Nov
30
For my new super-hero identity, I’m going to be….Biography Man! I feel like other people’s life stories are taking over my own at the minute - I’ve *finally* managed to finish Stephen Fry’s Moab Is My Washpot, and am but pages from the end of Mark Almond’s Tainted Life, while at the same time, […]
Nov
30
ChrisR’s latest run-in with a supposed ‘voice of authority’. I suspect the Scientologists are scarier…..
Nov
30
November 30, 2001 | 1 Comment
Well, Mr Smith (senior) is out of the hospital, and looking remarkably bright (though that may entirely be down to just *being* out of hospital). the pub on the corner of his road does remarkably good Thai food in the evenings. Hopefully this latest operation will get him back to full health.
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Nov
29
The press and news sites are already full of AIDS-related stories, which I think is good, since World AIDS Day is on a Saturday this year, and so people may not be reading on the day itself.
The BBC ran an item yesterday about HIV prejudice which ties in with the National AIDS Trust’s campaign against […]
Nov
29
World AIDS Day looms again on Saturday. I’ve been working on suitable material to link as part of my participation in the Link and Think project, as well as modifying the stylesheet to ‘darken’ the site. Times like this - you have to love stylesheets.
On the same subject, I’ve been surprised and impressed […]
Nov
28
Lovely MeFi thread I couldn’t resist adding to. The article that kicked it off is here.
Nov
27
A few Metafilter links I’ve noticed recently:
The ChildCare Action Project’s review of the Harry Potter movie. A slightly less rabidly narrow view (not to mention one with better spelling and grammar) is available here as a remedy.
The Human Equine. Not any kind of reference to horse-like physical attributes, I can assure those of […]
Nov
27
November 27, 2001 | 3 Comments
Dave is going back into hospital today, because his leg isn’t healing properly. He’s got to have some screws removed, because the pole in his thigh is a little too long and is keeping the parts of the bone just too far apart to knit right.
He’s somewhat understandably depressed about the whole thing, so […]
Nov
26
November 26, 2001 | 3 Comments
If it’s Monday - it must be time for another online character test (via Swish Cottage).
According to The Sorting Hat I belong in Hufflepuff.
Which looks like it should be at least half right….
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Nov
26
I’ve had a couple of text messages from Alison to let me know that she and Philippa are having a great time in Egypt. I’m glad they are, but I’m also glad that I decided I didn’t want to go. I’ve decided that I don’t want to holiday in places where homosexuality is […]