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   rose22's Blogs in May 2008
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