nikki | August 31, 2008
I was reading in the news today that NASA is considering extending the usable life of the current space shuttle Discovery past its original planned retirement year of 2010. The reason given was that the replacement space shuttle is not scheduled to be ready to replace it until 2015, which leaves a five year gap [...]
nikki | August 25, 2008
I was reading on the Sun’s news website today that Mrs Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of England has fallen victim to a classic disease of old age - dementia. As I was reading the story it brought back sad memories of my dear grandmother, who also suffered from dementia for many years before she [...]
nikki | August 19, 2008
I was reading on the Internet NY Daily News website that a New York school bus accidentally ran over a pregnant woman today. A van lost its brakes and ran into a pregnant woman who was crossing the street and pushed her into the path of a school bus, which pinned her to the road. About thirty [...]
nikki | August 13, 2008
I was reading on the Internet that China is now admitting that at least two parts of the Olympics opening ceremony were faked - the part where the little girl was singing a song, and part of the fireworks display.
Apparently part of the fireworks display was computer assisted imagery, which I actually think is pretty [...]
nikki | August 7, 2008
A couple of my girl friends have invited me to go with them to the beach this weekend. They have rented a cottage with three bedrooms, and want me to come along and use the third bedroom. I accepted the invitation, and today I was looking through my “beach wear” and discovered that my bathing [...]