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Never mind the possible end of the universe, on Wedneday. The Large Hadron Collider at CERN is an amusing typographical error waiting to happen. You know it’s true.

Hurtling as I am towards grumpy old mandom, I’ve only recently got the hang of text messaging – T9 predictive text in particular. It took me a little while to grasp the concept at all, but now I understand how … Continue reading →

I really don’t like cricket. I ought to love it – I mean I hate sport, and what could be less sporty than standing around most of the time, waiting and running for shelter at the first hint of rain. … Continue reading →

I was diagnosed with spasmodic torticollis this week – a violent, crippling pain in the neck that came from nowhere, wiped out Tuesday, most of Wednesday and thankfully has now gone away, leaving me with nothing more than a stiff … Continue reading →

I said I was voting for Ken. Well I didn’t, quite. When it came down to it, in the polling station, usual Labour party worker sitting outside demanding to see my polling card (fuck off)… I couldn’t quite bring myself … Continue reading →

Cats. And the consequences of cats. Listen, watch and learn: http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2008/04/24/the-neighbours-cat-won/

Until a few days ago, I had no idea if I was going to vote for Boris or Ken. I don’t really want either of them to win, but despite never having voted Tory in my life, I was tempted … Continue reading →

Wind chimes. Why? Why why why why why? Our garden has many other gardens backing on to it, and now a second neighbour has decided that the tree at the bottom of their garden wasn’t quite cutting it as a … Continue reading →

Credit card company egg say they are ditching 161,000 customers with poor credit ratings. But it looks like that’s a lie – if the comments on the BBC web site and on the Radio 4 Today programme are anything to … Continue reading →