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Quentin Crisp once said: "The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another."

You know how it is when the friendly waitperson offers the dessert menu - and everyone hesitates? No-one wants to be first to mutter, "Oh, go on then", even if you are secretly hanging out for crème brûlée or chocolate mud cake. Or pudding. Yay, pudding!

The newspaper paragraph that slayed me lately was the one in which writer and satirist P J O'Rourke admitted to not being able to "work a computer".

Courtesy of Lindsey Dawson. Oh, such care people are taking not to offend. So fragile have ...

I've always had a short attention span, which is probably what led me to be reading an article on the internet about a study into whether or not instant messaging contributes to task interruption. They may well have discovered that there are countless peo

There's an election going on. But where's the noise, where's the humour?

 Courtesy of Lindsey Dawson. I guess the time may come for all of us to get ...

That was a lovely picture of Telecom boss Paul Reynolds in last week's paper. He's got a great smile. Mind you, I'd be smiling too, if I were earning $5 million a year...

Feeling a bit overwhelmed by the web? Well, take a deep breath. You ain't seen nothin' yet.

I can explain about the rat. It was dropped on our driveway from a great height by a hawk who had momentarily lost his attention span. As I approached it, it stretched out one forepaw towards me and squeaked.