The Adventures of Shylock Holmes

In Chicago, on a summer's night, the sky at 2am glows with a dull grey orange. If modernity has a colour, it is this. The orange is the ...

One of the most important statements of Buddhist philosophy is the Four Noble Truths . These were taught by the Buddha in the Dhammacakkappa...

Sometimes people are surprised when I say that I consider my biggest personality fault to be that I'm too self-centred.* Okay, not eve...

Here's one to file under the category of 'things that may have been obvious to most well-adjusted people, but were at least a little...

There comes a point in one’s life where one surrenders to the lure of the practical, rather than the romantic. Bit by bit, the arguments fo...

It is probably not a surprise to most readers of this august periodical to find out that I yield to few people in my appreciation for econom...

Dinosaurs are endlessly fascinating things. They may be one of the biggest common denominators interest of among young children, both male a...

It seems to me to be a stark reality about human nature that very few (if any) people's lives are actually 'living the dream' wh...

In the world of male hairstyles, hair length functions something like a cross between mercury poisoning and a syphilis infection. Initially ...

Not if you are their client. Not if they're underwriting an IPO you're purchasing. And certainly  not if they're just trading on...

So if you haven't been following, Isabella herself graced us with her presence in the comments to my post on the blog 'She's a...

"During the killings I no longer considered anything in particular in the Tutsi except that the person had to be done away with. I wan...

I find myself somewhat conflicted on the subject of mixed martial arts, like the Ultimate Fighting Championships . Far and away the best t...

Don Ritchie died today . Who is Don Ritchie, you may well ask? A good question. In Sydney, there is a beautiful stretch of cliffs near...

I'm always impressed with the engineering associated with ATMs. Think about it - they have some of the smallest margins of error of just...

I've often wondered about the mindset of people who embark on extra-marital affairs. In particular, I wonder how they feel when they ...

Every now and again, I find myself rather impressed at just how adaptable the human body is. A great example of this is jet lag. This is a...

One of the things about being an introvert (The Couch*: You're an introvert? And you write a blog ? Unheard of!) is that conversation wi...

One of my minor quests in life is to find ways around small inconveniences in life arising from  people asking (and answering) the wrong que...

Apparently a fungus infects carpenter ants, feeding on them and turning them into zombies that walk around erratically . The fungus makes th...