Orbital; a review

"Orbital," written by Samantha Harvey, feels like a short novel inspired by Carl Sagan's quote in Pale Blue Dot.[1] Much like the six characters aboard the International Space Station (ISS), it exudes a floating, ethereal quality. Unfortunately, some of the astronauts' lives feel a

A bad day to be an enemy of eBay

It's not every day that seven employees of a publicly listed company plead guilty to criminal conspiracy charges.

Brave New World; a review

A Willy Wonka-esque, psychedelic-tinged novel, painting a picture of a world free from pain and unfulfilled desires.

Bullish on leather

If I were paid in cow hides, I would need a shipping container for my monthly salary.

Your farts might smell but natural gas doesn't

Silent but deadly.

Sima Qian, the man with(out) balls

Sima Qian was sentenced to death. At the time, this sentence could be commuted by choosing castration, which is what he opted for.

Cover the fires

What's a curfew, anyways?

If you have this surname, don't chuck a Fitz

Are you a bastard?

Ewe've got to be kidding me

Nature is cruel.

Are you as smart as a dolphin?

It turns out that my mate had more in common with Spock the dolphin than I.

The cure for methanol is in the name

Something that popped up in my head because of the news recently about those poor tourists in Laos who died from methanol poisoning.

Jenny was a daughter of mine

This one is pretty short.