Early one Sunday morning in spring in 1982 a young university student called Stephen jumped from the top of a block of flats in Manchester. He landed on grass. My girlfriend Helen and I were the only people around. While she went to phone an ambulance I covered him with my coat and held his hand. He was drifiting in and out of consciousness. He told me his name and address. Then he died.
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Judging from the shop windows, we're in for another summer of big long soft skirts. Big long soft skirts are cool. Big long soft skirts are comfy. Comfort and joy. Why, then, for women only?
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So I hear that Nintendo is coming out with something new on my birthday. Something called “Nintendo Revolution� or the likes. I can't say I know much about it. My Nintendo knowledge ended with the first console. This first console is the one you can see in the picture below.
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I was born 45 years ago today and many of the things I take for granted weren't even dreamed off back then in 1961. I telecommute, possess an iPod, PDA and a wi-fi laptop. I watch digital TV, bank online and print my own airline tickets. So far, then, so good. But I want more. If I'm lucky enough to see another 45 years maybe all of the things I want, I will get. And a hundred other implausible things too.
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The empty nest syndrome. That's what you get when your children start to go away. Watch out! It can hit you harder than you ever thought possible
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On April 12th 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first man to travel in space. With the singular success of the North American Space Agency we sometimes forget that it was the Russians, the Soviets, who were the first to shake off gravity's chains.
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What is the most stressful moment of your day? You might consider me lucky when I tell you mine. It's around 7:50 p.m. when I turn on the television to watch “Allá Tú.� I am not a fan of television. In fact, I think I could estimate the number of hours I watch T.V. a week at around ten, sometimes less. I have better things to do. Well, I have better things to do the other 23 hours there are in a day but not when the singing boxes come on
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Spring is my favourite season. It is the one time of year that is guaranteed to see me smiling and striding along the street full of positive thoughts and magnanimity.
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Some may still be nursing a hangover from the St. Patrick's/St. Joseph's Day weekend, so maybe we can talk about excesses and ephemera…
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Let me introduce you to the world of Sudoku. First of all, I will define what Sudoku is, secondly, we will learn how to play it and, finally, I will try to convince you to enter the fascinating world of Sudoku.
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