My niece, Natalie

This has to be one of the most high-profile April Fool’s messages ever! Richard Branson and the Google founders team up to pull a fast one on us – complete with 2 YouTube videos and a [microsite](http://www.google.com/virgle/index.html)! Anybody wants to live on Mars? Perhaps all we’ll get is a chocolate bar.

I found this little anecdote from the Reuters article quite amusing: China invented gunpowder and legend has it that a Ming dynasty (1368-1644) official named Wan Hu attempted the world’s first space launch. He strapped himself to a chair with kites in each hand as 47 servants lit 47 gunpowder-packed bamboo tubes tied to the…

Forget IT training for women – marry them off instead, Malaysian opposition party PAS has proposed in a debate. [A PAS assemblyman] said that polygamy was better than computer training for single women as they would have difficulty learning technical skills, the Star, a Malaysian daily, reported. You don’t say… Previously, a Pas leader, Nik…

Hi Vanessa, One-Butt-Cheek-Ted would like to be added to your MySpace friends list. By accepting One-Butt-Cheek-Ted as your friend, you will be able to send One-Butt-Cheek-Ted personal messages, view One-Butt-Cheek-Ted’s photos and journals, and you will be able to interact with each other’s friends and network! No thank you. Good things should come in pairs….

Monoceros tagged me, so here goes. 3 things that scare me: Losing my hands Marrying someone then realising I made a mistake I can handle just about anything else, with God’s help 3 people who make me laugh: (I’m going to keep this to personal friends) Ditzyspice, my old desk partner-in-crime Simran, glamour queen Kim,…