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Home Improvements
Finally, after having had a HDMI cable tacked up the wall & ceiling for the last 5 years or so, we got around to cabling it and some other elements in properly. I took a few shots, there is one more to add here of the final stack and shelves when we finish painting and assembling that, but for now there is enough progress to show I think: Final ( Read more... ) -
Riots
The BBC has a page with some of the international coverage of the riots. I loved this one:
Isna students news agency (in English), IranIran called for London police to exercise self-restraint in dealing with protesters in Tottenham, north of London. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast referred to Saturday night's massive ( Read more... ) -
Progress
Habiba's situation has finally been covered in mainstream UK media: here in the Guardian. I had tried to tell Christopher Booker (of the Sunday Telegraph) about it because whatever his other opinions, he has been a strong champion against the secrecy of forced adoptions in this country. I totally failed to get his email address though and ( Read more... ) -
More on habiba
I did try to make it a comment on the last post but it was too long! (didn't know there was a limit before today) so ( behind the cut ) -
How to help
I've just failed to go to bed tonight, because as soon as I cuddled up with G I burst into tears. I know some of it is pregnancy hormones, but I just am heartbroken about this poor lady and her poor poor daughter in Spain who have been so badly treated because of wanting to mother just like we do. I've been following her story for 5 days? It ( Read more... ) -
Misselling Science
We're being offered (or perhaps 'pushed' is a better term as there is obviously sponsorship going on as the admins are posting and 'bumping' the posts on most of the groups regularly) a 'Freebie for labour' over on babycentre.
BabyCentre is helping OPRO distribute free samples of their Laboraide Mouthguard ( Read more... ) -
Access to journals
Someone on here will know the answer here surely ( Read more... ) -
World Book Yesterday
Thursday's are a bit frantic :)
The book I am reading: About to start Jasper Fforde's 'One of our Thursday's is missing'
The book I love most: How can I possibly choose? Oh ok then, Diane Wynne Jones - Howl's Moving Castle.
The last book I received as a gift: Stepen Fry - The Fry Chronicles, got two copies for christmas (returned one) and ( Read more... ) -
#1 - Shades of Grey, Jasper Fforde
I wondered when I'd finished it what number book I was up to and then realised that I was thinking of my 2010 list and that this was actually the first book I'd read this year. Not expressing at work any more has seriously impacted my reading time ( Read more... )
