Let’s all start saying no to more stuff. — I was invited for dinner not long ago with two women 25 years my senior. They are different nationalities to me and to each other, but one of them speaks English. I didn’t know them well, but I accepted the invitation because I thought what is life if it’s not…

The eating habits of the Japanese as observed by an English expat in Japan. — It’s no secret that Japan has one of the lowest obesity rates in the world. Western stereotypes would have us believe that this is due to a scant diet of raw fish and seaweed. But having lived in Japan for nearly two years, I’ve noticed that there is a lot…

Omg one of the funniest things I've ever read! Brilliant.

Forget spiders, snakes and crocodiles, this is the stuff you need to be prepared for. — Supermarket Bacon Bacon looks like cooked ham in Australia, which is confusing and dangerous because it means that you’re that much closer to food poisoning… and death. Even more galling is the fact that bacon is placed next to ready-to-eat hams in the deli section of supermarkets like some kind of sick…