I’m going to have to go back on the betablockers – I’m seeing Doc G about it tomorrow. My tachycardia attacks are getting more frequent and more disabling; they rarely last for less than five or six hours now. Any kind of stress seems to set them off now – travelling, having a late night, […]
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Why don’t multiple personalities ever develop multiple personality disorder?
So, the other week I joined an LJ community. People often post questions for debate there – abortion, politics, society etc. So today, I thought I’d post my own question for debate: What use are pet animals? I’m not talking about working animals; I mean pet animals that have no practical use at all. Sp […]
Alic Sebold’s The Lovely Bones was built around in interesting and (as far as I know) original concept of the afterlife: rather than there being a single one-size-fits-all Heaven where everybody goes, everyone gets their own individual Heaven – a place where they are truly happy. Although each heaven is specific to each individual, they […]
Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi went undercover at a US evangelical Christian “boot camp” for new converts. This is an extract from his book about it. An Atheist Goes Undercover Some of it is hugely hilarious, as the camp leaders exorcise the demons of astrology, anal fissures, philosophy, intellect and “disconnect” from their flock, or […]
…that our government always kept in mind the things that really mattered to the British people. Like how we would all still be able to enjoy a nice cup of tea after all-out nuclear war: Government officials planning food supplies said the tea situation would be “very serious” after a nuclear war. “It would be […]
From the comments thread on Slacktavist: I’ve always asserted the great dividing line in religions is not between monotheism and polytheism, but between the attitude of “please god(s) go away and don’t hurt me” and “hi god(s) sit down next to me and have a beer.” – Hapax Discuss.
….Got some time out on my own today. Yesterday, me & B went to Dumfries for shopping and stuff. Along the way, we popped into M&S and bought a pair of smart trousers for B for next month’s Big Wedding. Once we were home, B discovered he’d somehow got the wrong size. Since the return […]
The ever-dogged Richard Webster has come up with more news on the Jersey Childrens Home murder investigation; the skull fragment that was discovered buried under concrete flooring inside the building is, according to archaeologists, no later than Victorian. The evidence suggests it could even be Neolithic, as there is a Neolithic burial chamber close by. […]
So me & B were giving a lift to Son to get him to work. Driving along, Son told us about an old schoolmate of his who had got into a fight outside a Preston nightclub early on Saturday morning and was now in a coma, on life support and unlikely to pull through. “Don’t […]