I will reproduce here a recent announcement by Elder Desmond Tutu, concerning the illegal imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel laureate and rightful leader of the Burmese people:May 25, 2… Read More

In a new show of "Samak Logic", on the 24th May the cerebrally challenged Thai PM Samak Sundaravej authorised troop action on the Hmong refugees at the Ban Huay Nam Khao camp in Thailand. Wh… Read More

What an absolute catastrophe...allow me to express my most heartfelt sympathies for the victims and their families on this day of mourning. Comfort each other, and join together to pay homag… Read More

It is my birthday today, and for dinner I will be going to a local Thai restaurant. With this in mind I would like to start sharing a passion of mine, cooking. I will be posting good recipes… Read More

With the help of Blog Catalog and Amnesty International, bloggers worldwide are uniting today, may 15th 2008, to raise awareness of human rights issues.Human rights are recognised under law… Read More

Federal Labor Treasurer Wayne SwanThose on the know would have recognised a thinly-veiled flaw in last night's federal budget. This being that the government's co-contribution scheme (where… Read More

Sorry America, the play isn't directed solely by you anymore.I hope you have all been celebrating Beltane, and that you all honoured your mothers on Sunday. Tradition cops a lot of flack, bu… Read More

Latha Buidhe Bealtuinn ('the yellow day of Bealtain') is today, the first of May. This term Lá(th) Buidhe Bealtaine is also used in Irish and is translated as "Bright May Day".Bealtai… Read More

Please stop all these anti-western, pro-nationalist demonstrations. You are only making things worse and are doing more damage to your country's image than pro-Tibetan protesters ever could… Read More

It occurred to me a while ago that I don't like to worry. I doubt anyone does, but everybody does it. Worry shortens our life, makes us unhappy and generally no fun to be around. Considering… Read More

Have you ever dithered around for hours on a regular basis trying to decide what this unpredictable little devil called the stock market will do next? "Oh no! What if I invest now, and it go… Read More

So I was checking out some music on my girlfriend's computer a while ago when I heard something that was oddly enigmatic. The chocolaty sub-rhythms and melodic highs caught me up and thrust… Read More

Earlier in the year I introduced you to the Elders, and the Every Human Has Rights campaign. Tomorrow is the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Every Human Ha… Read More

Imagine for a moment, that you are looking out from the cockpit of a state of the art rocket-powered aircraft. The flag has yet to go down, and you are waiting with intense anticipation. All… Read More

In a great day for "The Simpsons" fans and anyone under 30 worldwide, the word "meh" has today been awarded a permanent place in the Collins English Dictionary."The origins of "meh" are murk… Read More

So a little while ago, I decided I was sick and tired of being charged through the nose for loaning banks my money for a miserly interest rate, and then charged some more every time I withdr… Read More

Seeing how this post on making money online has featured high in the keywords referring to my blog, I thought I would expand on one of the elements mentioned: paid surveys.Are they any good?… Read More

Well, I have to apologise. I have been on hiatus for far too long. No real excuse, but since I see people have been visiting the site in my absence, I think it's high time I started giving y… Read More

Here is something I just received via email^^HUMOR FOR LEXOPHILES (LOVERS OF WORDS)I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.Police were called to a day care where a 3-y… Read More

On a lighter note, I just took an online test to check my nerdiness rating.This is my score for space stuff.Click on it to take it yourself, and you can also find the link to the actual nerd… Read More

I added a feed for SBS World News to the right sidebar of my blog, so you can read quality headlines while reading Adrift! Also note the Google search facility there as well, which you can u… Read More

So we all know about China's abysmal human rights record, but is everyone aware of just how censored the average Chinese citizen's access to information is? A new campaign has been launched… Read More

Regarding the various people proposing a boycott of the Beijing Olympics; my view is that any kind of boycott would be counter-productive. There is no point in punishing the athletes who hav… Read More

Ok, there is an option at the very bottom of the last post on this page, which reads "Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)". On other websites, you may often see a little icon like this, which is esse… Read More

"Teen inflates 213 balloons with his nose"No...I couldn't do it, but to quote a popular JJJ radio presenter, "THAT'S NOT NEWS!""Japan's whaling fleet returned to port as authorities prepared… Read More