I was reading an article on adults who read “Young Adult” fiction, when the author asserted that the reason so many of us like reading books ostensibly written for teens is that they have “satisfying” ends. I’ll get to that in a moment – but first some background. It could be argued that the “Young…
The theme for our travel pics this week is A – for Antigua. The waterfront at Antigua was as pretty as a postcard – and completely dominated by the 13-story floating block of flats that we were on (the MSC Musica) We went for a wander around to buy trinkets, and drink beer – but like most…
Here’s the first episode of Rear View Microphone – the weekly podcast covering Travel, and Tourism, and Cruising, and Communications, and Arts and Entertainment, and Politics and more … Enjoy!
The theme for our travel pics this week is A – for Antigua. We are going to do a letter a week until June – next week is B for Bridges, then C for Churches .. week eight will be H for Hanoi, etc etc. So, as I say, we start with A for Antigua. We visited this West…
First up, welcome to the new Cairnscommunications blog. It’s got a new look, as you can tell – but it’s also got a new commitment from me. When I gave up full-time work about six months ago, it was to give me time to write about the things I love, and to travel, and to…
Shay Har-Noy is one of those truly enthusiastic speakers – a man who is so wrapped up in his sphere that it becomes almost impossible not to get swept up in his enthusiasm. He was in Brisbane prior to the G20 summit to talk ‘spatial data’ … and what it could do to help end…
$155,405 – or around $427 per gift. That’s the true cost of Christmas. At least, that is if you go by the song, “The 12 days of Christmas”. And if you decided to give one gift each day, the gift-giving season would last an entire year, rather than just the 12 days from December 25 until January 5…
I know, I know – everyone hates parking fines. And I admit, it was probably my fault, for being in such a hurry .. but a fine I got this week has really got up my nose. Not for the fine itself, as much as for the difficulties in paying it. On Wednesday night, I…
I’m in the middle of my annual #Movember, growing a moustache to draw attention to (and maybe even raise money for) men’s health issues. And as always, the Mo is starting to take shape, although this year’s ‘tache is much greyer than in years gone bye. But it’s about more than just adorning my top…
I was in a K-mart store today, when a young staff-member killed the in-store muzak, and nervously took the microphone. She reminded us all that it was 11am, on the 11th day of the 11th month – and asked, almost apologetically, for a minute’s silence. As the sounds of the Last Post wafted into the store from…
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