'Brains' Category
Intelligent design gets a plain language pasting!
The Nurse has always felt - and thought - that the concept of god was a bit silly. As a small child in the ’70s she was sent home from junior school with a note saying that a girl who didn’t believe in god shouldn’t come to the christmas party. But she stuck to her guns. Logic […]
We are not getting the real news.
“I wear this expression when I’m not sure whether to be excited or scared…”
We’re being fed news through a screen of total hysterica
The Nurse is well acquainted with rose-tinted glasses. She needs to be, locked up in here with water dripping down the walls and all those nutters groaning and banging in nearby cells. But she’s getting riled up about […]Forget the Rich List. Here’s the Ridiculous List.
The Nurse has a lot of time on her hands at Her Majesty’s Pleasure. Which is why she’s typing this post from underneath several unfurled and chaotic rolls of Elsan toilet roll. You know, that crinkly stuff that’s about the same thickness as tracing paper and twice as shiny. And utterly non-absorbent. Dreadful for personal hygiene but highly effective for writing lists.
This […]What Are We If We Don’t Help Others?
Storyville, on BBC 2 today (30th March) at 2250, tells the story of Henry Marsh, one of the UK’s most respected neurosurgeons, and the wonderful, life-saving work he carries out in the Ukraine.
Henry has teamed up with a Ukrainian surgeon, Igor Petrovich, who is trying to make a difference in a country where the lack […]Brain Surgery
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTz0jmBcD5U
The Real Deal - Look and Learn
A Hole in the Head
Trepanning: the ultimate body jewellery
The Nurse presents the case for trepanning yourself into fashion history
Having spent a few days chilling in solitary confinement The Nurse is feeling considerably less viputerative. That’s better. While drifting calmly in her drug-cosy haze, she mused upon her past. The incidents, accidents and triumphs enjoyed over decades of surrepticious, deliciously amateur brain surgery. Ah, […]
