Monthly Archives: May 2005

Lightsaber madness

Really, I mean, did they not think about this at all? [news.bbc.co.uk]. Two people decided that they would have a fake lightsaber duel. But rather than buying them in a shop like sane people, they decided to construct their own out of empty light bulb tubes and flaming petrol. Strangely enough, one exploded. If they [...]

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Kylie and Consoles

The news of the past few days is that singer Kylie Minogue has been diagnosed with Breast Cancer [news.bbc.co.uk]. She has suspended her tour whilst she starts on treatment. I think that it is good that she made the knowledge public. Hopefully it will help her to fight it, and raise some awareness too. The [...]

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Travels and reading

Strangely, there’s a news article saying that the British are very complacent when it comes to travelling and Malaria [news.bbc.co.uk]. Surveys have suggested that a majority of people do not take health advice before travelling abroad and often do not have enough time to arrange medicines. I find this quite mad, one of the first [...]

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More on Jackson

Well well well, I’m falling behind a bit with the old updates here. Still, the Jackson trial is progressing, today actor Macaulay Culkin took the stand [news.bbc.co.uk] and denied that Jackson ever touched him. The defence seems to be going pretty well so far from all the sounds of it.

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labour win third term

Labour have won the election [news.bbc.co.uk], bringing in a third term for the party. The lib dems have won more seats than they have since the 1920s [news.bbc.co.uk]. This is all fairly good in my opinion. I would have not liked to see the tories back in, that would have created a complete mess. It’s [...]

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