What’s up with the Lib Dems?
Rejection after rejection. Have the Lib Dems lost their way? Or are they forging a new identity for themselves? One that doesn’t tar them with the same brush of failure as their last two ineffectual coalitions?
Monthly Archives: May 2007
A revolutionary speaks
Come the revolution, we shall abolish digestive systems. I’ve missed the blether.
Your starter question for 10
What should LFC do next? We must spend big, says Benitez. Behh! Wrong answer. You should be spending wisely on young talent, who you can later flog off to the highest bidder.
Reds? What reds? Do we care anymore?
So, I don’t really care that much anymore1, but enough to look for some coverage that doesn’t involve having to refresh the BBC or Guardian pages every few minutes. Now, we can’t get Five Live over the internet (outside the UK) when they have live commentary because of the whole licence fee issue. For previous […]
meh…
LFC in Athens? If I cared anymore, I would be excited. But since their ill-advised purchase on the back of a loan, which they will have to service forevermore or collapse, my interest has waned. Once upon a time, I would have downed tools just to watch the game. Then again, the game would have […]
Step right up; predict a promoter and win…
Win what? Well, nothing more than a few months of hard work, hopefully followed by a nice wee paper… We’re in the mood for science on akatsuki talks rot. Perhaps this has come about since I’ve acknowledged that I will always be a mediocre blogger, but I could become a better science communicator if I […]
No sex to have babies? We all want some of that!1
While I’m in a mini talk-about-science mode, have a look at the female hammerhead who didn’t need a male (Is anyone else bothered by the way these news articles never provide a link to the scientific article being quoted? I’ve had a cursory look at Biology Letters and can’t find it. This bugs me because […]
Viagra enhances… jet-lag recovery
BBC picks up on the hot jet-lag study of the day: Sildenafil accelerates reentrainment of circadian rhythms after advancing light schedules, PNAS U S A, 2007. Some initial thoughts: It’s not so much that Viagra, saviour of many a marriage, is the new wonder-drug that will eradicate jet-lag a la melatonin, but that it works […]
Build him up, tear him down
Amongst the acres of hagiography written about our departing Prime Minister a number of glaring inconsistencies leap out… [snip] Blair leaves at a time not of his choosing – an even more detested in Britain than his mentor Margaret Thatcher—officially the most hated prime minister in recent history. –Gus of 1820.org.uk d’accord.
blame your choice of holidays
…on some new religion that he found they didn’t know his faith was earthly bound —Mika, Billy Brown|Life in Cartoon is it wrong to really like such a frivolous album? the mood and melodies may seem frivolous, but the lyrics belie the deep wounds the writer must have borne at some time. i love the […]
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