Should we listen when celebrities pontificate on issues about which they know little or nothing? I raised this question on my other blog in regard to Elton John's views on religion, now it's perhaps even more relevant given that Rachel Weisz has created a storm by saying it's OK for pregnant women to drink. Some of the people who've actually studied the issue beg to differ.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas - and I, for one, am not happy about it. I saw a tree going up in Sydney and here in Brisbane stores are already playing carols and flogging gift ideas. There's the best part of six weeks to go before Christmas Day, which means almost an eight of the year has been taken up with this commercialised craziness. Just give me the peace and goodwill, and hold all the trimmings.

I'm sure my cat thinks she's psychokinetic. All she has to do is look at a door and someone will open it.

I'm terribly worried this morning that I'm very rich and don't know about it. No, I'm not thinking of last night's $13 million Lotto draw (although that would be very nice), I'm thinking about the Crossword instant ticket somebody gave me for my birthday and I finally scratched yesterday. I can't make heads nor tails of it and I'm afraid to throw it away unless it's worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The glitch in Brisbane's Translink transport information site hasn't been fixed. Today I need to travel to Nundah by train, so I keyed in "Nundah Station" to the site. It came back with a list of suggestions, the first being Nundah Police Station and the second being Nundah Railway Station. I ask you, which one is more likely destination for the greater number of public-transport patrons?

Sign at coffee shop in Nundah: "Unattended children will be given 2 shots of espresso and a puppy".