with other users. The site also features competitions, and up-to-the minute movie news. So what are you waiting for? Pop along to I Saw It.com today!

Six-legged kitten dies

Sadly, little Hex, the six-legged kitten I wrote about here, has died, aged just seven weeks. RIP, little kitty.

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Thunder?

We had a humdinger of a thunderstorm here in Swansea recently - last Friday, I think it was. It was loud, violent and spectacular, lasting for about three hours in all. I think we may be in for some more thunder. I have this strange way of knowing when there's thunder around - my hands, feet and knees swell up and become very painful. Guess what my hands, feet and knees are doing now? Yep, you've guessed it. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see a thunderstorm by tomorrow night.

Heads or Tails Tuesday - Any Tom, Dick or Harry

Despite my computer woes, I've decided to battle on this week, and get back into the swing of blogging, participating in my usual weekly memes. Skittles, a.k.a. Barb, is the host of Heads or Tails Tuesday. If you want to take part, click the logo above.

This week's theme is 'Any Tom, Dick or Harry'. Well, I don't know anyone called Harry, and the only Tom I know should have been called Dick, if you catch my drift. I had an uncle called Dick, who sadly passed away about twelve years ago, but I didn't know him that well, so I can't really write about him, either. So what to do?

Well, 'Tom' doesn't have to be someone's name, does it? It could be an abbreviation of 'tomato', or it could be a male cat. On the subject of male cats, here's demon kitty, my tom, Leo. And yes, that is one of my make-up brushes he's eating.


Regular readers of this blog will be aware of some of the problems I have with this tom cat. He bites, he scratches, and is the most goddam insolent cat I've ever known. Tell him off for anything (jumping on the table or the kitchen work surfaces, stealing food, scratching the furniture, dragging the table linen off the dining table, etc) and he will spin around, fix you with the most baleful glare imaginable, and yowl at you. This is no Lolcat!

If he was a full tom, I might understand some of his aggression. But he's been snipped. Maybe that's the reason for his aggression - revenge! No matter who you are, whether you're royalty, or any old Tom, Dick or Harry, cross this fellow and you'll feel his wrath. Wrath, in this instance, is shorthand for 'bloody great claws and huge, whopping fangs'. Anyone want a cat? You're welcome to him, but I'd have to check you out first, because despite his evil ways, I wouldn't send him off to live with any old Tom, Dick or Harry. Yeah, that was a bit lame - but so am I, after all the times that evil cat has shredded my legs.

Happy Tuesday!

My first post over at UFO Magazine

I've posted my first article over at UFO Magazine's guest blog. You can read it here. If you have a moment, please stop by and leave a comment.

Manic Monday

It's been quite a few weeks since I last participated in Manic Monday, hosted by Lisa. I've had PC problems, amongst other things. However, despite struggling with an ancient desktop, since my laptop died, I've decided to get back into the swing of things with my blogging, and rejoin Manic Monday. As usual, Lisa has posed three very interesting questions.

If the statement, 'You are what you eat' was true, I would be a _______.

Pizza! Or a chocolate bar. Or a Muller Crunch Corner.

If you had to have one piece of music (softly) playing in your mind for the rest of your life, what would you want it to be?

'Hit Me Baby One More Time' by Britney Spears. And if you believe that - you'll believe anything! To be honest, I really don't think I could bear to hear any piece of music constantly for the rest of my life. Even my favorite music would start to sound like Britney!

What is the most important thing in any relationship?

Trust. Without trust, for me a relationship is doomed. I can't keep loving someone I don't trust.