The Random Blogger

One of my favourite recent finds in the world of music is a group that has actually been around since 1987 or so: the Gipsy Kings.

Yes, as is often the case, I’m way behind the times when it comes to music, but the fact that their music is still available shows just how popular this group is.

They come from southern France, not far from the Spanish border, and their music, and their voices, are distinctive, but perhaps hard to classify - the nearest I can come up with is flamenco, but it’s more than that.

I first came across them when watching The Heist (a pretty good movie starring Pierce Brosnan and Tom Skerritt), where their version of the famous song My Way is played (except they call it Mi Manera, and, at the expense of upsetting Frank Sinatra fans, I actually prefer it to his version).

Anyway, well worth checking out!

… are OK for adults but not for children?

Many children may grow up without friends for any number of reasons, and in most cases, having an imaginary friend to share their days with probably causes no lasting harm. It’s a habit most children grow out of, once the need disappears.

And yet their parents will often see this as a bad thing, and try to stifle their children’s imagination and creativity.

But what about the socially-acceptable imaginary friend that a huge percentage of the world’s population talks to?

I am, of course, talking about (more…)

Gastromyopia is the condition that most of us are familiar with, which describes the situation where our eyes are bigger than our stomach.

Did you hear about the man who suffered from premature ejaculation but didn’t tell his girlfriend?

It was a case of the sin of emission.

I’d never really thought about this matter until one of our customers asked us a question about it, but did you know that there are different canine blood groups?

According to Wikipedia, there are as many as 13 dog blood types, and of these, eight of the so-called Dog Erythrocyte Antigen (DEA) types are internationally-recognised as standard canine blood types.

And, just like humans, some dogs’ blood type can be considered a universal donor type (that would be DEA 1.1. Negative, in techno-speak).

Conversely, others that are known as DEA 1.1 Positive (which represents just over one third of the canine population) are universal recipients, which means that they can receive transfusions from any canine blood type without risk of adverse reactions.

My brief research took me further, and at a bit of a tangent, as I found that there are even different diets for different blood types, which is an interesting concept I may pursue, if and when I get the time.

(See my previous post, My Internal Jukebox for what this category is all about.)