My little baby girl-cat, Skids, is the size of the average female Maine Coon.

Going back to uni has brought to my recall a frustrating encounter I had in my sociology class.

Other Student: It's so unfair that Aboriginal people get more health care than us, everyone should get the same amount. Just because their health is worse doesn't mean they should get more money ( Read more... )

Sourced from here and here.

There's been a pretty damning report in England about the Mid-Staffordshire hospitals.

I think it is interesting to look at the differences between the original report: closing submission of the Mid Staffordshire Inquiry

And the BBC reporting: Hospital left patients 'sobbing and humiliated'I haven't got anything to ( Read more... )

Wow, The Men Who Stare At Goats has been made into a movie.

I AM ALLOWED TO DONATE BLOOD!!!

I am getting kind of sick of (some of) the people who are bagging Vindaloo against Violence. There are, of course, valid criticisms, but I have heard the following things, which I think need to be addressed ( Read more... )

Let me add my voice to the chorus, along with crankynick, vodkandlime, catundra, baby_elvis, girliejones, maelkann and probably others:

You are not welcome. Don't come.

An act of domestic terrorism occurs in the USA, and people are supporting this guy because they don't like the IRS either?

Hey, I don't like fundamentalist churches, does that mean I get to fly planes into them?

I have recently learnt that the New Zealand katipo and the Australian redback are related, and can breed with each other.

Poll Katipo/Redback crosses

I went to NZ for 2 weeks. It was great. Details to come in a future post ( Read more... )