National identity is a funny old thing. As a young person, I think you probably start off inheriting your national identity from your parents but as you get older, particularly if you move away and make your home some place else, it becomes a more complicated. Unsurprisingly, the indy ref has brought up a lot of issues regarding national identity ( Read more... )

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1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE ( Read more... )

This is my reading list from 2009; I managed 29 novels, 5 trade paperback collections of comics and the entire of Strangers in Paradise (I'm not sure how many that counts as, it's about 150 comics all said and told I think!). Not bad going really.

My stand-outs for the year were definitely The Dark Tower series by Stephen King and The House of ( Read more... )

The last couple of nights, I've been watching Electric Dreams on BBC4 - it's a reality show documentary thing where a family live like people from 1970 onwards, with all the gadgets of the period to see how it affects their family life. The first episode which covered the 1970s reminded me very much of my childhood even though I wasn't born until ( Read more... )

Words from gothadh this time:
DundeeQuite possibly the most under-rated city in Scotland. People tend to be really rude about it because it is kind of down-at-heel but there are some really lovely bits, the people are friendlier than anywhere else I've lived, and I really love the position of the place. I love the East coast, it is softer and more homely ( Read more... )

frankie_ecap gave me the following words that she associates with me:
( creating, colours, outdoors, research and individuality, and what they mean to me )

Somewhat random find - interesting personality test with pretty pictures. Certainly accurate for me anyway :)

Your result for The Perception Personality Image Test...
NBPC - The Daydreamer

Nature, Background, Big Picture, and Color


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1) If you could get people in the US/ Europe to do one thing to improve the sustainability of their homes, what would you suggest?The main problem in a lot of cases is that many modern houses are not built with sustainability in mind and aren't designed to minimise heating/cooling or lighting requirements. But for existing homes, everyone can ( Read more... )

woodwitch pointed out this article about overly skinny models being banned from a catwalk show in Madrid.

I'm all for models portraying healthy bodies and I agree with everyone cheering this article and hoping more action like this will help to reduce the social pressure on women to starve themselves to feel beautiful. I entirely agree how important this ( Read more... )