so i get a phonecall in work to say my brother collapsed in work. he's 53 so i was expecting something easy like a heart attack. turns out he split his thoracic aorta from top to bottom, taking out his aortic valve in the process. And a kidney. And a leg ( Read more... )

November eh? That's not too long ( Read more... )

The Incredibles. Wonderful fun from the Pixar bunch. Forced by public pressure to hang up the spandex, a family of 'supers' tries to live a normal life in suburbia, except the supervillain has other plans of course. Slapstick fun for the kids and more knowing humour for the 40 year old juveniles in the audience ( Read more... )

Yee haa ( Read more... )

Don't cha just love it when you get an early morning phonecall telling you that the quietish day you'd planned for getting the admin side of your job up to date has gone tits-up because of staff sickness. You have to cover the late shift yourself as otherwise there'll only be one staff nurse on duty. However - and this is the good bit - you still ( Read more... )

I do enjoy the laziness of an average Sunday. Best day of the week, especially this time of year, for finishing a good book. Finally came to the end of PJ Sansom's 'Dissolution'. Triffic historical novel about one of Thomas Cromwell's comissioners, Matthew Shardlake - fictitional obviously - who is sent to a grotty & corrupt seaside monastery to ( Read more... )

Well. That seemed to work ok.
J

Not done this before. Bit worried. Haven't grasped the ways to customize what I let you see. Don't know why you should give a stuff ( Read more... )