One small step for man, one giant leap for Slowhand
I do not know where my son Jack, 6, got the idea that Eric Clapton was the first man on the moon.
Oh yeah, probably me.
But I did not say he was the first man on the moon; I said he was the third. MORE ...
Easter Earthlings and funny bunnies
"So, what have you brought me?" Borizz Pegtazc, the supreme commander of the planet Outer Zebrfon V, excitedly asked Cvrmnon Xcnbrety who had just returned from a year's reconnaissance on Earth.
"You're in luck, oh great leader," replied his servant. "I've brought you some Easter eggs." MORE ...
Rugby reaches for the stars
II work in the sports department of an Australian newspaper, and the other day one of our rugby reporters, Alwyn Nix, came bounding in excited by the news that scientists believed life might exist on 30 other stars in the universe.
"Go and tell someone who cares, like the science writer," I almost told him. "We’ve got a sports section to get out here. Swimming, rugby league, the lawn bowls column. Important stuff."
"This IS important," Alwyn said, or words that that effect. "Don’t you realise that if there are 30 others planets with life forms, there is a chance they play rugby too!" MORE ...
One small step for man
one giant leap for mankind,
one backward step for photo processing
When Buzz and I were descending to the moon aboard the Lunar Module on July 20, 1969, the eyes, ears, hopes and fears of millions of people were upon us.
Would we land safely, they wondered?
Would we encounter hostile alien life-forms?
Once on the moon, would we be able to take off again?
No one, I suspect, wondered if I would get my photographs back from the processing lab in a reasonable time. MORE ...
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