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Michael Jennings goes to Chernobyl

Another link via Brian Micklethwait, this time to Michael Jennings’ Samizdata post about his trip to Chernobyl. We were told that we were about to visit the most radioactive place on the whole trip. Geiger counters were brought out, and we watched the numbers double, triple, and quadruple, to a level far higher than we had [...]

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Why does our society hate children?

Try flying with a small child and retain your love of humanity. Incoming from The Guru: Perhaps of interest? http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/and-all-jazz/200910/why-does-our-society-hate-children Oh yes. I have to admit that I laughed out loud as I read James C Kaufman’s take on the recent Southwest Airlines throws mother and child off plane because child is too noisy story. [...]

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DIY Big Screen Telly

I am constantly poking Mrs 6000 in the direction of a big screen telly, but she remains disinterested. That’s because Mrs 6000 doesn’t actually watch a lot of television. She only watches on Friday evenings because there’s some god-awful American programme with a plethora of bimbos throwing themselves at a bloke from Watford. But I digress. [...]

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Brian is Back!

Great news this morning in my feed reader: one of my favourite bloggers, Brian Micklethwait of BrianMicklethwait.com has returned to blogging after an extended summer break. In fact, so long was his hiatus that I had feared we’d seen the last of his eclectic mix of politics, social commentary and photography. However, as Brian says: But [...]

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Village population set to rise

Just a quickie – some fantastic news has just come in from the pretty seaside village of Port Elizabeth, population 18 (+3 goats) that Ironman Pammie Jane is up the duff, in the club, renting out the guest room and has a metaphorical bun in the oven. All at once. Yes, despite my desperate attempts to [...]

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