No news here, folks. Move along, please.
What the internet is for
I receive email:
Richard
I am the police motorcyclist you snapped in Halifax.
Is there any chance I could have a copy of the photo?
Regards
Chris
Snapped, indeed!
Pop open a bottle of Schadenfreude
Just a year and a half after Gruts declared war on Murdoch, he's fleeing the country:
Guardian: Rupert Murdoch snubs Britain and says he will invest his billions in the US
… In an interview with the Fox Business channel on Thursday following New Corporation's confirmation that it was splitting into two companies, entertainment and publishing, Murdoch said he would be "a lot more reluctant" to invest in Britain now, compared to the US.
You see what happens when you cross swords with the big boys, Murdoch?
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: there can be only one winner.
Serious questions
BBC: Barclays: Cameron says bank faces 'serious questions'
Prime minister David Cameron has said that Barclays Bank management has "serious questions" to answer over how it manipulated banking lending rates.
In case you've never seen it, here's what David Cameron's ‘serious face’ looks like:
Barclays management must be shitting themselves.
Olympics update
As I reported last December, Jen's Uncle Frankie had been short-listed to carry the Olympic torch this so-called summer. Yesterday, the clan headed down to Halifax to watch him:
Faux pas update
After the fiasco that was slight misunderstanding surrounding our holiday in April, I decided to make things up to Jen by buying her a little present:
Jen swears blind she said designer label.
Curiosity Rover update
Remember that frankly bonkers video I showed about how they hope to land the next scientific probe on Mars this coming August? Well, here are some of the lunatics who designed it, explaining their thinking:
What could possibly go wrong?
Appointment with the boss
Can't hang around. Jen, Bill and I are off to Manchester to see:
Rain and shouts for Devil Woman will most definitely be involved.
Postscript (25-Jun-2012): Contrary to all expectations: a) we did not get drenched; and b) Bruce played the 1978 introduction to Prove It All Night—something Bill has waited 34 years and around 50 Springsteen concerts to hear. He is a very happy bunny.
Rule 3 of Marketing
If your business involves etching words in indelible ink into the skin of your customers, learn how to use apostrophes.
Homeopathy Awareness Week
British Homeopathic Association: ‘Homeopathy Awareness Week’
Every year between 14–21 June* we encourage people to raise awareness about homeopathy.
Fair enough. For the uninitiated, homeopathy is a bogus medical treatment based on impossible, unscientific premises. Its medicinal benefits, such as they are, are indistinguishable from those derived from far cheaper placebo treatments. Homeopathic medicine is, quite literally, sugar pills.
In 2010, the UK parliament's Science and Technology Select Committee ruled that homeopathy is useless and unethical. When used in place of genuine medicine, it can also be extremely dangerous.
If you are feeling poorly, go and see a proper doctor.
For more on this specious medical practice, please see my numerous earlier posts on homeopathy.
I trust you are all now suitably aware.
[* Postscript added 10-Apr-2014: Since this article was written, ‘Homeopathy Awareness Week’ has been moved to 10–16 April—and, the great news is, sceptics have blagged the domain name!]