Archive for April, 2008

Beating Dust

When you suffer from a dust mite allergy, you know how important it is to keep the dust at a minimum. It is particularly difficult if you have carpets throughout the house. Of course wooden and laminate floors are the best options for allergy sufferers and asthmatics, but if you rent your place, ripping them […]

Penis Snatchers Captured

No, seriously. In the Congo, 13 suspected sorcerers have been arrested. These guys were accused of engaging in black magic and “stealing or shrinking men’s penises”. Apparently this “practice” has caused quite some panic. Things like these aren’t uncommon in West Africa, where strange ritual, magic and withcraft are still kept very much alive. I […]

Drug Marketing And Analysis

As a long term sufferer of a rather rare autoimmune illness, I usually like to stay up to date with medical developments. This includes drug therapies in particular. So I guess I spend a lot of time browsing all kinds of pharmaceutical companies and sometimes I even come across significant new therapy methods. There are […]

To Be Or Not To Be, Innit!

I assure you, this isn’t a joke: Martin Braun has re-written the complete works of Shakespeare – for the “chav-generation”. Cider, crisps and Shakespeare? The book entitled “To Be Or Not To Be, Innit” fast forwards the Bard’s classics to Ali G language, thus introducing teenagers to a bit of Shakespeare. How well this will […]