I went to the shop today to buy something and when I checked the ingrediants i saw that it contained the following E-Numbers.
E 260 E334, E396, E160a, E375, E163, E330, E363, E300, E101.
I mean that is a lot of E-numbers considering that Coke has about 2  E338 and E150d. Surely your thinking Simon that is [...]

Watching trailers before the enjoyable if cobbled together ‘Son of Rambow’ last night, there was a trailer for ‘Superhero Movie’ - let me some up what you can expect by saying its from the people who brought us ‘Date Movie’ and ‘Naked Gun’. Primarily looking like a spoof of ‘Spiderman’ my company remarked that it [...]

From NY TImes(hat tip Turbulence Ahead)
In the paper, Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers argue that money indeed tends to bring happiness, even if it doesn’t guarantee it. They point out that in the 34 years since Mr. Easterlin published his paper, an explosion of public opinion surveys has allowed for a better look at the [...]

The governments proposals on curbing Alcohol are in a word useless.
Under the provisions of a draft Bill, off-licences would have to close by 10pm each night and gardaí would be allowed to seize alcohol if they suspected someone may breach public order.
Gardaí would also be allowed to test pubs and other outlets by sending in [...]

Sunday Business Post article on the positive outlook for film production in Ireland this year.

Hillary Rodham Clinton ground out a gritty victory in the Pennsylvania primary Tuesday night, defeating Barack Obama and staving off elimination in their historic race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
“Some counted me out and said to drop out,” the former first lady told supporters cheering her triumph in a state where she was outspent by [...]

We live in a skewered world sometimes - girls love bad boys, bitchy characters are always the more popular soap operas, people who are chirpy, particularly in the morning are viewed with cynical disdain. You catch yourself, or at least I do, making some sort of throw away remark, sometimes hurtful, certainly coming from a [...]

This is one of the questions that dog many an undergraduate physicist. The question of whether to run or walk in the rain. Now it is not as easy as you might think. Both Brainaic and Mythbusters have done this and come up with the conclusion that it is better to walk. Alas they are [...]

Today, April 22nd is Earth Day, yet another green event that just can’t see to catch the attention of the masses. Coverage by and large has negative connotations - ongoing irreparable damage seems to be the order of the day. This Washington Post article deconstructs any benefits associated with a food to oil programme sanctioned [...]

Who are the people who come up with these ideas? Why not International Turn Off Rubbish TV Week allowing the following to happen:

Axe ‘Desperate Housewives’ so that we need not cringe at how the mighty Nathan Fillion has fallen,
Replace the Hallmark channel with a ‘Scrubs’ channel,
Endorse Tuathal’s proposals for remedying the soap reality TV show [...]