Candy, the family dog, died yesterday. She was 12 years old just last week, which is quite old for a Cocker Spaniel, but she has been quite ill on and off for about a year. She has been seriously ill over the last few month with pancreas infections and back problems. On Friday night she [...]

I was sitting in front of my computer today when it died. It has been acting funny for a few days but tonight I was watching an online video when the hard disc failed. The computer turned itself off, and when I tried to start it again all it could manage was a "critical disc [...]

I heard on the radio that Steve Irwin, the Crocodile hunter, died on Saturday. He was killed by a stingray barb while filming an underwater documentary in the Great Barrier Reef off the Low Isles near Port Douglas, north of Carins. News reports say he was stung through the chest, most likely causing heart faliure. [...]