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Welcome To Polite Island

May 17, 2013 in Entertainment, Fiction, Food & Recipes, Lifestyle, Money, People, Society, Stories, Travel

Welcome to Polite Island! You have been selected to live in this modern utopia because you embody the values of a considerate unselfish person. Polite Island was founded by a woman who was becoming increasingly frustrated with her considerate behaviour being met with inconsiderate behaviour. Instead of giving up on being a polite person and falling into pit of selfishness she came up with a plan to make the world fairer. Instead of eradicating those devoted only to themselves and who frequently engage in behaviours that can be classed as ‘douchebaggery’ we have simply excluded them from our society. This [...]

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Silent Night: A Warning to Drive Safely

December 6, 2012 in Lifestyle, News, People, Stories, Travel

Today’s guest post from Chantelle Dalgarno: “People say their heart misses a beat when they hear the sound of squealing brakes; when they hear the sound of someone screaming after an accident. Mine doesn’t. The screech and squeal of brakes show that there was time to react, to prepare, to brake, to brace. The screams of someone involved in a motor vehicle accident show that they’re alive, they’re conscious, they’re aware. When there’s only silence… when there’s nothing… that’s when my heart misses a beat.” It’s been a year since my baby’s first Christmas. It’s been a year of ups [...]

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What Do You ‘Fail’ At?

August 31, 2012 in Humour, Lifestyle, People, Self, Stories, Travel

I had a bit of an ‘episode’ the other day. I tend to have a lot of moments like this where simple things completely overwhelm me. In hindsight it’s quite funny but I always wonder why it takes me so long to figure it out in the first place! You see I’m not good at quite a few things – while I can string a sentence together; talk under water; reply to SMS’ promptly – I am hopeless with math; can’t reverse park and am terrible with remembering to defrost my dinner! I put this all down to the simple [...]

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A Crash Course in Makeup Application

July 2, 2012 in Face, Health, Lifestyle, News, People, Society, Style, Travel

I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve seen someone applying makeup in a car. Or the number of times I’ve heard someone bragging about how they practically live in their car and do everything in there. I’ve heard everything from applying makeup, to flossing, to brushing your teeth, to eating, to drinking, to putting on your shoes. Seriously. Putting on your shoes. In the car. While driving. I’m kind of over not saying anything. It isn’t funny and while you may consider it worth risking your life for such trivial pursuits, I do not want you risking mine [...]

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My Driving Phobia (or the day I cried like a girl)

May 18, 2012 in Health, Humour, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Stories, Travel

A few nights ago I was curled up with a copy of Kerri Sackville’s new book The Little Book of Anxiety as my kitten, Lola, started biting the corner of the pages. I tweeted this and wondered should I be worried? That’s when I realised that I, too, live with my own little anxieties about stuff that perhaps normal people wouldn’t worry about. I live in my head a lot. I talk to myself (sometimes out loud) and weigh up situations that most of us wouldn’t bother even thinking about. My friends call this place Roseland. I sure have racked up a few thousand [...]

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Blind Man Drives Car Thanks to Google

April 2, 2012 in Current Affairs, Health, Travel

Google have created an automated driving car, and to prove how perfectly it drives, they have put a blind man behind the wheel. While Steve Mahan cannot hold a traditional driver’s license, due to being legally blind, using this technology Mahan is able to pick up his dry cleaning and go through the drive-thru at Taco Bell. This is simply amazing and a wonderful testament to the impact technology can have in people’s lives. A must see.

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