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Baked: Shredded Lime Cupcakes 21 Jan 2013 | 04:11 am
Made these to follow on from Jennie cooking a sausage casserole (separate Quorn for me) based on a Grauniad recipe from yesterday, as the oven was on I made pudding. They're very nice, and very sour, ...
A medical statement of the obvious 17 Oct 2012 | 06:47 pm
I've had maybe 10 hours proper sleep in the last week. As a result, my Doctor has prescribed me some sleeping pills, Promethazine Hydrochloride. I collected them from the chemists on the way home fro...
NHS Reform, the bill "no one voted for"? No, not really. 16 Oct 2012 | 10:34 am
Jennie links today to an article on the OpenDemocracy website about the BBC coverage of NHS reforms. I'm afraid I didn't finish reading it. I generally have a little rule, if I'm reading something tha...
It was thirty years ago today... 4 Oct 2012 | 03:30 am
Well, actually, thirty years and two days ago, the first commercial CD was releasedvia. Which got me thinking. I bought my first CD player, and my first 2 CDs, on holiday in France (I'd been saving u...
Clegg commits shared parental leave as Govt policy-Yay! 22 Sep 2011 | 03:01 am
Clegg's speech at conference includes the line A new economy that works for families. Where men and women can choose how to balance work and home. That’s why Liberal Democrats are bringing in shared p...
Interesting Links for 29-8-2011 30 Aug 2011 | 03:02 am
Collected links from around the web The Grand Moff's inspiration? - I did post some links to a Dr Who blog that might interest I called what the title meant ages back (and if anyone can tell me...
Interesting Links for 27-8-2011 28 Aug 2011 | 03:01 am
Collected links from around the web Want a friend/relative to fix your PC? Read this first. Really really read this. Kismet on timing I was going to link to this when I next did a linkdump anyway, b...
Absolutely Fabulous anniversary specials 26 Aug 2011 | 04:53 am
Absolutely Fabulous tickets. I post this not because I'm interested in attending (although you may be). I post this because of the bits I've put in bold. Absolutely Fabulous BBC One | 9, 16, 23 Septe...
Bucky does Einstein - E=MC2 explained in a telegram 23 Aug 2011 | 04:27 am
How cool is this? Letters of Note: Back in 1936, renowned sculptor Isamu Noguchi was in Mexico working on a 72-ft-long public mural when he hit a snag: for some reason, he couldn't precisely recall th...
Interesting Links for 16-8-2011 17 Aug 2011 | 03:02 am
Collected links from around the web China plans massive international high speed rail network, could go from Singapore to London How cool would this be? That China also expects international travel ...
