* There's a website new7wonders.com dedicated to compiling a list of the seven natural wonders of the world. You can vote for whatever you want as long as it is on the long list of the 77 wonders. Of course, you cynics might say it's therefore more of an indicator of who's got their marketing game going. I say poppycock! It' s about pride, glory, sticking it to the other so-called wonders and making them languish in a battle for mediocrity in the league of wonders.

Vietnam currently has three wonders in the top seven (Bangladesh also has three) -- eat that Mount Everest, Mount Fuji, Grand Canyon, Great Barrier Reef, Angel Falls, Niagara Falls, Powerscourt...

* The mysterious case of the super stimulating substance that makes vegetables grow quicker... reminds me of a film...