The double vocals of Max ‘Velvet Hands’ Arnold and Ryan ‘Piss Whiskey’ Griffiths complement each other perfectly, and their ridiculously catchy riffs will be in your head for the foreseeable future after one listen. Life Without Balloons is cheerful, unpretentious, solid music that has a comforting familiarity about it. They’re not trying to break boundaries, change politics with their lyrics or invent new sounds, but this record is like a cup of tea – dependable, perfect for lifting spirits, and quite good at fixing problems.

You can get a copy from Amazon for £7.98.

Many events have already honoured the day here in England, with London hosting a parade and a festival yesterday. However, for those of you still keen to get involved in some Irish fun tonight, The Dublin City Working Man’s Band will be performing at the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith while the Annual Met Police Concert will also be in full swing at the Barbican Centre. For more information on these London-based events and all things St. Patrick’s, head on over to the website.

IWD has grown and developed with the support of governments, universities, organisations and media groups and for those of you interested in getting involved, there are numerous events marking the occasion across the UK. So for your local celebration of womanhood, head on over to the official site for further details. And if you do make it to one, please do contact us here at The New Pink – we’d love to hear your stories.

Every so often there comes a time where you need to jot something down while your out and about and a scrap piece of paper just doesn’t do justice thus investing in a note book seems like the right way to go. These scrapbooks and notebooks come in a selection of colours, and are hand bound in limited edition, 30’s through to 70’s style prints.

Visit Hargreaves-Gervis to get yourself one starting at £30 each, as seen in British Vogue and Elle Decoration.

At our house we have been particularly enjoying playing Wii Play for the Nintentdo Wii. This is quite a basic game but its simplicity makes it great for playing with a large group of friends. There are 9 games in the package and they are all really easy to pick up. You can design your own character, a Mii, and pick yourself and your friends out in a crowd in a “wheres wally” style observation game. There is Wii billards and air hockey which are so much more fun to play using the wii controllers that the usual wired controllers.

There are also some quirky games such as fishing and “Charge!” a crazy cow racing game! The only snag with this game is that you can only play with two players at a time so you will have to take turns but the games are really short so you shouldn’t be waiting for two long. Plus watching others is as fun as playing yourself. To find out more visit the offical Wii Website.

Already they have had some really great ideas submitted, in my opinion they are far better than the official logo and obviously didn’t take as long to create. If you think you can do better than this then send in your design to the London 2012, can you do better? website.

They are currently organising some small ride outs as well as the large sponsored charity bike ride. The rides will take place on 7th, 8th and 9th September 2007. Register now to receive your sponsorship form and to get a chance at winning their golden goodie bag – this will go to the member who raises the most for charity. Register by 25th August to ensure your place in the ride, see the Birds on Bikes website for more information.

These ingenious molds create an imprint of the Virgin Mary on your toast. Just press the plastic mold onto your toast, put your toast in the toaster and serve to a friend and see their reaction as they think they have been divinely blessed!

I’ve always been a fan or religious kitsch merchandise and needless to say I could not wait to get home and order a pair of these beauties. I wonder if people will flock from far and wide to pay homage to my holy breakfast tomorrow. To make icons appear on your bread visit iwantoneofthose.com – its more reliable than praying.