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Cardinalsin, what will we do without you?!

al_fruitbat and I went to the cinema at the weekend to see Mr and Mrs Smith. Because we go to the cinema on the weekends, we've taken to going early afternoon when it's a bit quieter, and we combine it with going to eat at the cinema complex first (the have a nice Café Rouge which we discovered ( Read more... )

Wow. al_fruitbat has told me all of this before, but it always amazes me how a country can think that this sort of control is a good thing. People aren't allowed to use the words 'human rights' in posts, all blogs must be registered....

Not wanting to start a political discussion... just kinda going 'hmm'...

Ep III spoilers if anyone cares anymore ;o)

There's a small outbreak of Ebola going on in the Republic of Congo.

The current local belief is that the hunters died because they went to see a Nganga (witch doctor) for a blessing before they went elephant hunting, and failed to pay him. Hence, the Nganga put out a curse on them.People sometimes think that my Human Sciences degree was a bit odd ( Read more... )

I don't want to encourage spoilers or discussion of the book in advance of book group...

...but I though that people might be interested in some articles that the BBC has on its website about it. It's just won the Orange Prize, and there are some (quite varied) press reviews.

Any bets as to how long it will be before the new NHS patient database is hacked? :P

I'm quite happy with the election results. Despite voting Tory as a protest vote, I'm pleased they didn't get in nationally - their stance on the human rights act and the refugee convention is just too scary for me ( Read more... )

Live two-foot snake slithers out of breakfast cereal!

"Ms Willett, who was eating breakfast with her son at the time, said she first thought the snake was a free gift."