News from a Weird World – Offbeat News 2 February 2011

In this latest edition of News From A Weird World you can find bizarre news stories that include the Chinese Dogfight that isn’t what it seems, Japanese Pensioners Who Shoplift, The Farmville Baby Murderer, Pickle Juice De-Icer, Palm Beach Sharks, Fire In The Closet and more.

One Hundred Years Ago

One Hundred Years Ago was inspired by a series of articles that I am writing on Associated Content thaqt analyzes articles from the newspapers of 100 years ago. Back then, which isn’t really that long ago for many of us, life was very different.

Tesco Mobile Increasing Charges From 28th February 2011

With everything else in the UK going up in price, why am I not surprised to see the Tesco are increasing their mobile phone tariffs as well, as from 28th February 2011. While some rates are only going up by a small amount, their rates for Pay As You Go Phones are increasing by much more.

My Ten Worst Performing Articles of the Month

As a writer, I hope that each article that I publish will not only be well accepted by fans of my work, but also head off into the ether and get recognition in the wider world. As we all know, however, that doesn’t always happen. January 2011 has been one of those months where I have tried to write what I feel are interesting articles, and they were ones that I enjoyed writing as well.

Tom Hanks Is My Hero

If I had to choose a celebrity who always seems to be enjoying what he does, who plays a wide range of fun and challenging roles, and who has had more hit movies and mini-series than you can count on your fingers and toes put together, then my hero would be Tom Hanks.
I can’t think of a single movie in which Tom Hanks has been involved, whether as an actor, producer or director, that I didn’t like, and many of his productions are amongst my most favorite of all time.