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Astrology bad web design books cars Christianity CMS computers crows Drupal family finances fundamentalism Galloway gardening hard drives health home homeopathy id cards Joomla laptop linux medication money music my health personal philosophy prescription medicines reading Religion rural life science shopping tachycardia terrorism themes TV TV news verapamil web design whinges wordpress work writingAstrology
- Node-O-Rama Astrology forum
- SkyScript Astrology Articles
- StarIQ.com
- The UK Astrological Association
- The Zodiac Master Astrology from A – Z
Astrology Blogs
- A Bit of Bonhomie
- AstroTableTalk
- ElsaElsa Astrolgical Advice
- FrankStar
- Jenni Dean Harte
- Mixing Tracks (Railway Mix) A writer’s blog
- North Node
- Oculus Divinorum
- parker’s perspective
- Silver Wheel Astrology
- The Aquarius Papers
- The Know It All Astrologer
- The Sociable Critic A trucker’s blog
Autism & Aspergers links
- Asperger Square 8 Somebody else who likes the number 8!
- Autism Hub Blogs by, for and about autism and Aspergers
- Autism Womens Network
- BallastExistenz The blog of a woman with autism
- John Elder Robison
- Left Brain, Right Brain
Blog Rings
- British Blogs
- Pagan Blogs Wot it says
- Scottish Blogs
Blogs I Read
- Bad Astronomy Blog An astronomer writes…
- Bartholomew’s Notes on Religion
- Charlie Stross An SF writer blogs…
- Dr Petra Boynton A sex therapist writes…
- Dustbinman
- Green Galloway A fellow Scottish blogger
- Hamish McShanks Secret Diary A Scottish Madman Writes….
- Mixing Tracks (Railway Mix) A writer’s blog
- My Neighbours Are Hoors! Say it out loud…
- Respectful Insolence A surgeon writes…
- Skeptico A skeptic writes….
- Stealing Thunder
- The Apothecary’s Drawer A science blog
- The BS Historian Sceptical commentary on pseudohistory and the paranormal
- The Chiliasm Chronicles An Armageddenist writes…
- The Religious Policeman A Saudi exile in England writes….
- The Slacktavist An intelligent American Christian…
- The Sociable Critic A trucker’s blog
- The Wyrd Word of Parker J Torrence An Artist Blogs….
- Veiled For Allah A Muslim woman writes….
- Which Way is Mecca?
- Wild Hunt A Pagan blog
Oakleaf Circle
- Lime Tree Farm
- Oakleaf Campers A Yahoo group for those who have been to the Oakleaf Circle Camp
- Oakleaf Circle Directory of Pagan Resources in the UK
Recommended Reading
- A Little Book of Green Men
- Parker’s Astrology The Definitive Guide to Using Astrology
- Stonehenge: Celebration and Subversion
- The Meaning of Witchcraft
- The Mysteries of Mithras The Pagan Belief That Shaped the Christian World
- Witch Crafts 101 Projects for creative Pagans
Stuff I like
- A Brief History of the Apocalypse Run! Hide! The end of the world is nigh!
- Amos’ Crossword Puzzle Dictionary Solve that crossword!
- Andy Worthington
- Asperger Square 8 Somebody else who likes the number 8!
- Bad Astronomy Correcting astronomical mythconceptions
- Blather The Irish Zeitgeist
- Butterflies and Wheels Fighting Fashionable Nonsense
- Daily Kos
- Feminists Against Censorship
- Foamy Custard Folklore, mythology and cultural studies
- James Randi
- Nac Mac Vegan Vegan cokkery with a Scottish/Jpanese flavour
- Private Eye
- Richard Webster Essays and reviews from a cultural historian
- Schnews Some of the real news of the world
- Snopes Urban legends and hoaxes
- Supermarket Sweep Up Watches and reports as Tesco muscles in
- The Daily Zen …
- The Dark Skies Campaign
- TinyURL Make a shorter URL!
- Towel Day A tribute to Douglas Adams
- Westland Whig Essays about the history of Galloway.
Stuff To Waste Time On
- Baby’s Named A Bad, Bad Thing What not to name your baby
- Crank Dot Net The name says it all…
- Exit Mundi How the world will end…
- Landover Baptist Church Where the worthwhile worship!
- McSweeneys Lists
- The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest Where WWW means ‘Wretched Writers Welcome’
- The Pagan Prattle Loony fundie nonsense for the masses
- The Perry Bible Fellowship
Webby Stuff
- CSS Zen Garden
- DotDragNet Web design, accessibility and standards
- SitePoint All about web design
- The Pagan WebCrafters’ Association
- W3 Schools Frww web design tutorials
- WordPress The software behind this blog
Monthly Archives: October 2005
Blogging
One of my favourite bloggers Orac has a post asking “Who Are Your Blogparents?”; in other words, who or what started you blogging? I can’t really point to any one person or blog that started me off. My first blogging … Continue reading
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Not Happy…
…I’m not on broadband yet. Got all the equipment, I’m signed up for it. But it turns out that I need a cable or wireless router to connect me to the downstairs telephone line. And I haven’t got a money … Continue reading
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Side effects
Me and drugs – whether legal or illegal – have never mixed happily. I seem to be way too sensitive to their myriad side-effects. Take the time some years ago when I was put on a powerful steroidal painkiller for … Continue reading
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A Quickie…
…because I’m now on pay-per-minute dialup. Yup, I’ve finally bitten the bullet, waved by-by to AOL and signed up for broadband. Unfortunately, my spanking-new broadband modem won’t arrive until next Tuesday, so I’m on BT’s “how much a minute??!!??” dialup … Continue reading
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errrkkk…
Work!! I’m busy – so I haven’t been able to write a proper post for days. Got to get Transit together, got to rebuild the Elfin Diaries site… So i can’t write about the marvelous autumn colours, or the peace … Continue reading
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Phew….
…Just had a call from Elfin Diaries Caroline. She says she keeps getting complaints from people that the website won’t load for them. I have been trying to tell her for months that the Erol shopping-cart software that the site … Continue reading
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News You Didn’t See (3)
“If people re-associate with the world of work, suddenly they come alive again. Work will overcome depression and stress a lot more than people sitting at home watching daytime television.” – David Blunkett, Secretary of State, Department of Work & … Continue reading
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Shorts
A random collection of other peoples’ blog entries, for your education and entertainment (and because I can’t be arsed to write a proper post): How To Fake Fingerprints Suggested Kit For Alien Abduction Victims Titan Rocks Share A Secret The … Continue reading
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News You Didn’t See (2)
“Last week 600 people were stopped and searched in Brighton under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000, during the Labour Party Conference in Brighton. According to the Home Office, “Stop and search under Section 44 is an important tool … Continue reading
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Strange Attractor
Yesterday, got an email from a loony. A genuine one – he directed me to his web page, which set out all the reasons why he believed himself to be telepathic, a prophet, persecuted by MI5 and the police, guided … Continue reading