A whole month has passed by without a post... life is getting full.

every week for the past month a C5 envelope with the logo of my insurance company has arrived for me. I haven't bothered opening them. They simply prompted me to think "ah yes, the car insurance needs renewing by the 19th September, I'll do that ( Read more... )

I came across a link to this post about the social influences on women and men's behaviour and why it leads to tacit acceptance of rape even among people who would vehemently deny such acceptance. It's a fantastically well observed and well written post and deserves wider publication.

Against all odds, Robin's recent arrival did not in fact mean missing Greenbelt. ( Click for more. )

At a wedding last year (Dan's I think) we were introduced to an amusing game whereby each participant had to name books, movies etc which sounded hillarious by the adition of rude words at the end (see footnote 3, here if you want to know specifically which rude words ( Read more... )

Saw Public Enemies yesterday afternoon. I didn't really know what to expect as we just picked a film fairly at random, but it was enjoyable and worth watching. The 140 minute running time is packed so full that sometimes it feels like you're watching edited highlights from a "previously in..." segment covering a 22 episode HBO season in the ( Read more... )

I had planned to visit a friend for a morning the other day - it's been in the diary for weeks. The day before, she texted me to let me know her child had a fever, so to be on the safe side we decided to re-schedule for the following week. 2 days later, another text and the whole family is down with swine flu so if I hadn't been 'on the safe side ( Read more... )

Went to our favourite local pub, The Windmill last night for the first time in a few weeks. Was shocked to discover that they no longer serve lovely Pieminister Pies which have long been favourites, replacing what used to be a choice of 9 exciting pies (2 or 3 of which would be vegetarian depending on whether the "special" was veggie or not) with ( Read more... )

Is there a moral difference between the action of "assisting a suicide" by

1. directly administering a fatal action on a person with their consent
2. indirectly enabling them to perform a fatal action themselves by obtaining required equipment or substances and placing them within reach, or placing the person in a position such that they can perform a ( Read more... )

Finally saw Fight Club the other day. Didn't realise till just now when I looked up the link that it's actually taken 10 years to get around to it. I very much enjoyed it. (P didn't, as I expect he'll blog about at some point). Somehow over the last 10 years I've never been in a situation where anyone discusses the plot in my presence so I hadn ( Read more... )