Lort Smith Animal Hospital — Melbourne

Christmas is a time for giving, but all too often the ones who get the least are the small, four-legged people who share our world. They depend on wonderful humans like the people at the Lort Smith Animal Hospital to care when no one else will.

New #music — Valkyrie by Jo Blankenburg

Valkyrie is big, epic music but with Blankenburg’s iconic melodies woven through each track. This Youtube link is to a 20 minute collection and well worth the listen:

High C’s — from Vanquish #TSFH

This is my next favourite trach from the new Two Steps From Hell album — Vanquish. It’s called High C’s, and it hits them, effortlessly. :D

State Zero — short, sci-fi movie — brilliant and Indie

I don’t like zombie movies, or horror movies in general, but I loved Alien when I first saw it at the movies.

Okay, stop sniggering, I was a lot younger then. Anyway, this Indie short reminded me of the very…

Top Artists In The World — I defy you not to find something amazing!

The talent is, of course, a subjective concept and it is up to you to better estimate the potential of this list. Unfortunately, we can not include all talented artists. Do not hesitate to contact us if you have…

Pressure points — research for Episode 5

This is not my normal fare, but I had to find out if it was possible to knock someone out using only a pressure point. I found my answer, and it’s ‘yes’.

In the video clip below, the instructor is demonstrating a four-step move that…

New #Music from Two Steps From Hell -dance-

What a great way to start the day. This is ‘Enchantress’ :

U.S. asks foreign travelers to voluntarily disclose social media profiles — VentureBeat

Starting this week, the federal government began asking some travelers to the U.S. to supply details about their social media accounts. As you can see below, Uncle Sam now wants…

Widow-makers, compost and a tooth

It’s been an odd week, starting with the widow-maker. And no, in Aussie parlance, a widow-maker is not a psychotic gigolo, it’s a tree, or tree branch that falls without any apparent warning. You can see it in the pic below with my foot for perspective:

I just became a fan of Twitter!

Still no news on the Amazon front but…Roger Subirana replied to one of my tweets about his music!