Update: As we suspected – Heineken had nothing to do with dog fighting. Read on to discover about snakes. It wouldn’t be cool for a brand to promote bear-baiting, dog fighting, badger-baiting or cock fighting. Would it? What about snake fights? Snakes don’t have fur or feathers. Does that make them different? I’m really not […]
Exorcise your anger with Body Oneness
Oh dear. Jeff and Becky take us through the Body Oneness program. It’s based on Yoga. It’s inspired by…. well, that’s the problem. Is this really how people see Yoga and other techniques? Take a look at the video below, sound is required and let us know – funny or annoying? In Pure Spirit Even […]
The Solar Sinter Project
The Solar Sinter Project may be an art project at its heart but it puts the focus on some important issues. We have a resources shortage and we have an energy shortage. However, are are types of energy we’re not shy of – like the sun and types of resources we still have plenty of […]
Dan Aykroyd’s Crystal Skull Vodka
The movie Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull introduced the mystery of the crystal skulls to a wide audience. Are they really pre-Columbian Mesoamerican artifacts commonly associated with paranormal phenomena? Or are they modern day hoaxes? Dan Aykroyd – yup, from Ghostbusters – is not just a believer; he is an investor. […]
Myth, monster or fish?
Jeremy Wade’s show on the Discovery Channel is well worth a watch for anyone with an interest in the unusual. The series River Monsters is not just about fishing, it’s about exploring local legends, whispers and stories. In the video clip below Wade says; These stories must have come from somewhere… Shows have included quests […]
Can Facebook help you stop being lonely?
Nivea is 100 years old this year. It was bounded back in 1882 by Carl Paul Beiersdorf. It started in Poland and was then bought by German investors. It’s probably actually older than 100 years as the official birthday (March 28th) is the date when Nivea filed a patent on the production of medical plasters […]
Can Europe cope with the future of flying?
The EU has a large program underway called Sesar that’s designed to ensure planes can keep flying over Europe in the years ahead. There are a number of problems. There’s no single air traffic control in Europe and so lots of systems have to talk to one another. The system was designed in the 50s; […]
Is this Bigfoot caught on camera?
Loads of us have phones with video cameras these days. We see the effect in the news every day – there is film footage of events that we’d never previously to get see; be those fires, inside of wars, riots, rescues or just animals being cute. Surely this means that our chances of catching video […]
Buy the decapitated head of Saint Vitalis of Assisi
Saint Vitalis of Assisi is an interesting patron saint. As a young man Vitalis was a sinner; he was especially fond of sex. However, he found an alternative path by going on pilgrimages across Europe, becoming a Benedictine monk and living as a hermit without money. Saint Vitalis of Assisi is the patron saint of […]
Evil Japanese ghost prank
You may well know that there are some rather cunning Japanese prank shows on TV with a really evil sense of humour. They’re not bothered about really scaring their targets; I mean really scaring them! This ghost prank keeps on giving. There’s more to it than the initial set up and if you’ve seen any […]
