Right, shall we try and get back into this habit again? Whyever not.

I've been thinking about getting a tumblr... oh, who am I kidding? I have signed up for a tumbler, but now I'm just squatting on the name while I try and figure out what I want to do with it. I just like the short format and the verslity and the reblogging feature of it. It looks ( Read more... )

I'm stressed ( Read more... )

THIRTY DAYS OF MEME: 26 Your Week, in Great Detail.Oh boy ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I slipped on some ice and fell over ( Read more... )

There is, apparently, a meme going around among various USian pundits of certain political affiliations  - and financial interest in the Insurance industry, in some cases - that the National Health Service is evil and murderous and everyone in the UK is dying of death. In my self-inturned little world I've only really come to be aware of this meme ( Read more... )

1. I forgot to mention this yesterday, but I have booked coach tickets to Leeds for the weekend of the Fantastic Films Weekend in June; theyorkshergob and matgb have offered me their sofa (actually, Mat hasn't, but I'm assuming Jennie's told him by now) and my return ticket on Megabus cost a total of £5.50 including booking fee. So, y'know, if I can't get the weekend ( Read more... )

 The hat tip belongs to So Science So What for this week's gem of Science is Fantastic! From Saturday's Telegraph:  How astrophysics could save heart patients.

Geologists studying how molten metal coagulates at the centre of planets while they are forming have discovered that their research can also be used to investigate blood flow in the human ( Read more... )

I need new glasses ( Read more... )

I think I have spent a good 60% of my day replying to LJ posts, twitters, text messages, facebook wall comments and emails wishing me a happy birthday. OK, so not all of them are much more than a cursory "Facebook told me to, so I'm gonna!", but still, it's really nice to see just how many people took time out to say something. It means a lot, and ( Read more... )

And lo, this is what I have been doing today. Exciting, innit?

• 23:28 New LJ post: Brat Twitters tinyurl.com/dfx3qv #
• 09:56 Linkspam: CBC Radio | Quirks & Quarks: Thanks, Rick. One for me to subscribe to when I get home. www.cbc.ca/quirks/ #
• 10:17 Huh, I appear to be having a nosebleed. #
• 10:56 Linkspam: Hubble's Next Discovery - You Decide: Vote ( Read more... )