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In At The Deep End, written 2 weeks ago, There's nothing like being thrown in at the deep end to see if you'll sink or swim.That's pretty much what happened to me today on my first job in my new role.The call was given as a 58 year old male who'd fallen over twice and now had rapid breathing.On arri...

Skull & Tentacles Buuutz, written 6 days ago, By Martin Margiela

The greatest? (2), written 6 days ago, In our search for an alternative Greatest Olympian, you could argue that the closest any single event comes to the Olympic ideal of citius, altius, fortius is the decathlon for men, and the heptathlon for women, so a good case could be made for people like Dale...

Hee-hee, written 1 week ago,

The Library, written 3 weeks ago,

This blog is a political blog from a left-of-centre perspective. This is not specifically a party political blog, but does have a Lib Dem orientation. Constructive enagement with radical liberals, social democrats / democratic socialists and greens is par

Book review: Age of Misrule trilogy, written 1 week ago, Antes de que Raven incluyera en su blog una lista de todos los libros que se echó en Irlanda, ella misma ya me había recomendado que leyera Age of Misrule, de Mark Chadbourn. Lo único que dijo fue "You must read it." Raven es una ...

Human Being is the protagonist in my Zoo

Farewell to yearbooks, written 1 week ago,

All Moved In, written 1 week ago, I've been offline for a while. I moved into my new turn-key house on the 4th July - Independance Day in more ways than one. It's all set up & furnished now. The joys of a turn-key house - already painted & carpeted -all that was left to do was to get...

Things can go bad and make you want to run away. But as we grow older, the trouble just seems to stay.

- SALAM RAMADHAN -, written 6 days ago, Selamat Menyambut Ramadhan yang bakal menjelang Isnin ini. Kat sini tak pasti lagi puasa hari apa. Mungkin Isnin jugak, sama macam kat M'sia.I'm eagerly waiting for this coming Ramadhan for no specific reasons.. it's just a good feeling. Last year, during this...

Golly, It's Been a Long Time!, written 1 week ago, It's been so long since I last blogged! That's mainly because I don't want to bore people with illness related stuff. It would have been all about scooters, stair lifts and wheelchairs. Today I have something mildly interesting to blog about. The bu...

greavsie and the metrosexual dilemma, written 1 week ago,

bitter herbs -music playing in the darkened kitchen, written 2 weeks ago, bitter herbs -music playing in the darkened kitchen

Charles the Martyr, sun, yeast, written 6 days ago, The clock and bell-tower of the church of King Charles the Martyr, Tunbridge Wells. To answer Barrett Bonden's question, the church is dedicated to King Charles 1, the King of England executed in 1649 for his defiance of the English parliament. Bec...

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Balance on Channel 4 News, written 1 week ago, So, McCain announces his running mate. Channel 4 News leads with the Democrats' line on the announcement ("inexperienced candidate a heartbeat from power...") and Obama's attack on McCain in his speech last night. They later introduced the Gov...

Education...., written 3 weeks ago, I was a bit puzzled by the stupidity displayed by Caroline Flint in her Newsnight video:But according to her Wikipedia page she has a "BA (Hons) in American Literature and History combined with Film Studies from the University of East Anglia."I'm not puz...