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Distance Learning Centre is staffed by idiots
Oh Jeez. So I am helping m'lady with her latest essay on the self and social skills, and to assist in completing the essay the Distance Learning Centre (DLC), the awarding body responsible for deeming Alyson mentally worthy to study Nursing at university level, have kindly sent us some documents which contain all the information we need.
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Music: for the journey
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND... OR DO YOU?
How we seek to express ourselves through our creative endeavours can be a very personal thing, and is sometimes believed to be "misunderstood." What we find on an individual level to be the most profound, natural and "right" way to express our feelings, observations and ideas can seem merely idiosyncratic and ( Read more... ) -
How to really run a televised election debate
If games journalist Charlie Brooker was allowed to run the British election TV debates:
Elephant versus the android versus Mr Snot
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Get wild for Geert Wilders
Alyson's father Steve Goldberg, as some of you might know, is heavy on the Israel scene. And while over here on the east side of the Atlantic, Daddy Goldberg has befriended a Mr. Geert Wilders, the leader of the Party of Freedom in the Netherlands. He is most known for his anti-Islamic stance, and believes that it is the greatest threat to European ( Read more... ) -
BBC article on burlesque and 'posh stripping'
Hola! This article on the BBC website should be of interest to anyone in the Rocky Horror scene, particularly those of you who 'Trixie' from time to time ; )
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Holy attitude, Batman!
Here is an article from the New York Times that caught my eye:
Stumbling Blocks Along the Path of Righteousness
Here is the jist of the article: research conducted by social psychologists has uncovered some intriguing facts about our tendency towards moralising. Researchers at Cornell University have found that individuals are more likely to ( Read more... ) -
Life Is Now, Do It Together: Buy a Phone for $450?
Something which really pisses me off is the in-vogue advertising angle of many cellphone companies here in the UK. And here, I will show you why you may soon feel the same.
In recent years, mobile phone companies have taken to using artfully vague taglines in order to promote their products and their 'values'. They do this for one reason: so you ( Read more... ) -
Don't moan too loudly.
Somewhere in England, as this news report informs us, a woman has been taken into custody for having sex in her home with her husband. The reason? The neighbours had "complained... about early morning noises including shouting and groaning." She has been given an Asbo as punishment (Asbo = Anti-Social Behaviour Order). As she had been served with ( Read more... ) -
The Hopeful and The Hopeless
This post is a mixture of the hopeful and the hopeless. Yesterday, I read in the Magazine section of the Torygraph* this heartening article:
New teaching methods reaping real benefits using scientific research
As the journalist Judith Woods reports, many schools in England are using new daily timetables and new approaches to studying. Their ( Read more... ) -
My school still does me proud.
Dear everyone ( Read more... )