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I came in this morning feeling like I hadn't yet woken up only to be faced by more bad news as markets tumble - it's Armageddon out there right now. As I open my email - more bad news and delays followed by conference calls in which I am caught out by unexpected questions and feel like I am stumbling around in a daze of confusion. Yep - its a bad day at the office.

Bad days make me stressed. I can feel it in my head - its a dizzy sort of feeling as my heart palpitates and my underarms feel moist. Suddenly, I cannot seem to function normally and, as a result, I make mistakes that compound the feelings of stress.

Is it just me or does Hull City AFC manager Phil Brown actually look a lot like House actor Hugh Laurie? To me they look like twins...

See for yourself...

Phil Brown





Hugh Laurie

I wonder if Phil Brown is like 'House' and that's how he is getting those amazing results out of the Hull squad?

What do you think?

The most widely read and popular post on this site is about high heels and a woman's sex life so apparently there is interest in high heels out there. Well, here is some bad news.... a British designer has introduced high heels without heels!

Well has the whole world gone mad? The financial meltdown is created by us panicking and it is now almost a self fulfilling prophecy and it is truly frightening. In times like this historically wars have followed.

Who is to blame? I think we all are frankly. Easy loans, easy credit. Go out and live a great life on your credit card. But if you really look hard isn't that the US lifestyle that has been gradually exported over the years. The US has been literally bankrupt for decades with its huge balance of payment negatives - where was all that money coming from? Banks. They gave out money to anyone wanting it in the form of loans, mortgages and more as we all tried to have the American Dream which now looks increasingly like a bloody nightmare.

Yes - Just thought it would be worth apologizing to fans of clubs like Spurs and Arsenal, Newcastle and Fulham etc. I know you thought that your teams would roll over Hull City this year. As a Hull fan I sincerely apologize that this didn't happen and instead - YOU GOT MAULED BY THE TIGERS! Hahahaha....

And Manchester City. We are so sorry to have taken Geovanni from you on a free transfer only for you to find out what a great soccer player and goal scorer he actually is. Apologies to you too.... LOL.

Geovanni, Hull City play, scoring against the Spurs.... watch and weep Manchester City fans....

In a previous article I discussed how the mind can see things that are not really there and provided a photographic example. Well, here is another example. It's a well meaning logo in reality but at first site one wonders how anyone in their marketing department could have determined that this was a good logo to use....

Can you see what I am saying? and if so, how does your mind work?

I have just created a new blog/forum and thought I may as well advertise it a bit on Rant Here. It's targeted at expats, who like myself, live in Brno in the Czech Republic. The idea is to create a community of expats to share information and assistance to help us all navigate the Czech culture and Brno in particular.

If you want to take a quick look or just by chance you live in or around Brno, do stop by and visit it

The mind can and does play tricks on us all of the time. It sees things that aren't there and misses things that are. Don't agree?

Well then - take a look at this and don't tell me that if you are male the first thing you see is NOT what this is a photo of.....

Well? Own up.....

Apparently Brazilian police were shocked to learn that a man they pulled over for speeding already owed close to $2 million in unpaid speeding fines. The fines had been accumulated over a period of 7-years but as he had not registered his car he had never received any mailed tickets. His offences included speeding and running red lights. But - No - He wasn't a BMW driver.

His car worth around $6500 was impounded and if he doesn't pay his fines within 7-days, it will be auctioned off!

The world is coming apart at the seams as banks fail or nearly fail and the ripple has yet to finish moving. All we can be sure of when all is done and dusted the rich will be even richer and the rest of us will be deep in doodoo......

Regular visitors will know that I am a Hull City (The Tigers) fan and have been all of my life. Last season, Hull gained promotion to the EPL for the first time in their 104 year history and so all of us Hullonians were to say the least excited. Funnily enough, no one else was.

In pre-season - no - as soon as our promotion was secured, out came all the experts and pundits to declare that Hull City would be immediately relegated and would do a 'Derby' - a reference to last seasons disasterous EPL campaign by Derby County. Hull's pre-season schedule results only seemed to confirm to everyone that this was a self fulfilling prophecy.

Funny.... people like me were quietly confident that they would all EAT their words. I didn't expect that to happen quite so soon however.....

Investment analyst and entrepreneur Dr. Marc Faber concluded his monthly bulletin (June 2008) with the Following:

"The federal government is sending each of us a $600 rebate. If we spend that money at Wal-Mart, the money goes to China. If we spend it on gasoline it goes to the Arabs. If we buy a computer it will go to India. If we purchase fruit and vegetables it will go to Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala. If we purchase a good car it will go to Germany. If we purchase useless crap it will go to Taiwan and none of it will help the American economy. The only way to keep that money here at home is to spend it on prostitutes and beer, since these are the only products still produced in US. I've been doing my part."

Are you????

[excerpted from Net newsgroup post 2/96 and other sources - Note: The accuracy of these purported laws is questionable.

-- In Bakersfield, California, anyone having intercourse with Satan must use a condom.

-- In Oblong, Illinois, it's punishable by law to make love while
hunting or fishing on your wedding day.

-- In Minnesota, it is illegal for any man to have sexual intercourse with a live fish. (Apparently it's OK for woman.)

-- No man is allowed to make love to his wife with the smell of garlic, onions, or sardines on his breath in Alexandria, Minnesota. If his wife so requests, law mandates that he must brush his teeth.

