Archive for October, 2007
TV Fraudsters
The latest news on the ITV phone-in fraud scandal is that the serious fraud squad are looking into it. In an interview this week Sir Michael Grade described these issues as “a serious cultural failure” and pointed out that the report, produced by the city firm Deloitte, did not indicate that fraud had taken place.
What [...]Is The Smoking Ban Working For Everyone?
The smoking ban, recently introduced in the U.K., is forcing smokers to step outside of the pubs and clubs which previously would have kept them and their polluting habits contained. Is this a good thing?
If you live near a pub or a club you may have become aware of the smokers who now congregate outside [...]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, [...]
Save the planet? The planet’ll be fine!
When we talk about saving the planet, what do we really mean?
The Nurse thinks a sanity check is in order. What everyone’s running around in a panic trying to ‘save’ is the human race. Without us the earth would still turn. Life would thrive, evolving peacefully across silent clean millennia.
It takes a huge collective ego [...]What terrorists? What plots?
Why are we so paranoid about terrorists and terrorism these days?
Back in the 70s and 80s the IRA actually was bombing the life out of London, Birmingham, Guildford and anywhere else they could manage. On a regular basis.
There was good reason to be wary. The Nurse, like everyone else, viewed railway station litter bins with [...]Air freshener craziness
The Nurse has noticed a huge increase in the number of air freshener adverts recently. It’s directly parallel to disinfectant sprays: there’s also a huge choice of products designed to kill germs, mask smells and remove bacteria from our bodies and homes.
The Nurse has always had a fairly cavalier attitude to hygiene. She believes that her [...]Why I Hate Students
I work at the same esteemed educational establishment as the Chief Surgeon. However I, unlike him, am not a member of the teaching staff. I am what is referred to as a ‘Lab Tech’. I work in the biochemistry department where I am required to somehow keep the equipment working after the halfwit students have [...]
Creationist Fools
I have worked as an Educator for many years. Some would say too many. As an educator I understand that my role is to impart factual knowledge, to stimulate and encourage curiosity and to motivate students towards studying further and to engage in a process of lifelong learning, questioning and informed criticism.
Creationism is plainly wrong. [...]
