I love Bang Goes the Theory on BBC. The second series has just finished, but it may all still be available on the iPlayer if you've missed it. They're doing this experiment thingy and need your help. Well, if you're in the UK or ROI. I'm afraid they don't appear to be recruiting volunteers from the other side of the pond.



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If anyone's interested, you can read the blog from the Vote for Policies website at vote4policies.

What is Vote for Policies?Vote for Policies makes it easy to compare what the political parties are promising to do. It helps you make an informed, unbiased decision about who to vote for. Find out which party you really support ( Read more... )

Having, on Friday, finally got my voucher from the government to open a Child Trust Fund for my baby, I went to the Yorkshire Building Society website to get an application form to open the account. (This is the current Best Buy CTF according to Which?). That arrived this morning and I wasted no time in filling it in. But it caused me a little ( Read more... )

This was read out by Ken Bruce on Radio 2 this morning ( Read more... )

Happy St. George's Day everyone. Looks like it's going to be another beautiful day.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone!


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I find this deeply disturbing. What were her parents doing?

Bet it wasn't anything like this...

I'd like to recommend a book I've just read. It's called Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn. The first half explains at some length why rewards and punishments don't work. The second half explains what to do instead. I don't think it's quite as practical a how-to on this subject as this book, but I found the arguments very compelling. ( Read more... )

Idiots!