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!
Is the human race in massive denial?
Whatever damage the human race manages to wreak, our lovely blue planet will ultimately survive. It’s not going anywhere. When we talk about saving the earth, surely that’s not what we mean?
In actual fact, what everyone’s running around in a panic trying to ’save’ is the human race. Without […]What terrorists?! What plots?!
Why is our government trying to scare us? And more importantly, why are we letting them?
Why are we so paranoid about terrorists and terrorism these days? Back in the 70s and 80s the IRA was actually bombing the life out of London, Birmingham, Guildford and anywhere else they could manage. On a regular basis. There […]Air freshener craziness
We used to go outside for fresh air. WTF’s going on?!
We have noticed a fast and frightening increase in the number of air freshener adverts recently. The increase seems to directly parallel that of disinfectant sprays: the huge and expanding choice of products that purport to kill germs and remove bacteria from our persons and […]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. […]
