What kind of topics/entries would you like to see me posting about? Any particular questions you've always wanted to ask me but have resisted because the answer would be a huge essay? Ever want to wind me up and watch me go on a particular topic? Anything you've heard me say "I should write that entry about $foo I've been meaning to write" and have ( Read more... )

Currently all over my reading list, the thing about Amanda Palmer and the pretend-conjoined-twins-with-backstory-of-abuse-and-exploitation, who were being presented as real people whom she has taken up as proteges, but are really her and someone else.

Which is being defended as some kind of edgy art project pushing the boundaries etc, and really ( Read more... )

Why Kevin Smith was wrong about fat people on aeroplanes - Have you ever sat next to overweight people on a plane? I have and it wasn't a lot of funBecause one instance on an EasyJet flight of annoying Philistine seatmates who diss her reading and scribbling behaviour = "all fat people". I have sat next to many annoying people on planes (and let us ( Read more... )

I was a bit eeeeuuuww about the suggestion in the Guardian section on reducing one's carbon footprint on Tuesday about switching from wearing natural to manmade fibres:
[E]ach garment made from natural fibres has a typical greenhouse gas footprint more than 20 times its weight. Manmade fibres such as polyester are a better choice in terms of ( Read more... )

On facing pages in today's Guardian G2 section:

I don't complain when I'm ill, but my husband never stops:
I am now eight months pregnant and have many of the usual symptoms: a sore back, sore feet, cramps and so on. I am still working full-time and I make sure that my colleagues are not bothered by my pregnancy. At home, when I tell my husband ( Read more... )

Today's new problem in the Guardian G2 'Private Lives' feature is from someone who is ever so worried about her sister's weight problem and eating habits:
It's not a matter of education or lack of knowledge about nutrition - she knows what good, healthy food looks like - and would naturally opt for a salad rather than a plate of chips. However, her ( Read more... )