Jack the chaperone leaves for BXL this afternoon and will stay there till tomorrow night. I’m essentially chaperoning the missus as she sits for the last of her fonctionnaire exams (fingers crossed) so I won’t have much to do in the city I love to hate. Which explains this post. Anybody out in BXL willing…

This article and accompanying Bertoon (click to enlarge in Flickr) appear in today’s Malta Independent on Sunday. This week’s news highlight tells us that not many Maltese are really in favour of having a lesbian Prime Minister. Also, they’d rather have a Roman Catholic head honcho than one of any other particular faith (I wonder…

It’s a cruel, cruel world.  At midnight of the 10th of November 2009, just as the clocks of the world ticked on into Armistice Day, a very sly marketing ploy by computer game company Activision meant that the latest version of the first-person shooter series “Call of Duty” (Modern Warfare 2) was released to the…

Nuntio vobis magnum gaudium. Iifirhu il muntanii u igawdu l-iprem seraphini filuacht illi icapcpu ghaleniia l’allat tal-Olimpu Sportiv. Nannunciaulchom minn haunhecc illi ilbierah filghaxiia, geuua Casal Micabiba, l-scuadra mai doma tad-Deportivo Estudiantes ilbierah rebhu l-loghba taghhom chontra l-avversariu osticu ta’ Marsasclocc FC (u dan minghair l’ebda incentiv pecuniraiu offert). Uaslilna dlonc u hesrem il-missiv mill-corrispondent…

The Maltese national collective is not exactly avant-garde when it comes to talking about sex. To say that sex is still a taboo in many ways is an understatement. Probe even further and you will find an outmoded application of laws and frequent crusades on “immoral” activities related to anything sexual. Add to the minestra…

You bought me a present? Why would you do such a thing? I know you think you’re being generous, but the foundation of gift giving is reciprocity. You haven’t given me a gift, you’ve given me an obligation. The essence of the custom is that I now have to go out and purchase for you…