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A medical statement of the obvious
I've had maybe 10 hours proper sleep in the last week. As a result, my Doctor has prescribed me some sleeping pills, Promethazine Hydrochloride.
I collected them from the chemists on the way home from work and have just opened the packaging. Instructions are: Take ONE at night
WARNING. THIS MEDICINE MAY MAKE YOU FEEL SLEEPY...
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NHS Reform, the bill "no one voted for"? No, not really.
Jennie links today to an article on the OpenDemocracy website about the BBC coverage of NHS reforms. I'm afraid I didn't finish reading it. I generally have a little rule, if I'm reading something that claims to be factual and come across something that's egregiously annd blatantly false, I find it hard to take anything else it says seriously, if ( Read more... ) -
It was thirty years ago today...
Well, actually, thirty years and two days ago, the first commercial CD was released via.
Which got me thinking. I bought my first CD player, and my first 2 CDs, on holiday in France (I'd been saving up for ages to buy one but the holiday cottage Dad'd rented was so horribly remote we were dying of boredom in the evenings). They were:
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Clegg commits shared parental leave as Govt policy-Yay!
Clegg's speech at conference includes the line A new economy that works for families. Where men and women can choose how to balance work and home. That’s why Liberal Democrats are bringing in shared parental leave and more flexible working.
This is a very cheering thing to see. I knew it was likely on the cards and was being worked on, but actually ( Read more... ) -
Interesting Links for 29-8-2011
Collected links from around the web
The Grand Moff's inspiration? - I did post some links to a Dr Who blog that might interest
I called what the title meant ages back (and if anyone can tell me where I did it as it wasn't a post I can find I'd be very grateful), but the Wikihistory story is just brilliant *anyway*, so you should read ( Read more... )
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Interesting Links for 27-8-2011
Collected links from around the web
Want a friend/relative to fix your PC? Read this first. Really really read this. Kismet on timing
I was going to link to this when I next did a linkdump anyway, but today the timing's awesome.
(tags: funny humour computers family)
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Absolutely Fabulous anniversary specials
Absolutely Fabulous tickets. I post this not because I'm interested in attending (although you may be). I post this because of the bits I've put in bold.
Absolutely Fabulous
BBC One | 9, 16, 23 September
The cast reunite for three 20th anniversary specialsDue to the popularity of this show we are operating a random draw for tickets ( Read more... ) -
Bucky does Einstein - E=MC2 explained in a telegram
How cool is this? Letters of Note: Back in 1936, renowned sculptor Isamu Noguchi was in Mexico working on a 72-ft-long public mural when he hit a snag: for some reason, he couldn't precisely recall the famous formula, E=mc². Rather than risk a mistake, he decided to seek advice and wired his good friend, Buckminster Fuller - a famed architect and ( Read more... ) -
Interesting Links for 16-8-2011
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China plans massive international high speed rail network, could go from Singapore to London
How cool would this be? That China also expects international travel to be more and more common is indicative of movement in certain other areas as well. Would be great if it can happen, suspect logistics ( Read more... )
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Interesting Links for 15-8-2011
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David Starkey is wrong, plain and simple - @Miss_Snuffy's demolishes those defending Starkey's racism
I've rewatched Starkey's train wreck of a Newsnight performance twice now, and I've read both Toby Young and Jerry Hayes defending what they thinks he meant to say. I suspect, actually, that they' ( Read more... )