I spotted a stall selling these necklaces when I was at the earlier this month. The seller had necklaces and bracelets of varying lengths, some in bright colourways and others subdued. I was drawn to the shiny discs like a

has begun, and I'm about 55 pages in. We're meant to be to page 63 by Friday, which I should hit without too much trouble. The only problem is that 63 pages isn't 63 pages. That goal secretly includes probably

I saw last week and realised they were the perfect project to use up the Noro left over from my . The pattern is (but just watch out because there's a missing YO on row 8). I cast on last

Another light week as I recover from my shin splints. I didn't log many miles (only did two short runs), but I did manage two circuit training sessions at that kicked my butt. So hopefully my fitness level isn't taking

QUEENSLAND'S sports betting industry has been rocked by a probe into almost 40 operators allegedly ripping off punters with elaborate scams.

THE number of millionaires in the world hit a three-year low in 2008 as the financial crunch wiped out years of lucrative investment, shrinking the ranks of the very richest by a quarter, a new study says.

Using card was 'normal part of business'Money spent on school fees, groceries and alcoholSays he was going to repay the money

UNEMPLOYMENT in developed countries could approach 10 per cent next year, a level not seen since the 1970s, according to a report released overnight.

Buffett says US economy has no bounceNo risk of deflation : Check the latest

Australian companies plan modest cutsThose in Asia and Europe will make moreAustralia not affected as much by GFC

BoQ denies any wrongdoing CBA agrees to process Storm compo Investors predict more collapses

Australia is ranked 11th for millionairesNumbers have dropped by 23 per cent

ISBN: 0722144180GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:0722144180');I thought this one didn't sound as good as the others, but I was wrong. Its quite different from the other two in its setting, but its still the same romping Harrison style that I like. A little bit

ISBN: 0812550587Tor Books (1995), Mass Market Paperback, 222 pagesGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:0812550587');This is a relatively short collection of Harry Harrison short stories. They are:I always do what Teddy says: what happens when we abdicate teaching our youngsters moral values to machine, and then

10:02: Mikal shared: This is a step in the right direction. The Australian government has admitted its tax changes for options schemes, which resulted in some such schemes being halted, might be a bad plan10:02: Mikal shared: Good.Tags for this

08:45: Mikal shared: More coverage of the changes to the taxation of employee share schemes.Tags for this post: blather()

ISBN: 0345284259Del Rey (1979), Mass Market is the sequel to . To be honest, I think Dragonflight is a better book, although this one is by no means bad. I suspect part of my problem with this book is that

14:45: Mikal shared: Its good to see that other people are annoyed by this change as well. It will certainly affect me.The basic issue here isn't that I don't want to pay tax. I'm fine with paying my share.The US

The kids aren't going to be in the same country as me for US father's day (I get two this year!), so they gave me my present early. I now have a complete set of UK police riot armor --

A while ago Thomas Mashos registered a launch pad project for MythNetTV (). Launch pad annoys me quite a bit, although thats probably because I'm failing to understand how to use it in some way. So, perhaps people have guidance