Sometimes the best experiences are the simplest.  When traveling some time back from San Diego to New Orleans, I was dumbfounded by the huge menus presented to my at the various diners, cafes, hole-in-the-walls, and Texas BBQ roadhouses along the way. Much like America – the menus were over the top in terms of choice.

Okay we’ve held off against Michael Jackson mania as long as possible. To be frank, many at FACTRO168 are at best ambivalent about the passing of Michael Jackson and one in particular, with the fedora in the corner, is more than a little hostile but by popular vote here is our Top 5 Songs by [...]

Sometimes the most unlikely stars are not those standing front and centre with the top billing but rather those toiling away in the background with great joyful conviction and gusto. It’s all about a positive attitude and being in the ‘now’… oh and being a tad shameless can’t help.

I remember way back in the eighties my dad had one of those executive toys on his desk. Crash a series of suspended balls together, repeat, lose your patience. And now close to thirty years later, I am sitting at my desk showing off my bucky balls.