If you are as skint as I am, then you’ll be happy to find any old (legal) way to make some easy cash without any investment… So, if you are already counting down the days to payday, or living in the vain hope that next weekend will be your Big Lottery Win (it only takes [...]

One thing people always say about me is that I love the Flavia Creation 400.
People say:
“Say what you like about Simon, you can’t deny that he loves the Flavia Creation 400.”
And it’s true. I do love it. Sometimes I think to myself: “Is there anything in my life that I love more than the Flavia [...]

The sun is shining, birds are singing and the wind is sighing through the trees. People are milling about, enjoying the pleasant weather and chit-chatting about something and nothing. If you haven’t already guessed, its a pretty slow news day.
Sure, there is stuff going on in politics, but I’ve had enough of politics for now [...]

The volcano which has been erupting for the last few weeks in Iceland (and no, I wont spell it), causing huge amounts of travel disruption for those living in Europe, has now become a source of cash for Icelanders with an eye for a quick buck.
“But how?” I hear you cry. Well, those crazy buggers [...]

Hugo Chavez, the insane leader of Venezuela is now on Twitter it would seem. Promising to ‘let loose’ and ’storm’ the social networks, he opened his Twitter account with a tweet about how he is going to Brazil on a trip. Wow.
In all seriousness though, the world should look out. Fidel Castro has had his [...]

Yesterday World Health Organization officials announced that the volcanic ash cloud caused by the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland is likely to annihilate all life on Earth as we know it, with the end coming at any point over the next month or so.
While geologists, volcanologists and atmospheric scientists have been assuring everyone that the Doom [...]

You’ve seen Top Gear. You’ve seen the Pagani Zonda. You’ve wanted one (if you haven’t, then you’re dead inside). Well, have you ever thought about insuring one of those beauties?
Well I would listen to this very important story – the story of a man who crashed his Zonda S worth more than half a million [...]

Last time the topics of porn films and the UK Parliament were linked together was over Home Secretary Jacqui Smith’s husband buying a couple of naughty films on her expenses privilege – cue embarrassment all round. Now the unlikely combination is back out there with the news that Anna Arrowsmith, aka Anna Span, will be [...]

Bees are important – without their pollinating efforts, we would have even greater problems in growing enough food to feed everyone. Bee numbers are unfortunately declining, for various reasons. This means some bad juju for everyone on the planet, really.
But wait – help is at hand. A drive to educate people on how important the [...]

In the UK, using a mobile phone while driving has been illegal for a few years now. Mostly to do with all those idiots driving along with the thing glued to their ears with one hand on the wheel, while they swerve from lane to lane on the motorway like a slalom skier. Since then, [...]