Medicating Cats
Anyone who has ever tried to get a tablet down a cat’s throat will have some idea of how our morning went today. We had […]
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Pete Postlethwaite
Sad to hear about Pete Postlethwaite. What struck me though were the comments being made on the BBC this morning. He died of cancer and they […]
Organ Donation
There’s a fairly long discussion developing over at CiF prompted by the recent story on driving licence applications, on the matter of organ donation. For […]
In Answer to the Question
Someone called William has contacted me via my contact page to ask about my opinions on nudge. I’m going to answer it here because the […]
Charitable Theft
Not content with sucking at the teat of the over generous taxpayer, charities want more. Charities are calling for a new tax on bankers’ bonuses […]
Happy New Year
And so we say goodbye to 2010. For me, that is good riddance. It has, without doubt, been the worst year of my life. As […]
My Blogspace
My blogspace? Any suitable surface and a laptop. That’s it most of the time… If I use the desktop (as now) it’s that, a set […]
Questions, Questions…
The latest drive (pun intended) for organ donation is – on the face of it – merely a subtle change to the way drivers applying for a new […]
Empathic Satnavs
Both JuliaM and Man Widdicombe have picked up on this one. Prof Peter Robinson, head of emotional robotics at Cambridge University, is working on devising […]
Out With the Old, in With the New
Plod still doesn’t get it, apparently. The old Section 44 stop and search was deemed unlawful according to the European Court of Human Rights. Say […]