Sushi: Britain's new national dish

Sushi has entered the hearts of all classes of British life and is now even available at that working class bastian of summer holidays Butlins."It's enough to make you choke on your wasabi japonica. Butlins,...

Two men kissing advert pulled

Two men kissing advert pulled After receiving more than 200 complaints about a Heinz Deli Mayo advertisement in less than a week the advert has been yanked from the tube.The entire advert is regular in every...

Rydges Plaza Hotel: a nice place for a business lunch in Dubai « Peter J. Co...

"It is about 10 years since a friend first took me to Rydges and I have been going there for business lunches ever since. The location on the Satwa roundabout is easy for taxis if you fancy a glass from maitre d’ Gerrard’s ample cellar, although the parking is good for a...

Rydges Plaza Hotel: a nice place for a business lunch in Dubai « Peter J. Co...

"It is about 10 years since a friend first took me to Rydges and I have been going there for business lunches ever since. The location on the Satwa roundabout is easy for taxis if you fancy a glass from maitre d’ Gerrard’s ample cellar, although the parking is good for a...

Breakfast with The Brits

Brits throw away 7 million slices of bread, 666,000 eggs, 1.2 million sausages, 260,000 processed cheese slices and more than 1.5 bananas daily.   This raises a very serious question, what are The Brits...

PoV: 28 Weeks Later

Step 1: Killed the Infected Step 2: Containment Step 3: Extermination Theseare the words which I remember clearly after watching the film. 28Weeks Later starts with a group of people preparing and waiting to havetheir lunch in a cottage in London when a kid banging the door...

Tibetan Students Enter U.N. Compound in Nepal

Some Tibetan high school children in the neighboring country of Nepal have demonstrated against a UN compound there. So far Budhist Nepal has been largely absent from this conflict, but one wonders how easily...

“This is Jack Bauer! Give me President Obama!”

- “Just a minute, Sir..” - “That´ll be the minuteman, RIGHT NOW!! (shmirks, crackl..) - “President Obama..” - “Mr. President, it´s good to hear your voice!” - “Not my pleasure, it´s 3 o´clock...

The Thousand-Dollar Bagel

Another culinary publicity stunt, it would seem..."NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - A New York chef has come up with a luxury version of one of the city's staple foods -- the $1,000 bagel. The pricey bagel, that is...

Suicide by Steak

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAh yes, Junk Science, the "National Enquirer" of the Science and Health World.  As this story states, pretty much anything  you do will kill you.  For now...

JOHN BOLTON LOOKS AT FAILURES OF THE NEO-CONS

Shuttlecocks or weathervanes? This is the question to ask oneself about politicians. The “shuttlecocks” stick with their convictions while the “weathervanes,” as you can guess, change direction...

Turn Off the Gadgets while you Eat...Monday Work Etiquette #3

Even if for only 30 minutes, pay attention only to the food and the company. This might help you get back in touch with your Human side and gain some respect from your lunch or dinner partners. Life is fleeting after all.

Glamorous Art couple in double suicide

"On the evening of July 10, rising art star Jeremy Blake returned to his New York apartment, a converted rectory at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery that he shared with his girlfriend, Theresa Duncan. The couple, extremely devoted and still very much in love after 12 years,...

FaceBook Versus Everything Else

"FaceBook Versus Everything Else FaceBook is the latest in line. There are only so many I can try before I end up spending all my time online sampling social networks, only to determine that none of them really solves the long-term sustainable problem I'd like a social...

Begging for attention

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorI suppose what begs attention is in a Red Hot economy, where jobs are plentiful, why some choose not to work period, and why the working poor cannot get affordable...

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