It’s been a while since I’ve posted an update on my Oxfam fundraiser. Truth be told, it’s because I don’t get a whole lot of time to go check it out these days. So you could imagine my delight the other night when I logged in to see a whopping addition to the tally! (She knows…
I often talk without thinking. I often have ideas even before any proper cognitive functioning begins. This helps my imagination and subconscious come up with all sorts of freaky stuff, but then it often dominoes into real life. Like Earth Hour. I told them I was potentially going to ‘live blog’ via webcam the beginning…
I read recently that the average microwave, used as an ‘average’ microwave might during the day, uses more power to work the digital clocks (that most have) than it does to heat the food you put in it. So ask yourself – do I need this clock? Or can I turn it off at the…
As I’ve mentioned elsewhere I firmly believe that the power of change for social, cultural or political good lies further within the individual’s reach than we usually reckon or are told is possible. Call me an optimist if you will, but I just keep on imagining all the collective ‘drops in the bucket’ that we, as citizens, could…
Responding to yesterday’s post about my failed blood donating experience, Bettina suggested I try to inspire others who could donate blood to go do so on my behalf. (I hope I am paraphrasing you right!) I think this is a noble idea; however, I would go further to emphasise that people should want to go off…
Not to be depressing, but I’ve just learned about Deathclock.com , a site which supposedly predicts the moment of your death, depending on a few personal details which you punch in; including your BMI. (That link takes you to a site where you can determine yours.) What’s my moment of death? Sunday, March 21, 2083 At…
As of Christmas Day, the fundraiser dollar target I was running here at Oxfam was attained. Thank you to everyone to helped build a water well for those in need in Cambodia. What Next? Frankly, at first I was unsure whether I would run another of these. I thought what helped first go was that it…
Earth Hour 2008 Last year, WWF Australia and the city of Sydney teamed up for the inaugural Earth Hour – where at 8pm all lights at participating businesses and homes were turned off for an hour. This equated to taking almost 50,000 cars off the road. This past week Earth Hour 2008 was launched and…
Here’s the link to my original Christmas Card Challenge Let me say, its been a great success so far. I’ve written out over 30 cards! They’re going to such countries as the United States, Canada, England and South Africa – not to mention many to our own fair isle. But a week or so ago,…
