Pushy Christmas Cards

Ever buy one of those bargain boxes full of Christmas cards with matching envelopes? Convenient, aren’t they? And cheap! A Continue reading →

Christmas in Small Town Canada!

https://flic.kr/s/aHsmch6c3b   Digital shots from my December, 2017 visit to my hometown – Goderich, Ontario, Canada – for a traditional Continue reading →

The Sicilian Shirt Tag Quandary

I found these thoughtful sentiments on the tag of a shirt I bought. To be honest, the shirt does not Continue reading →

Environmental Communication and the Mass Media

Environmental Communication and the Mass Media By: Cameron A. Straughan   As a biologist, writer, and film/videomaker, I have always Continue reading →

People are not okay with Tesco’s self-service checkouts wishing them a Merry Christmas

One of them asked me how my mother was. I took offence – what business is it of his? “He” Continue reading →

Friends dare each other to lick electric fly swatter

Kids these days have it all. When I was young, we had to lick a rolled-up newspaper.

A really smelly poo in the middle of a carriage caused a train to be cancelled

As a result, the new London Underground audible passenger warning says: Mind the crap.

Mum horrified after her son discovers a spider in a loaf of Hovis

Hovis needs to get their act together. I bought a Hovis Medium Bag of Dead Spiders from an Asda in Continue reading →