So London. Job Interview. Third round job interview, down to two candidates and actually a quite intense, competitive affair, with many of the interviews/events being head-to-head against her. Her being the other applicant, an intelligent young lady, about my age, with a frightening degree of knowledge about fungi. Most of it was easy(ish) enough, role […]
Emily, an American, over at “It Comes In Pints?” has a massive list consisting of “things I like about Britain, Fuck Yeah!”
As someone who on Thursday night listened to a German acquaintance patiently explain to me why London “deserved” to have been bombed*, it’s wonderful to read lots and lots of people list things about […]
No, it’s not Swabian, but it does contain the word “phthalates” and some EU-speak. It must count as a foreign language to at least some readers.
The EU, or quality of BBC Science reporting. Which is worse?
First off, this quote from the report (23 page Word file) to the European Parliament on banning 6 chemicals […]
So, the illiberal swine managed to pass the second reading of the Bill and I have a couple of points to make. First, Charles Clarke seems to have bought off some potential rebels by saying the cost will be capped at ₤100. Presumably any difference will be paid for by the taxpayer as opposed to […]
Like Disneyland Every Day used to link to my old site which must not be named, and I never let him know of the change. However, the incoming stats (Technorati doesn’t seem to be working as well as it once did) show he’s linking here and upon checking out his site I find that it […]
Complimentary Medicine: As you can imagine, I’m all in favour of it. I have a €50 excess on my health insurance, so if my doctor can give me a pack of tablets that a sales rep has left her, rather than a prescription that I’ll have to pay for at a pharmacy, great!
Complementary medicine on […]
