Dropsafe

For those who imminently predict the death of mainstream media – mentioning no names – this review of the Snakes on a Plane phenomenon makes a point with which some might sympathise: Still, don’t think for a moment that audiences have hijacked the ship of Big Media. The permutations of creative online infringement — fan

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Yet more evidence that the American public are discovering sarcasm; if you are old enough to remember nuclear terror done properly – of the sirens, megatonnage-per-county and “how much of England might actually be left habitable?” sort – then you’ll probably find this about as funny as I did: ReallyReady: FAS Analysis of Ready.gov The

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The sort of behaviour upon which Mr Gerhard frowns: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR2ygFn-yR8

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Yesterday a possible terrorist plot was thwarted. The country’s airports were in chaos. American media has provided wild speculation that we are re-reporting because we can’t think of anything else to talk about, since there is no new information today. Nobody has thought to go sift government press releases for information they are trying to

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Goggles You have got to try this – it’s v.silly and v.fun without having v.much point, exactly what you need when you are stuck in bed and staring at the ceiling… (Via)

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MumsNet So here we are: one of Britain’s most wealthy and successful childcare experts demanding the closure of a community website run by mothers to enable parents to swap support, advice and the odd joke. […] Quite apart from the fact that Ms Ford’s legal moves now threaten our very existence, we think this case

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home is good.

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Just finished another trot down to X-ray on the crutches, under Hannetjie’s expert guidance. It’s getting easier, but it leaves me knackered. How do I find a local taxi company that takes wheelchairs? Just ring round, yellow pages, or is there a list?

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Recovery progresses. I’m getting better on the elbow crutches, all my sutures have been removed and the scars are healing, I’ve had a bit of a wash and am sitting in shorts, leg-brace and SunTour 2006 polo shirt, in my room’s easy chair, trying to pretend I’m normal and healthy once more. In truth I’m

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Amazing how you gan get into more pain as you heal; the ribs arestitching into bigger plates and the latter are moving tectonically, and so I’ve been swearing a lot of late. Comfort is improving, but the gaps between comfort are getting worse. Diclofenac is currently my best friend, though it combined with the food

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Wikipedia It has been reported that veterinary diclofenac use in India has caused a crash of the vulture population,[1] with “major ecological consequences” and a sub-cultural Zoroastrian Parsi “sky burial” crisis.[2] Diclofenac causes kidney failure in vultures that eat treated domestic animals. …so I should avoid being eaten by vultures this week.

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A short catalogue entry, for the sake of getting it down in ASCII: Fractured tibia, just below the plate of the knee joint. It was screwed together in France, and the screws will come out in a couple of years. Apparently it may give me arthritis in later life, but that might happen anyway, and

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