~Ever wondered where the fabled unicorn came from? Or maybe the phoenix? Did hobbits actually exist?~
There are probably more than a hundred TV channels here in UK and we do need to read a TV guide to determine what to watch or what to record every night. I hardly see Sky3 but for some reason [...]

Forget limey, orangey, and other fruity scents. Forget tobacco. Forget musk. Men must go back to their nature, and in the modern world, Homer Simpson and Joe the plumber are the hero.
Burger King, an American fast food chain, has made a huge jump by selling men’s fragrance with the scent of meat.

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk
The scent [...]

Amazon, Britain’s most popular website for Christmas shopping, is making its staff work seven days a week and threatening them with the sack if they take time off sick.

clipped from business.timesonline.co.uk
The company charges among the lowest prices for products ranging from books and CDs to sofas and lawnmowers, but those who use Amazon.co.uk or its [...]

A nude model resembling the Virgin Mary on the cover of the Mexican edition of Playboy Magazine has prompted the US firm to apologise (from Skynews.com).

clipped from news.sky.com
The publication hit newsstands on December 1, only days before a major Mexican festival dedicated to the mother of Jesus.
The cover shows a model wearing nothing but a [...]

A friend and I were talking about how much we spent just for the Christmas cards and the postal charges. She finally had to make some smart move by sending one card for everybody in the office back in Holland, because there are too many people on her list, and that means she could have [...]

I just purchased two tickets for Nickeback concert in Glasgow next May, and am very excited since it would be the first live concert that I watch. To say that it was the first as real first isn’t true, because when I was working in Fox Studio complex in Sydney, the Channel [V] often hosted [...]

I let the pictures speak for themselves.

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Post script 5 December:
This thread was written under the influence of at least a bottle of champagne and a bottle of Barolo. I just read it again today and have found so many errors and mistakes. I think it is a perfect sign of aging, the uncoordinated between brain and fingers, and eyes and brain.
Every [...]

Head note (what do you call a note before footnote?): this post is about, what else, feet. And shoes. Again. Prepare to be bored to death.
Last weekend was a busy one. Woke up really early – 4.30 AM to be exact – last Friday to get ready, mostly to sit down and pull myself together [...]