-- Warn your hubby that after lovemaking in Ames, Iowa, he isn't

Here is a story that appeared in the Czech Republic but doesn't seem to have had much airplay in the US. It is yet another example of how our privacy is continually under assault with the 'terrorism threat' being used to to have us accept it. NASA is developing a brain wave monitoring system for use in airports to detect passengers who might potentially pose a threat.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad again showed just how out of touch he is with the world while speaking at the UN. Amongst his usual racist, anti-semitic, denial of historical facts and image-laced speech was the concept that the American Empire was about to end. Oh really? Someone ought to remind him that the Persian empire ended several thousand years ago.

I mean its not that I totally disagree with what he is trying to say it is simply the ridiculous way in which he says it.

I was in Paris on Monday. Nice city but impossible to find a Taxi there.

I arrived at Orly airport Sunday evening and wanting to save a little money thought I would take the train into Paris. My first problem was finding a cash machine. Arriving in Paris, I walked for 20 minutes in ever widening circles trying every cash machine I found. Many would not take my card and the rest were out of cash! Bit of a problem really since I had no Euro's on me.

Eventually I did get cash but then turned my attention to getting a cab for the remainder of the journey to my hotel. Plenty of cabs but not one free. I stood at a Taxi site - nothing... not a single cab showed there in 40 minutes. I gave up and decided to walk....

oh how I miss the sun, warm air, bathing in the Med, drinking beer and eating good food not giving a toss about anything. That view of Capri from the hotel window, Italian traffic and scooters. It wasn't long enough... needed two weeks not one to really unwind. My tan is fading along with the memory......

Here in the Czech Republic its cold, rainy and horrible weather. Aghhhhh........

What is the world coming to?

First I read that a minister in the Nigerian government wants to ban miniskirts claiming that they distract drivers and cause accidents and, wearing one is tantamount to being naked! Is this guy serious??? See the story here.

as I am reading that I see another story in which a US judge has thrown out a rule that bans baggy trousers that allow the underwear to be seen. A 17-year old had been arrested for showing had bee held in jail on arrest overnight for showing 4 inches of...... his underwear due to his baggy trousers. The judge held the law as unconstitutional... see the story here

Feminism hasn't reached all parts of our globe. Apparently, in some parts of the world, male chauvinism is alive and well as these photos demonstrate.....

Imagine....

You are at the airport and inadvertently leave your bag behind as you rush to get home.... a few minutes or so later you realize that you left your bag and return to find the airport being evacuated on a security alert.... oops - yes, it is your bag that caused the alert. Embarrassing for sure. But then you are asked to identify your bag and the vibrating content that triggered the alert. Red-faced you extract your sex toy vibrator to show to the security guards and police..... worse still, you are male!

LOL! No way you say? Actually, this happened at a Queensland airport in Australia in 2004. See the story here

McCain and Obama in a dead heat and Obama seems to have lost his tongue or maybe the DNC have decided it's their way or the highway. To me, it looks like politics as usual from both parties throwing insults and accusations at each other - what happened to Obama's freshness and do 'it doesn't have to be like this' attitude?

I can't believe that the US will elect McCain and Co. I mean he is older than God and has a far worse memory. But he represents the status quo, the reason why the US is deep in doo doo right now and all you can surely expect is more of the same?

Getting back from a week's vacation I find I have over 5000 emails in my Inbox. It took me just about 5 hours to go through them deleting spam after spam to leave just the 50+ or so real emails. Tedious to say the least. Probably more than 1000 emails deleted during that process were promising to make me ... well... better in bed. They come with subject titles like "Size does matter to the Ladies" and "Make your Girlfriend Happier" and so on.. but I guess you get them too.

1. Oral sex is illegal in 18 states, including Arizona.

2. In Virginia, it is illegal to have sex with the lights on.

3. It is illegal for husbands in Willowdale, Oregon, to talk dirty during intercourse.

4. Sexual intercourse between unmarried couples is illegal in Georgia.

5. Engaging in any sexual position other than missionary is illegal in Washington, DC.

6. In Connorsville, Wisconsin, it is illegal for a man to shoot off a gun when his female partner is having an orgasm.

7. In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, it is illegal to have sex with a truck driver inside a toll booth.

8. Having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal in Florida.

9. It is illegal in Utah to marry your first cousin before the age of 65.

Want to cut down your gas costs? Try running your car on water.....

Just back from a trip to Italy.... I had always believed Italians to be suave, fashionable and sophisticated.... that perception has been well and truly busted. Many Italians, even young kids, are grossly overweight, they are noisy and often downright rude and scruffy. In fact, one observation about Naples is that it has to be the scruffiest place I have ever been. Driving there is an experience. It seems that Italian drivers ignore every sign and drive as if no one else is on the road. And those scooters... wow. I wonder how many accidents there are a day involving scooters?

Had a nice time but it truly shattered my ideas about Italy and Italians.

I will be gone next week getting some well earned rest and recreation but don't let that stop you from exploring this site.... lots of fun articles, photos and videos to look at...

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The Ting Tings... what a stupid name for a group or duo. I'd never heard of them until yesterday when my partner introduced them to me singing the inanely ridiculous but admittedly catchy 'That's not my Name'. But what I want to know is how did such drivel become popular seemingly overnight? They are everywhere with that stupid song... even here in the Czech Republic that song already features in radio and TV commercials....

Maybe I am getting old and out of touch with modern music but come on this song is pure tripe. I will admit it is well produced but so far as I can tell it has two chords and one line in the lyrics which are nonsense... I'm sure their wallets are getting fatter by the minute.

Led Zeppelin - Where are you?

Wouldn't it be fun if soccer were played in a kit like this.... especially if it rained?

Some folks find a way to ensure everyone knows their likes and dislikes even after death. I mean why just disappear from the world without leaving your mark?

This guy had an opinion and he enforced it.....