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The blackmail that is, not being the government.
Threats to strike public transport on WYD
Last night my husband told me that train and bus worker’s plan to strike on World Youth Day if the government doesn’t do something to improve the transport system, which breaks down daily.

I just came across this news story. It says the NSW government is banning laser pointers due to the danger posed to pilots and drivers.
It caught my attention because it just seems so weird! Sure, we don’t want planes to come crashing down on our heads, but blanket banning lasers just seems silly.
The kind of [...]

I’m home! It looks like I’ve brought the weather with me too. It was absolutely perfect the whole time we were in the States and now it’s close to that here… Sunny, cool breeze, just the way I like it (even though it’s supposed to be summer!).
I’d love to share some of my trip in [...]

We arrived in San Francisco at about 10:30am Wednesday morning. We had our photographs and fingerprints taken at customs, got picked up by a town car and headed to Mountain View.
Our apartment wasn’t going to be ready until 4 and neither were our keys, which we found out when we tried to pick them up. [...]

Kangaroo farts could fight global warming
When I first saw the line “Australian scientists are trying to give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep in a bid to cut the emission of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.” I thought, “What the heck?!”
It turns out they’re not going to try to transplant cows’ stomachs - just [...]