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This trip has been my first experience driving in the UK, and it's not exactly what I expected. Friends and family really wound me up about how difficult and nerve-wracking it is to switch from right to left. To be sure, I've had to bear that fact in mind constantly, but the switch felt fairly natural. That's been true for most of the regulation ( Read more... )

Ugh, not the best of days. First, we accidentally slept until lunchtime because of jet-lag. We tried to do a bit of sightseeing before seeing Wicked in the evening, but the very first thing that happened on our trip out was that Brendan lost his credit card to a Barclay's cash machine. That effectively cut off our cash supply. I think I have an ( Read more... )

Well, I have to hand it to the Republi--oh, I'm sorry, the Conservative Party of Canada. The TFSA announcement has certainly garnered them the right kind of publicity. This budget symbolises a new kind of politics in Canada: dynamic, visionary and, most importantly of all, it puts money back in the pockets of Canadians. I'm sure it will be complete ( Read more... )

I was not aware of these "educational" short films until recently, but they're awesome. I had no idea how dangerous calcium could be. Don't fall victim to the Helvetica Scenario!

Look Around You - Calcium (1/2)
Look Around You - Calcium (2/2)

I can't find any information about this on the wire services yet, but James Randi recently announced on the The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe (podcast #129), the end of the Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge, wherein he offered a million dollars to anyone who could demonstrate psychic or paranormal abilities in a formal test with mutually ( Read more... )

It's taken an age but, at long last, we've sold the Ford Focus. It used to be gamble's primary vehicle until he moved up to a Subaru Legacy 2.5GT spec.B about a year ago. We'd planned to sell the Focus privately soon afterward, and we did a fair bit of prep work to make it happen, but life became busy again for both of us and the Focus remained in our ( Read more... )

My senses of self-esteem and self-discipline got a boost today. My body mass index has finally settled down to 24.8, which places me at the very top end of the "normal" range--a range I've not fit into for probably ten years. Don't get me wrong, I know BMI doesn't provide a complete picture of overall health, but it is one important metric and so ( Read more... )