It seems that NZ is becoming one of the “it” locations for celebrities to have one of their many houses. Not too many are coming, but those that do report that fans keep their distance, are respectful and just let them get on with it. That must be nice when most people treat you like public property. (more…)
I’ve got no idea about how good the actual service provided by Ancestry.com is - I never got that far. I was puddling about doing some research recently when I stumbled across the site. There’s a free trial so I thought I’d take a look. (more…)
As my kids would say: “Made you look, made you stare, made you lose your underwear!”
Emergency Sex
May 2006: well, it’s a year since I read this book and it was fantastic. And relevant. And has shaped how I view the news and the events that I’ve read about since.
The book follows the fortunes of the three authors as they work with the United Nations, first in Vietnam and then to other hot spots. Heidi comes across as flaky but you know that a) she was probably very good at her job and b) they still needed people working at her level. Ken seems solid, reliable and nice while Andrew is just a marvel and how any person could hold it together after what he had to do in Europe and Africa is amazing. We need people like him, and we need them to know just how much we appreciate what they do.
Towards the end the grittiness turned from fascinating to unpleasant and then back to fascinating. If I could just get the mental images out of my head…
This is, however, a recommended read.
We’ve heard over last 24 hours that Aussie pop star Kylie Minogue has breast cancer. Showing the ignorance of probably a great many people is my DH with “but she’s got little boobs” - if only it were that simple. Little boobs often means earlier detection but there are no guarantees, even men get breast cancer! (more…)
There have been two high profile sex offenders in the news this weekend (more…)
