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Showing off...
Don't ask why but I was just on the internet looking for the lyrics to "Don't Cry for me Argentina"... oh ok, we were just discussing which Lloyd Webber number we'd do if we were in last week's American Idol. I know, sad. Even sadder that we watch it in the UK and can't even......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-01 14:42:04 | Rating:

| Views: 83 | Comments: 1 | Tags: mystery Lloyd Webber musicals American Idol lyrics spoof

Do yEU want a referendum?
Be afraid. A court challenge has just been made to require a judicial review of the government's decision not to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. The government line on this is that the Treaty of Lisbon and the Constitutional Treaty are substantially different. The Lords European......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-02 18:23:36 | Rating:

| Views: 83 | Comments: 0 | Tags: EU Europe court case judicial review referendum vote parliament government politics Brussels yes no

Newts or mad hair - choosing London's Mayor
We're mid-count in the London mayoral election. It's hilarious. The 24-hour rolling news culture can't cope with the fact that if you use a proportional system (the mayor is elected in a second preference voting system) the counting takes much longer. Even if the papers are counted......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-02 19:06:50 | Rating:

| Views: 78 | Comments: 2 | Tags: London election mayor journalism 24-hour news

Maybe he's a Family Guy
Hooray! Finally something that both me and my husband want to watch. It's taken us ages to get into Family Guy but it's fabulous. Biting satire, hilarious vignettes. Best episode we've seen so far? The Back to the Future spoof "Meet the Quagmires". ......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-02 19:19:10 | Rating:

| Views: 86 | Comments: 1 | Tags: Family Guy television

Slow Food and Celtic Promises
Not a criticism of the UK approach to burger bars (take the major benefit - speed of delivery - remove, and leave an increasingly irate customer to wait to receive not-quite-cooked-enough fries and an insincere apology. But better than the Belgian approach where in my experience the chain Quick......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-05 16:11:36 | Rating:

| Views: 88 | Comments: 0 | Tags: Food fast food slow food burgers cheese oyster celtic promise seasonal organic Konstam London culture

Zimbabwe - short post on a big issue
This is a short post on something that deserves a lot more space. It's hard to know what's really going on in Zimbabwe - the media from my country has been banned from reporting directly from there. But the stories and images that are getting out are showing voters who voted for the opposition......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-05 18:00:42 | Rating:

| Views: 91 | Comments: 0 | Tags: politics world Africa Zimbabwe elections democracy government

Seeking, but not desperately?
Just realised that title might not look flattering. Bear with me. I was thinking about people I've cared about who have disappeared from my life. I'm not thinking of exes as such, that's a whole different category. Besides I'm in touch however loosely with most of them. Nor am I......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-07 08:02:41 | Rating:

| Views: 112 | Comments: 0 | Tags: friends contact lost drifting social networking celine gordine-wright penny harris caroline simon catherine rushton marriage future life facebook friends reunited what are they doing now

Don't let reality intrude, people
I love the nutters you get posting on some web forums, and the BBC in particular seems to attract a particular type of specialist. On any given day on the "Have Your Say" boards the average poster seems to want to: - pay no tax at all; - get rid of immigrants; - have a free NHS......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-08 17:30:00 | Rating:

| Views: 96 | Comments: 2 | Tags: blog blogging comments forum nutter lunacy reality EU Europe BBC Mardell

The Politics of food - part 1 Gordon Ramsay
So four new messages in the news this week to affect the terrible guilt I feel about what sort of food I should be buying... 1) Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has called for restaurants that are not using locally-sourced seasonal vegetables to be fined......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-09 07:17:58 | Rating:

| Views: 124 | Comments: 0 | Tags: food politics Gordon Ramsay organic seasonal trade credit crunch money prices Delia Smith