So, been reading about how some people in the U.S. have been up in arms about the immoral nature of the American version of Skins ( Read more... )

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/9273866.stm

It is stories such as this one which bring hope to the heart and makes me fill with joy.

http://blogs.news.sky.com/middleeastblog/Post:2c6bf5da-e006-4bab-84ee-c72a5845f2a8

Icon by Chas Newkey Burden.

I am a smoker ( Read more... )

http://www.advocate.com/News/News_Features/Arkansas_School_Board_Member_Thinks_Fags_Should_Die/

This was taken from skull_bearer

I was supposed to put the books I have not finished reading in italics but could not be bothered, so I just bolded the ones I have read and left a note by the ones I have attempted to read but not finished for whatever reason.

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte ( Read more... )

I cannot believe I am linking a story via the Daily Fail, but really this is irritating. Is this really such an offence?http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1311827/Crime-scene-policemen-investigating

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/strength-of-your-handshake-may-indicate-how-long-youll-live-2075414.html

This is beyond ridiculous.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/drop-koranburning-plan-urges-barack-obama-2074893.htmlRead more... )

I have purchased John Stuart Mill's On Liberty to read! Miss Cake thinks I am becoming Hermione!