Retirement Rocks

Tonight sees the last of the week long performances of the two plays ( Charley's Aunt and Hiss The Villain ) put on by the Buttonwood B...

Never ever buy cinnamint toothpaste ! I love cinnamon and I love mint and so I thought that a combination of both would be a nice change to ...

Quick Update : not sure yet if this is due to the injection and the pills, but she's much better now and we are cautiously optimistic t...

28 months ago, I posted the story about 'our' little doggie here called Pixie and how she had basically blown a disc in her back, a...

Well The Colts lost the Superbowl and I didn't make it out of bed for the last ever night time shuttle launch but hey, it was at 4:14am ...

Day 8 in Italy saw us leaving the west coast resort of Viareggio behind and setting out on the long 200 mile drive north to Lake Como. I sa...

Almost 2 weeks ago to the day, I told the exciting story of my very spartan Whopper and how I'd ordered one without pickle and mayo and...

Exactly 24 years ago, at 11:38am EST on 28th January 1986, the space shuttle Challenger blew up 73 seconds into it launch from the KSC just ...

Deb & Den are half way through their Caribbean cruise and as it happens, I'm at the half way point in my time in Florida this winter...

At only $5m short of the record, by the time most people read this, Avatar will have become the highest worldwide grossing movie of all time...

Time for another report on our trip to Italy last Aug/Sept and if I continue to go at this speed, I'll be done by Aug/Sept THIS year ! T...

Deb & Den have gone on a week long cruise and right now should be heading past the north west coast of Cuba on the way to their first po...

I get rightly upset when the BBC pays ridiculous sums of money to keep idiots like Jonathan Ross employed and on our tv screens as I'm a...

Q. When is a Whopper not a Whopper ? A : When it's a burger. If you thought a Whopper WAS a burger, then I'm sure you're a bit...

We went on a quick shopping trip to Walmart yesterday afternoon and may need to go again on Friday as Deb/Den are leaving on a week long cr...

My mum was one of 12 children and my dad was one of......well more than one I think but I've honestly no idea. We tended to always be s...

Back in ye olden days when I were a lad, I couldn't wait for the day when my parents deemed me old enough to wear long trousers. I can...

As the weather (I know, I know....yawnnnn) was so much improved today, I went out for a walk with the Canon in the warm sunshine. The camera...