US: Contraception Coverage Supporters Sluts and Prostitutes
Only in the USA. The proposal (via avflox) seems to be that religious institution's health insurance should cover birth control .... something that would probably vex those institution's whose religion...
View ArticleBills bills bills
I am surrounding by so many bills it's like feeding ducks! I have today cancelled by home phone and old internet access. People who have been used to contacting me that way will no longer be able to....
View ArticleDemocracy is Inefficient (paper) Democracy is Inefficient (paper) Democracy...
Tell us something we don't know!Recent research in the press saysDemocratic election is the preferred method for determining political administrators nowadays. What? Where? By whom? Certainly there are...
View ArticleThat time of year...
Its coming up to April 1st I see:YEARLY INTERNET MAINTENANCE ANNOUNCEMENT IT IS URGENT THAT YOU DO NOT CONNECT TO THE INTERNET FROM MARCH 31st 23:59 GMT (11:59 PM) UNTIL 00:01 GMT (12:01 AM) APRIL 2nd....
View Article15 questions evolutionists cannot satisfactorially explain.
I thought I'd try my hand at these ... questions in caps (sorry). Most are "so what?" questions. Unlike religions, science does not claim to have all the answers. One of the things scientific method is...
View ArticleThe Gummi-Bear Poem
One day I found a gummi-bear up my nose All compacted and squishy -- well: That's the way it goes At first I thought it was a lump of snot But snot that hard usually has a crust When you pull it from...
View ArticleFerrero and Lindt and Chocolaty Ethics
There is a petition getting a lot of play online:End child slave labour in your chocolate this Easter... it says.Lindt and Ferrero chocolates use suppliers who use forced child labor - it is...
View ArticleFood Post
Ex wife stayed over last night - I cooked lamb-chops in honey and mint, tossed (heated) frozen mixed veg with rice and a bit of butter for the side. The talk is reconciliation - ex-wives know all your...
View ArticleMore ex-wife coming back
Cathy (ex wife) wants to try again. We do have a few business-end things to settle but I'm game - she can come and stay over winter on Waiheke. It's basically a cabin in the bush, dark and cold in...
View ArticleSmeagol Found
Smeagol has been missing for some weeks after a bout of confused behavior. I figured he'd forgotten where he lived, met misadventure, or adopted another family. Turns out it's the latter. He's found a...
View ArticleHomeopathy in Toastmasters
Last TM one of the newer members advocated homeopathy as her #3 speech. I had to do the evaluation - but I managed to stick to the mechanics of the speech (which is what TM is actually for) when I...
View ArticleHome Internet back online!
Home broadband is back - the folk at ynet have been quite tolerant I must remember to pay the balance of what I owe :) This should mean more blog posts too. Watch this space.cc by nd: Simon Bridge
View ArticleA list in time...
Off:20 things I should have known at 20 These things are more "speak for yourself mate" but, like the more famous Niven's Laws, provides a point of difference for conversation and grist for blogs. This...
View ArticleEducation Blogging
It seems we have a turnaround on the class-sizes thing ... of course the money has to come from somewhere so wait for the other shoe to drop. It is interesting that all this noise about how larger...
View Article1st Day of Reconciliation
Today is the first official day of the reconciliation. Cathy has moved in, and we'll be together for six months and then decide if we are still married after all. Our first dinner has been: Pan-fried...
View ArticleSettling in
Cathy has settled in. Midwinter has been and gone - with our own large turkey dinner and a Toastmasters do (all Pizzas at Wild on Waiheke). Everything is a tad crowded with both our sets of stuff but...
View ArticleNew Month
Welcome to July and winter bites down! We've had single figures on the Island, and it has been snowing lots all around. This has kept the cat snuggling and generally getting in the way.cc by nd: Simon...
View Article10 Days Sans Cathy
...begins. Took Cathy into town to show her how tablets work... now she want's an ipad :) I was taken by an Asus eee tablet... well, it's pretty. Last in stock so I got a deal... I'll regret it later....
View ArticleThat time again
I tend to get depressed this time of year... right on the day too. This is, of course the anniversary of Corwin's accident. It does not seem to have faded... though it is not as sharp as it was. Sort...
View ArticleHeliocentric experiments
I have recently been challenged to come up with an experiment that demonstrated the heleocentricity of the Earth-Sun system (that the Earth goes around the Sun) like experiments such as Foucault's...
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