Archives for March, 2006
comes from a smoke-free home
Friday, March 31st, 2006
Last night I had my first taste of the smoking ban in public places which started in Scotland on Sunday. It was odd to actually be able to smell a pub, rather than the smoke contained within it. Waking up this morning and not stinking of smoke was also quite odd.
Summary: I think the […]
a word of confusion
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006
Earlier in the year, a number of people thought i was on the radio, on the BBC Radio 4 programme, Word of Mouth. In fact, it was my namesake, who happened to be speaking about something which I might feasibly have known about (in fact I know little about the subject of speech synthesis..).
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WrongMite
Monday, March 13th, 2006
if ever i heard a scary food story, this is it.. the marmite jar is to go ?
squeezy marmite
that squeeze had better have a fine action because some people don’t like much marmite. i don’t like the idea of a food being modified to suit the packaging.
a question of eggs
Saturday, March 4th, 2006
My suspicions have recently been raised about supermarket eggs. A recent purchase of Asda organic eggs first made me suspicious, as they are certified by an authority other than the Soil Association. This makes me suspicious because, if I were a supermarket selling a product which could be certified by the Soil Association, I […]
we were saving it all up
Saturday, March 4th, 2006
yesterday was magical. i was in a windowless room for just 50 minutes, and during that time the weather turned from bright sunshine (and very cold) to heavy snow (and very cold). what was amazing was walking outside, after just 50 minutes since i last saw the outside world, and there being inches of snow […]