So, tomorrow here, we have local elections and a referendum on whether to change the voting system from first past the post (FPP) where we vote to a single candidate in a constituency, to the alternative vote (AV) where the candidates are ranked in order of preference ( Read more... )

I'd initially planned my next LiveJournal entry to be about something of significance, and incredibly reasonable and well-argued ( Read more... )

For a while I've been thinking more than I used to about politics. My first reaction when I realised this was to blame the election, but it's not just that- interest has been growing since we moved back to Britain in 2007. That's a marjory and I `we' rather than a royal `we', in case you were wondering ( Read more... )

After my last reviewettes post, I thought it's time for another, but this time I plan to look at books I've read over the last few weeks rather than films and TV series. Here we go then.

• Ian Rankin: Exit Music (4/5)
It's an Inspector Rebus book. Basically a police procedural set in Edinburgh, but that doesn't really sum up the Rebus series. ( Read more... )

I've said I don't rant, but that resolve is currently being tested. There's two things that have vastly irritated me at the moment ( Read more... )

Earlier this week, Marjory and I reached our thirteenth anniversary. To be completely honest, I'm not sure of the exact date (I know- shame on me), but we deem it to be the 13th of June. Marjory has already written about that ( Read more... )

We're thinking about buying a house. I'm terrified!

After fifteen years or so of doing it once a week, I still can't put a duvet cover on in anything less than about fifteen minutes. It's a good job I don't work in a hotel.

I still maintain that I don't rant. It's just that I'm not sure what else to call this post ( Read more... )

I admit it. I have an extremely bad habit that annoys those around me. Or rather, as I'd better say before Marjory someone points it out, I probably have several annoying habits, but for now I'm just going to focus on one ( Read more... )

My good news is that I was wrong in my last post about the process involved in obtaining a Habilitation. Stage (4) was unnecessary, and I've completed stage (3). So... I've got it. I'm pretty chuffed ( Read more... )