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Monthly Archives: November 2006
Second Life
I was intrigued by this story Second Life Faces Threat To Virtual Economy, particularly since I had never heard of Second Life. I know that Gill is a Warcrafter, just wondered if there are any Secondlifers around here? ? Not … Continue reading
is it too soon
to claim the day has improved? Perhaps I’d better stick with it’s improving After a traumatic half hour on Small’s part, when someone mentioned lunch to him, and he realised he hadn’t had breakfast (it *was* offered, but he was … Continue reading
I think I know
why Big doesn’t get to do anything much else once she starts on writing. 15 minutes in, and we’ve got once sentence written out. 30 minutes reading took 45 today by the time she’d fallen off the sofa, crawled around … Continue reading
Posted in reeling, writhing
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Preparing the battlefield…
was doing some research into the basic standards required for school leavers nowadays. Found this site, which describes the Statutory requirements at key stage 4. I’m intrigued – how do you enforce learning? As in: compulsory areas of learning: careers … Continue reading
Posted in Stealing your freedom
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watching Mary Poppins
Yesterday I worked from home. The break from driving was much appreciated! Kirsty came by and dropped A off while she took M to the dentist, and despite the fact it was ages since my two had seen A they … Continue reading
Knitty: Fall 2006 – knitting 2 socks in 1
Knitty makes me want to be able to knit (well, strictly speaking I can knit, but it’s a very slow and unsatisfying process). This article in particular appealed. Knitty: Fall 2006 – knitting 2 socks in 1
Laws to keep children safe ‘getting out of hand’
“creating a climate of social distrust” Interesting article, and discussion, in The Scotsman on the impact of legislation, legislation, legislation.
time for something a little lighter
You Are 50% Left Brained, 50% Right Brained The left side of your brain controls verbal ability, attention to detail, and reasoning. Left brained people are good at communication and persuading others. If you’re left brained, you are likely good … Continue reading
reading my stats
is vaguely addictive. Why do I get so many hits for extraordinary breastfeeding and hesfes though? Went wandering off to technorati to see where I ranked in a search for the latter, and discovered: “Today we had a meeting with … Continue reading
that’ll be that then.
All clear from the hospital, including on the blood test (I’m not anaemic apparently), so that is pretty much the end of that I guess. Different support nurse this time who wasn’t nearly as supportive, being far more interested in … Continue reading
just what I needed
the hits playing 50 chick flick favourites for me to chill to, after the journey home from hell. It took us over 2 hours to get back – admittedly we stopped for petrol, but that only takes a few minutes. … Continue reading
interesting juxtaposition of stories
Guardian (Government wheels out head of MI5 to tell horror stories): “With new counter-terrorism measures to be unveiled in tomorrow’s Queen’s speech”….”UK officials have detected “an awful lot of chatter” on jihadi websites expressing the desire to acquire chemical, biological, … Continue reading
Military Deterrent
Now, after all the posts about Christmas rubbish, here is a site with LOADS of stuff I could have an awful lot of fun with. I particularly like the idea of stocking up with items from their military range … Continue reading
Rubbish Christmas Presents Volume 9
A follow on, having been prompted to visit the alumni section of Aston University’s web site, I stumbled across the gifte shoppe. This is full of tragic stuff – I mean, why would want the university scarf while you are … Continue reading
Posted in Rubbish Christmas
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More exciting news
Today is just so full of excitement! Small has won £50 on the premium bonds! His grandfather bought them for him at Christmas and I think that means he is in profit on the deal. Also, I am subscribed to … Continue reading
those links I mentioned earlier
Carlotta has posted the text of an email received from someone in the dfes. It’s worth reading, it’s worth writing to dfes to get put on the consultation list, it’s worth starting to consider what you would say and where … Continue reading
Posted in Stealing your freedom
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myspace
wandering through the cooperative women’s guild website as a result of trying to find out the history of the white poppy, I noticed a name that sounded familiar. Hm, wonder if she was related to that old school friend of … Continue reading
