Psychobollocks

Observer: Students face personality tests for university places [UK Government] Ministers want universities to adopt methods such as psychometric testing, the psychological questionnaires widely used in City recruitment which explore personality traits and ability to learn, and US-style aptitude tests as fairer ways of assessing teenagers. And these morons have been put in charge of… Continue reading Psychobollocks

Ruddy hell!

BBC: Duck cull ruffles feathers The [UK] government is planning a nationwide cull of ruddy ducks to protect another species from extinction. Forget the ruddy ducks, when are we going to cull some ruddy cats?

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Something I could have done without

New entry on my list of items I would like to see consigned to Room 101: Having your clutch cable snap on a motorway approach-road roundabout.

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Tate doors

The entrance to the Liverpool Tate Gallery has twin revolving doors, one marked IN, the other marked OUT. Doesn't that kind of defeat the whole point of having revolving doors in the first place?

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Loonies

One drawback of running a Charles Darwin website is that you occasionally get pestered by religious loonies. Such a problem did it become at one stage that I went so far as to publish a polite note on the site, explaining why I won't be wasting any more of my time crossing swords with them… Continue reading Loonies

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Simply (D)Red(ful)

I've just been watching Parky. Correct me if I'm wrong, but: Mick Hucknall = Talentless, ruby-toothed ginner. His name also happens to be an anagram of lick lank chum, but let's not go there.

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Oversight

BBC: Pub industry faces blurred futureDwindling visits to village locals coupled with a slowing of the High Street pub boom are taking their toll on the pub industry. "Use them or lose them," says the Campaign for Real Ale as it launches National Pubs Week… Top attractions at a pub: The people Quality Food Friendly… Continue reading Oversight

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BBC redesigns its news site

They've just ruined one of the best sites on the Internet. Never mind the content, feel the width. Disaster.

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