I was the 73091st person to pledge to Stamp Out StigmaIf you've not already joined the campaign to try to remove the use of offensive language when referring to people who have mental illnesses and/or learning disabilities, why not have a look at the site & think about signing up? Possibly I am the last person in the world to become aware of the ( Read more... )

For anyone who didn't get to see the Vision broadcast last night, it is currently available online. The Vision Organiser has no idea how long for, so I suggest you watch it asap. See the awesome, see it shine...

...actually, I was half in-out of sleep. Having a bad dream, so him waking me was quite a good thing in & of itself. It was just before I was going to get up, having allotted myself a lie-in after watching the clock ticking relentlessly on until sometime after four and then getting only shards of fractured sleep ( Read more... )

Mwerble. I seem to have managed to weirdly squish my browser screen. Everything looks smaller & online everything has huge & seemingly random borders.

Help! Help! My flags are on fire!

chaletian has pretty much summed up why I'm planning to vote Liberal Democrat in the forthcoming election. Though I've also been swayed by the fact Floella Benjamin's supporting them, naturally ;)

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So it's Thinking Day again. It was decided at the 4th meeting of WAGGGS' precursor, The International Council (founded 1919) that on the 22nd of February each year there was to be a celebration of Guiding and Girl Scouting - this is thus our 83rd World Thinking Day. These days there are 10 million Guides & Girl Scouts in 145 countries worldwide ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas everyone: I hope that you all have a very splendid time.

xxx

On the twelfth day of Christmas, ( Read more... )

I like Marmite, but even I think this is taking things a bit too far...