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It seems to me that the latest trend is to blame everything on fat people. Hospitals overcrowded and understaffed? Too many fat people are placing an enormous burden on our health system. (Let's ignore the fact that far more people are in hospital due to the effects...

This morning around 4 am, I was dragged out of a deep sleep by the frenzied barking of the Wonder Dog and the dulcet tones of the Old Boy yelling, "Shut up, Rex! COME 'ERE!" The dawg "came 'ere" but he didn't shut up. He bounced up and down on my legs, still barking...

I'm typing this slooooowly and (sh!) quietly. I have a raging headache, courtesy of Denosumab. (The stuff that gets injected every month into my well-padded stomach.) The name sounds like ancient Egyptian to me. Ah yes, Denosumab, life-long friend of Senostrus and...

What did you think about the earth-shattering news of the Aussie swimming men's  relay team's big confession?  Was it worth parading the offenders before a phalanx of journalists, baying for the blood of more disgraced athletes? Let's face it we can sum it up quite...

When I was a little girl I read anything and everything I could lay my hands on. The 4 book limit at the library was stifling for someone like me. I'd read them all within a couple of days and then the ensuing 10 - 12 day wait until the next library day was agony. I...

Who needs flipping hormones? When you first encounter them, they sprout hair in embarrassing places, they pop pimples out on your face like they're making fairy bread and you suddenly need deodorant. You find yourself obsessing about your hair, the opposite sex, your...