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Should we be conCERNed?
On 10 September, we humans are going to try something extrordinary. We are going to try to recreate the Big Bang*. The location is a 27km long underground tunnel at CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research in Geneva, Switzerland, and no, you're still reading a blog and......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-06 10:38:50 | Rating:

| Views: 131 | Comments: 0 | Tags: science life BBC democracy CERN black hole big bang particle physics physics end of the world apocalypse God faith religion

The Wight Stuff
I hate flying. I understand the science of what makes a plane stay up - just - but I feel tense for the whole duration of the flight. I never manage to sleep on long haul so I get horrible jet lag. Basically sitting for hours, even with an entertainment centre, is boring. ......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-06 13:13:09 | Rating:

| Views: 136 | Comments: 0 | Tags: holiday vacation tourism UK England Isle of Wight review Farringford Freshwater Tiger Island Tennyson child

The Right to Blog
Is the EU really trying to constrain bloggers? There's a bit of a flurry of bloggers (is that the correct collective noun? Should it be a megabyte of bloggers? A twitter?) commenting on this. Let's see what we can find out... 1) The "secret Commission......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-06 17:27:36 | Rating:

| Views: 103 | Comments: 0 | Tags: blog blogging politics power rights Europe EU control media press

How cute is this???
My husband is a lot more emotional now he's a dad. Watching TV earlier, he got a bit tearful when a guy was talking about losing his wife just after the birth of their child. Our son was sitting on the floor at his dad's feet, facing him. Seeing his dad well up he took his dummy out......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-06 17:35:56 | Rating:

| Views: 121 | Comments: 1 | Tags: family baby funny comfort cry

Does your brain stop working when you have kids?
A bit of a recurring theme of mine, this. While I'm enjoying being able to work three days a week at my professional job and think I'm making a valuable contribution to the business, I'm a bit concerned about what happens when we have a second child. The maths is different:......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-08 16:58:40 | Rating:

| Views: 417 | Comments: 0 | Tags: work business politics employment maternity paternity parental leave part-time full-time flexible working women femininsm childcare mumsnet.com mumsnet netmums.com netmums

Life imitates soap opera...
Ok, so this is weird. A week or so ago I was inspired to reply to a friend's post about why we as humans crave closure, why we see a narrative in what must surely be a random series of events. In my post, at ......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-10 16:09:16 | Rating:

| Views: 146 | Comments: 1 | Tags: family life surprises stories narrative soap opera novel literature books happily ever after

The Man from Merrill
I was trying to remember what Merrill Lynch reminded me of, before the words "takeover" and "Bank of America" became associated with it. And I remembered: deely boppers*. I was wearing a pair - gold sparkly ones, star shaped glittery polystyrene on springs on a hair band......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-16 09:57:33 | Rating:

| Views: 189 | Comments: 0 | Tags: life autobiography romance Merrill Merrill Lynch New York London story deely boppers bus party

Politics and the City...
... is a new UK-based website. I so much want to like it. I really do. It's aimed at women so that they can get a dose of serious political news as well as the usual film, music and celebrity news. It's the brainchild of June Sarpong (channel 4 teen TV presenter and ex-girlfriend of a......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-16 16:12:00 | Rating:

| Views: 119 | Comments: 0 | Tags: politics media press blog web internet politics and the city women UK Europe European EU

"Support" a good cause
Every so often, my weekly emails from Netmums throw up something interesting. I've met new friends, found an exercise class and discovered new babyfood recipes that my son loves. But there's more than that. I was particularly taken with this. As you'll know if you have had......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-23 09:52:23 | Rating:

| Views: 123 | Comments: 0 | Tags: life family pregancy women woman bra support charity campaign

Credit Crunch Cheek!
Fantastic - an interesting credit crunch story in the press http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/sep/22/foodanddr ink.supermarkets . Essentially it's a puff for Waitrose, but that doesn't mean it's not worth reading. Waitrose is reintroducing cheap cuts of meat. My favourite is the......Read More

Posted on: 2008-09-23 11:13:18 | Rating:

| Views: 185 | Comments: 0 | Tags: food food and drink life lifestyle shopping consumer customer supermarket credit crunch finance discount pork pig cheek pig's trotter

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