shiseido fights flu
From Japan Times Online: Shiseido unit to sell flu-fighting mask. (via cerebral soup) At work. More later.
Author Archives: akatsukira
apt googlebomb
Yet another googlebomb is doing the rounds. And for once, the target isn’t a member of the current British cabinet or the Bush administration. No, this week’s ignorant bigots are… Oh, just try it yourself. (via Mons Graupius)
we don’t want no birds
From BBC news: New measures to tackle bird flu. Do such measures make you feel safer, that the government is doing all it can to minimise the potential of an outbreak? Or is it scaremongering gone crazy? After the SARS outbreak, no governing body wants to be seen as lacking. After the BSE beef-to-human transmission […]
torture in mind
There’s been some discussion on the use of torture in the blogosphere. (No, not using torture on bloggers although that’s not a bad idea.) And on tonight’s episode of Commander in Chief, we hear from the President in response to a terrorist threat: “I don’t want to hear that he was tortured.” And from her […]
eggcellent scare story
From the Scotsman: EU warns of bird flu danger in chicken and eggs. Ah ha ha ha. I laugh in the face of danger and will have a soft-boiled egg for my supper tonight. Take that, Mr/Ms Scaremonger Media. (The key question is: how will this affect spiceone’s and cooksister’s EoMEoTE?) Useless piece of science […]
Doctor Who takes three TV awards Hurrah!
hurrah! d discovers bbcamerica
Rebus is in Furryboot town, where there are hoors aplenty. We’re also given a right good tour of Edinburgh’s skyline, “genteel” Fairmilehead, and I get to feel homesick everytime they show Lothian and Border’s headquarters at Fettes… 😦 As much as I like John Hannah and think he makes a fine Rebus, I feel the […]
Another mall for Princes St
From BBC news: [Edinburgh] City centre revamp plan unveiled. What Princes St needs is not a facelift but a face transplant. There’s nothing to distinguish it as a unique high street; it’s chockablock with the standard, national high street chains. Apart from Jenners, there’s nothing to set it apart from any other British city’s shopping […]
Oof!
From theguardian: What can women actually do? Gordon Ramsay has declared that women can’t cook: “Seriously,” he cried in yesterday’s Sunday Telegraph, “there are huge numbers of young women out there who know how to mix cocktails but can’t cook to save their lives, whereas men are finding their way into the kitchen in ever-growing […]
green curry
Cumin and coriander seeds warmed then blitzed, along with lotsa thai basil, chillies, ginger, garlic and shallots. Paste fried, chicken, aubergine, courgette and pepper slices added. Garnished with coriander leaves and served on steamed long-grain rice. Edit: It’s still going, 2 days later.
akatsuki ra-ra-ra 