My High Maintenance Puppy
November 5, 2008
Who knew that you have to socialise your puppy?! I have become the parent of a Siberian Husky and now apparently have to take him to classes and socialise him. By all accounts, the pup will have a more active social life than me.
Max (my Siberian Husky) has begun showing traits that he thinks he’s the alpha male. He may be right? He’s so cute, with his beautiful blue eyes and soft fur that all I want to do is lavish him with love and affection. Then, ninety percent of the time in return I am bitten!
All I want is my lovely ball of fur to perhaps lap up the attention and be cute rather than savaging my arm off. So, puppy training is the way forward. Max is just a diamond in the rough awaiting my guidance on being the perfect pup…
… to be continued.
Online Dating: Another Source Of Men
November 4, 2008
Having never used online dating sites I fall into the dubious category and am somewhat scared to use such services. I do however have friends that have used them and found them to be a successful source of men. The friend I talk of what the hottest girl in my year and her decision to use a dating site came initially from a joke. However, low and behold, she found an equally hot chap to go out with and enjoyed a number of enjoyable dates. 
Nothing actually came of the relationship however, which leads me to think that it may be a bank full of men that are serial daters. Any fit men that are on these sites are probably only using them because they have saturated their local market of women, done the rounds and basically conquered all female mountains in the area.
The only saving grace is that the hot women that they will inevitably go for on the online dating matrix will in fact be players themselves. They could easily find a man in the real world and therefore will have no problems playing a player at his own game.
Girl Power is no longer a thing of the 90’s, us girls can give as good as we get. If you find that the losers in your area just don’t cut the mustard anymore, check out the talent online. Granted it’s probably just as poor as down your local pub but at least you can vet their CV first!
Congo Back In Grave Trouble
November 3, 2008
The UN has said today that they have credible reports of camps housing 50,000 displaced people have been torched in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Aid groups have said that they are struggling to reach 250,000 people who have fled fighting between the government and rebel forces. David Miliband and his French counterpart FM Bernard Kouchner are preparing to travel to the country amidst intense diplomatic efforts to end the crisis.
In the provincial capital North Kivu, in and around Goma, a tense ceasefire is holding out.
General Laurent Nkunda who is the rebel leader is saying that he is fighting for the Tutsi community, protecting them from Rwandan Hutu rebels, the same Hutu rebels that were accused of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
The government of the Congo has promised to prevent Hutu forces from using the territory but as yet has failed to do so. The country has great mineral wealth and General Nkhunda has objected to government plans to exploit these resources. The government will not negotiate with Nkunda, saying that he is a terrorist.
Aid chiefs speaking in Geneva have said that the area in and around Goma is incredibly volatile and access to those who need help in the area is exceptionally difficult.
According to a spokesperson for the UN there have been harrowing reports in north Goma; camps have been attacked, robbed and burned.
The rebels currently have control of the region and aid agencies have no access. The whereabouts of the 50,000 residents is currently unknown. There is a desperate shortage of food and water in the Goma area, with refugees being forced to leave.
The security fears have forced aid agencies to stop work. Along roads for miles and miles, there are families with their lives on their backs.
Marcal Izard a spokesperson from the Red Cross said:
”The whole population in Goma, and around Goma are feeling extremely unsafe, they need food, water, shelter and, most of all, protection, [and] some sense of knowing that they will not be attacked, that they will be spared by this new round of clashes.”
There is a desperate need for humanitarian assistance in the area. International help is needed to help thousands of displaced refugees. How much terror can this region take? There are so many that can remember the genocide of 1994 and they were the lucky ones. We can all know the harrowing stories shown on Comic Relief; the graves and those left behind with memories. We must learn lessons from past events and try and ensure that these people are not forgotten.
Duffy’s Early Bonfire
November 2, 2008
Last week Welsh singer Duffy accidently set her hair on fire backstage at a Coldplay concert. 
Duffy supported Coldplay at a Cleveland gig in Ohio, however found herself in great peril when her blonde mop caught on fire from a candle backstage in her dressing room.
The Mercy singer said:
“I was in the dressing room and I had music on and candles alight. The venue was a huge stadium, like a big sports centre. The dressing rooms had big white lights, no mirrors and lockers all along. They were super cool but you wouldn’t want to spend three hours in there. So I was giving it a little bit of razzle dazzle. I had dimmed the lights then I lit this candle and it started melting a bit. I thought, ‘S**t!’ and started blowing it out. I got a cloth to wipe it up and bent down, not realising it was still lit. Then the entire left side of my hair went up in flames.”
The situation got worse when Chris Martin came down to visit her, she had never met him before and it can be assumed that she did not have a good hair day for the occasion.
I think that she may be a typical girl at heart, with usual drama queen antics… she went on to say:
“Can you imagine if I had gone up in flames? Nightmare. I honestly saw my life flash before my eyes.”
Jonathon Woss Trouble Continues
November 1, 2008
TV Presenter Jonathon Ross has dropped out of presenting the 2008 British Comedy Awards due to show on ITV in December.
This is following the Radio 2 controversy regarding prank calls to Andrew Sachs, Fawlty Towers actor. 
Jonathon Ross has been suspended for 12 weeks from all BBC programmes as a result of the joke calls made on the Russell Brand Radio 2 show.
The British Comedy Awards are in their 18th year with Ross presenting for the last 16 years.
In my opinion the whole affair has been blown out of proportion. Jimmy Carr has joined me in this trail of thought also saying that Ross is a ‘national treasure’.
Jeremy Vine, fellow Radio 2 presenter said that Jonathon will find coming back from his suspension difficult and went onto say:
“It will be interesting to see how he manages given the damage to this radio station, I’m going to be interested to see that - I’m not quite sure how it’s going to work.”
The whole thing has gone crazy, with many people who didn’t even listen to the show complaining! Russell Brands comedy is a bit risqué and Jonathon was a part of his show. Andrew Sachs has accepted both presenter’s apologies and I think it is about time the UK did the same.