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Hanukkah 2008 begins at sundown on 21st December. It is an ancient festival which commemorates the re-dedication of the temple in Jerusalem after it was destroyed by Antiochus - a Syrian King. The Jews who rebuilt the temple lit a ceremonial candle (the Menorah) but didn’t have much oil. However, it miraculously kept burning for [...]

The Obama girls have been invited onto Hannah Montana, their favourite TV show, according to The Age. Hopefully they will also listen to Bananarama and watch Futurama while they’re at it.
The Hannah Montana film is coming out in April and there are rumours that the Obama girls may feature. However, Barack Obama strictly limits media [...]

We saw today on Paul O’Grady’s Channel 4 TV show (while Martin Clunes was on) a Dingo by the name of Dinky which sang songs to the piano.
After watching that, we thought we’d feature a video of that very same dingo, Dinky, here, on The World’s Greatest Blog as a little bit of light relief.
So [...]

Good Morning America!
Americans all over the world woke up today with the knowledge that their country is to be under the hands of new leadership.
And, despite what Tupac predicted, we now have a black president of the USA, perhaps largely as a result of George Bush being so right wing he liberalised America far more [...]

The Scottish Parliament passed the St. Andrew’s Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Bill, proposed by Dennis Canavan, on November 29, 2006. The Bill sought to designate St Andrew’s Day, or an alternative day around November 30, as a Bank Holiday. The Bill received Royal Assent on January 15, 2007 and became an Act.

When will St Andrew’s [...]

The Economy is shrinking like the Wicked Witch of the East melted and it will eventually fall down the rabbit hole like Alice in Wonderland. Buying promises to buy thingies to do with the price of something at a designated point in the future does not make for a stable economy. Hopefully, with the “global [...]

Another of our As Seen on TV! features, this time its Vodafone, who have begun advertising the Blackberry® Storm™ touchscreen mobile phone on TV stating:
Coming Soon on Vodafone®… Make the most of now™
This telephone is called the Blackberry Storm 9500, and will be available to order very shortly on the Vodafone website. We have been [...]

Find out exactly what Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross said that got them into BIG trouble with the BBC - if you enjoy this story, consider sharing it with your friends on Facebook etc, by pressing the Green “Share This” button at the bottom (they’ll want to know too! Click here to Share on Facebook).
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With iPods, mobile phones and PDAs (plus other hand-held devices) now on the scene that can hold high quality, full-length video, the latest must-have gadget for any wannabe nerd or gadget freak is surely the latest device to hit the scene: The Pocket Projector. There are a few of these devices hitting the marketplace right [...]

Yet another media star has fallen from grace very publicly, we’ve had Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross behaving strangely, and seen Kerry Katona’s worrying performance on ITV’s This Morning program.
We didn’t catch the original airing of this show, but we did manage to track down this video recording. Click here to share this video with [...]