It's apple time again. Over the next few weeks I'm sharing almost all of my favourite apple cake recipes. Nah - not apple and cinnamon muffins or some such profanity. REAL apple cake, so make sure you don't miss it.

That's it. It's all over. No more laughs. Bush's eight years of incompetent presidency offered so much entertainment and hilarious gaffs but now it's all over. Barack Obama is too competent, too serious and is too smart to laugh at. Serious street, here we come.

Traveling on the Kiwi dollar has never been fun, especially when hanging out with our English cousins (although the pound is not so sound at the moment).

Whether you pick up a brochure, read a book or watch home and living television, immersing yourself in research will help you to understand what is available, what you can afford and how big your budget will need to be.

1.    Newspapers

The world celebrated as Obama took office today. It was possibly the biggest event in international media history with Akamai and Mogulus who power many sites including CNN, C-SPAN and USA Today reporting record breaking traffic.

Barack Obama’s inaugural address had a sombre feel to it. Despite the incredible fanfare of his inauguration, Obama knows the mammoth task he faces to “rebuild America.” Can he live up to the hope of being the saviour?

Of all the self-aggrandising, bloated Hollywood award events of the season my favourite is the relatively humble Writers Guild of America Awards.

20th January 2009 - Well look at this, two movie reviews in a row. I have been watching lots of DVD’s this week but this is a film that stuck out, so I thought it would be a great film to review this week.

The term 'hero' is currently sitting in that grey part of the vernacular, used too loosely it's lost its true meaning, but used too selectively it could apply to anyone who has done something a tad beyond the norm, but not exceptional.

Faithful companion for years to come