The arrival of a 3lb bundle of joy this morning at 8.50am.  On first appearances he has his father's swarthy good looks and his mother's brain, and is now sleeping downstairs quietly.  Both parents are doing well.

We've decided that to name him Tarquin, after a late much lameted friend.

Flowers and visitors welcome from tomorrow...

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Well that was a relativly dull week, compared to the last two (hence the lack of blog entries other than stuff about holidays and amusing carrots ( Read more... )

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7497905.stm

Rubbish - have they not been watching Torchwood/Doctor Who - all world shaking events centre on Wales these days...

Of course you could also argue that those of who don't live in big smelly cities are also invisible and not represented on TV.  What's that?  Countryfile?  That's it is it? Emerdale - don't ( Read more... )

http://www2.le.ac.uk/ebulletin/news/press-releases/2000-2009/2008/06/nparticle.2008-06-12.7228690325

Honestly - beaming messages about crisps to ET, there's smart with a capital ARse.

Meanwhile in academia - students with no English getting degrees

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7358528.stm

Ding!  Like this is news to those of us working in ( Read more... )

Great BBC news article on the village of Lunt, where vandals keep changing the L for a C on village signs.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7305023.stm

Sorry - has been on the same planet as the rest of us the past 5 years...?  I smell "legacy making" speech-spin!

Interesting - sea cucumbers to cure Parkinsons (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7279088.stm)

Contrast with this from Bioshock (http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/Finding_the_Sea_Slug)

Truth and fiction - combined for SCIENCE!

So I was reading the latest news letter from my local librarians' club and there's a report on key messages from the head of the British Library at a recent conference.  I can tell you that I've not laughed so hard in quite some time as they are the biggest pile of meaningless management speak that quite frankly even David Brent would be ashamed of ( Read more... )

WTF? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6976178.stmRead more... )

Honk.  We, the AstroGooses, received an email this morning annoucning that "Earth will have two moons on 27th August".  Honk what rubbish we say - Earth has two moons (natural satelites)- one is just a bit on the small side http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/second_moon_991029.html

However, after a bit of AstroGoose investigation we ( Read more... )