As I hurtle frighteningly closer to my 29th birthday, I sometimes fear that I may be getting “old”. I don’t know at what point (if there is one) a person suddenly falls out of touch with the youth demographic and becomes a doddering old twit, but it’s probably coming. And the worst part is I [...]
I had one of the most terrifying experiences of my life on Tuesday night when my car ‘aquaplaned’ and went sideways.
I was driving home from Mr. Sparkle’s surprise birthday party (where I totally missed the cue to yell “SURPRISE!” – All I could do was join in at the end with a weird, vowel-heavy “AAAIIIIIIZE!” [...]
Last weekend, my housemate Wolverine decided to set a challenge for all members of The Ponderosa: No swearing. For the entire weekend. From Friday night until Monday morning, Wolverine, Jean-Paul and myself were to be a clean-mouthed household.
I feel I am to blame for this, even though it was Wolverine’s suggestion. She had been watching me repeatedly fail a certain [...]
Recent news reports of “exploding” iPhones have got me a mite concerned. Because quite frankly, my iPhone is temperamental enough.
I’m a firm believer in the idea that electronic gadgets have personalities of their own. How else would you explain my vindictive clock radio? I’m serious. As I am not a still sleeper, every now and then, in the dead [...]