I hadn't seen it coming. His midget hand landed perfectly, square between my legs, catching one of my crown jewels with his miniscule fist.

I jerked my legs closed, winced in pain and took a moment to catch my breath as my girl friend's five year old brother laughed with glee and delight at my apparent pain and discomfort.

What crime was I being punished for?

I hadn't been paying him any attention. I'd been talking to my girl friend and her mother...

I've been watching the news with interest lately to monitor the developments of the Georgia/Russia conflict.

There has been some pretty strong rhetoric used by both sides, particularly by the Georgian President who has used this as a political point scoring opportunity. As a leader of his people he should be abssolutely ashamed of himself.

Firstly he allows military operations to be conducted in S. Ossetia and when it comes back to bite him on the ass, he starts accusing...

Having been out at a friend's 21st birthday party last night, I was among many old friends again, one of which was my new "offline" business partner.

He was drunk, I was not and the talk turned to business really quickly. It was a bit of a "lay your cards on the table" job. A full and frank discussion about each other, life and the business. To be honest, it was worth driving the 80 miles there and back for that conversation alone. It set my mind at rest in a...

For any of you in the UK, you might know about Newcastle. Its one of, if not the best party city in the north, has ranked in the top 10 party cities in the world and I am lucky enough to live 40 minutes away from it.

Tonight I go see my friends for a 21st birthday. I haven't seen most of these guys for months, and others weeks. One of them is even getting married. MARRIED! 21! I couldn't do it.

I see people out drinking that I remember when they were knee-high to a...

Some one, some place, outside of these walls I live in must be under the deluded impression I have a lot of disposable cash to splash on any half-baked opportunity that comes my way.

If it isn't bad enough that my email inbox used to be abused by the many affiliates whose lists I was on for some time a while ago, I am now receiving mail from some "secret society" in Nevada Las Vegas. Apparently many scientists and successful celebrities and business people are part of this...