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Recent Goings on Chez Goddlefrood
Lament for a ComputerMy old Dell at home has seemingly died. Around two months ago Sean was given a green light to use the same on his own after school for games and a little schoolwork. He has had a Noddy game, with word, number and logic puzzles for around two years, but had previously only been allowed access to the hallowed machine under ( Read more... ) -
Disturbing Image
It's easy to overlook what's happening elsewhere in the world. Three eggs in Zimbabwe cost $100 billion in the local currency. And, Mugabe is still there why exactly?
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In Brief
1. Sovereignty's all very well, but there is an International Court of Justice for a reason. The US might remember that it signed a Convention binding itself to said Court and it's one occasion where George W deserves some praise. See ( Read more... ) -
Bats
Bats in the belfry, fine, but bats in your bra? The Fiji Times carried an odd story last week about a young woman finding a bat asleep in her bra. I thought it might be a hoax (The Fiji Times is not the most reliable paper in the world, despite being the first published daily). I looked for the story and found it at the BBC. Our heroine had this to ( Read more... ) -
The Lost Weekends
I never now work on weekends because generally there's not much that could be done that couldn't be done the following week, despite what certain clients might think. If they ever wanted to cross my palm with silver to work at the weekend my attitude might change. Weekends should be a time for relaxing and enjoying time with family and friends. A ( Read more... ) -
Human Rights
The Universal Declaration on Human Rights states that everyone has the right to life. The last time I looked it did not say that everyone has the right to be invited to their classmates' birthday parties. Let the BBC tell the next part, its headline:
Birthday party snub sparks debate
The introductory paragraph reveals further:
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Once more unto the books dear friends, once more
Several of the old flist had this, and it seems quite similar to one of a few months ago. Number 4 of the instructions is only left in for anyone taking this for their own blog. It should not apply to too many people, at least I would hope, but of course there are those who don't read, at least so I'm led to believe. Actually one is my wife, who ( Read more... )
