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The Blood is The Life 27-03-2012

2012-03-27T09:00:17Z

Cookies for priveleged people
I often think that the "well done, have a cookie" response to people who are just waking up to their privelege is counterproductive. These still made me LOL
(tags: feminism )
I am starting to feel like this.
Sick of the special exemptions that religions get from civil life. Why should they be allowed to bugger about with legislation if they're not contributing?
(tags: rage )
Long-Awaited Medical Study Questions the Power of Prayer
Praying for poorly people doesn't make anything better and might make things worse if the patient knows about it. With that in mind, can Christians PLEASE stop this shit about praying for people who don't want anything to do with it?
(tags: religion )
Maybe it's just because I work in a craft store, but I see way to many parents trying to push strict gender roles on their kids
(tags: gender )
Maggie Aderin-Pocock: A woman on a mission, proving science isn't just for rich, white men - Science - News - The Independent
YAY LADY SCIENTISTS! Watched her on BBC2 last night. My God, she has the sexiest voice since Mariella Frostrup. Move over Brian Cox, there's a new hot scientist in town, and she can do Space better than you.
(tags: science feminism )
The Naked Rambler: the man prepared to go to prison for nudity
Can we not arrange for somebody to go and pick him up when he walks out of prison naked and drive him back over the border so he's not put straight back into prison again? Or can't we extradite him from Scotland or something? It's just not on that the poor bloke keeps being put back in prison.
(tags: freedom )
BBC - Doctor Who - First Preview of the New Series!
HEEEE! Dalek eyeball in the snow!
(tags: DoctorWho )
Singal Boost - BMW recalls 1.3 million 5 and 6 series models worldwide
I dunno if any of you lot drive a Beemer, but it's worth knowing this.
(tags: motoring )
Proving you're gay to the Turkish army
(tags: lgbt )
BBC News - Chocolate 'may help keep people slim'
So being allergic to chocolate is what makes me fat, AMIRITE? ;)
(tags: food )
BBC News - Viewpoint: How hackers could decapitate the internet
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The Blood is The Life 15-03-2012

2012-03-15T09:00:01Z

Womanthology: Heroic: now available on Amazon uk.
... for Twentyfive quid. Looks like it's time to start saving, or scrimping something from another bit of the budget...
(tags: comics )
BBC News - Project Barcelona to see BBC open archive for downloads
To all the other broadcasters bitcfhing about this: make better programmes and then maybe repeats of BBC stuff wuldn't be more attractive?
(tags: telly )
An A from Eton is worth less than an A from Scumbag Comprehensive, and Oxbridge admissions tutors know it
WARNING! Contains Torygraph
(tags: education )
HUD secretary says a homeless person costs taxpayers $40,000 a year
That's a lot more than it costs me to run a household. Which begs the question: why don't we just give these people houses? If having benefit scroungers is actually CHEAPER than punishing them, then what's the problem?
(tags: homelessness )
I Am The New Sheriff Of The Internet And I Say The Daily Mail Can Go Fuck Itself
Of course, those of us who are in the know have been doing this for YEARS...
(tags: media dailymail )
This week's Jesus and Mo
"Many thanks to today’s guest scriptwriter, Cardinal Keith O’Brien."
(tags: funny )
strangecharm on why she's NOT leaving the Lib Dems
I feel so proud and humble to know someone as articulate and empathetic as Holly, and more importantly, to not have offended her enough to make her hate me (yet). And I hereby promise to never stop shouting at people in positions of authority who don't see what the problem is.
(tags: awesome )
Tardis Eternity Ring.
This is a thing which I would love to have. But I think a better use for it than sitting on my finger would be as a wedding ring for the two biggest Who geeks in the world. So we need to get equal marriage legalised so we can buy two of these - one each for Richard and Alex. Who's with me?
(tags: awesome )
Women in the Media as in Society? | | Feminist Law Professors
(tags: feminism )
Moving Target -
Empty Child is the best one, I think. All things Doctor Who should have MOAR Six and MOAR Chris Achilleos
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Of course, when it comes to Who Art, nobody will ever beat Chris Achilleos.
Not ever.
(tags: art DoctorWho )
Dave Godfrey demonstrates EXACTLY the right attitude to Weekly Food Challenge
"This is what you're supposed to do, this is what I actually did, this is how it turned out, not exactly what was expected but hey, who cares?"
(tags: food )
Oxford college offers old Etonians £4,000 to study “common people” | Political Scrapbook
They can come and study me if they like. I'll give the little buggers an edjamacation
(tags: epicfail )
Byte Me | Batman Themed Tarot Cards
Some of these are gorgeous; I especially like The Moon (less keen on Temperance)
(tags: comics )
Comparative Sex-Specific Body Mass Index in the Marvel Universe and the "Real" World.
Interesting stuff
(tags: feminism funny comics )

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The Blood is The Life 05-03-2012

2012-03-05T09:00:01Z

Retro Thrills from Ilex Press
These look awesome! I defin itely want the horror, scifi and crime ones.
(tags: comics )
Tessera: Marriage is for Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve
How to counter the fatuous arguments put forward by the anti marriage equality lobby
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Helen Duffett: Unequal marriage: When a tradition becomes a reason, becomes an excuse, becomes a straitjacket
"Claiming that someone else's marriage is against your religion is like being angry at someone for eating a donut because you're on a diet" - Helen picks out the best quote ever.
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Is the food revolution just a great big fat lie?
This article has somewhat muddled thinking, but raises some interesting ideas.
(tags: food )
How much does one pay for a parliamentary seat?
Depressing
(tags: politics )
Disgruntled Radical: What's Liberal about this coalition ?
This is, increasingly, how I feel. Sadly, all the other parties are worse.
(tags: libdemmery )
Watching the debut of DC Comic Nation with the target audience
(tags: telly comics )
Many things to build out of lego
... including tank girl and her tank.
(tags: toys )

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The Blood is The Life 28-02-2012

2012-02-28T09:00:10Z

Pixar finally do a film with a female protagonist
(tags: feminism film )
The Racist Tree
(tags: fic racism )
FBI Turns Off Thousands of GPS Devices After Supreme Court Ruling - Digits - WSJ
This is going to affect the plotlines of NCIS, Bones, Castle, etc...
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What Happens to the Coke in Coca-Cola?
Interesting factoids about a drink I can't even drink
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Meet the Governors Behind "State-Rape" Transvaginal Ultrasound Laws (It's Not Just Virginia) | | AlterNet
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Aggressive Secular Workplace Discrimination? | Sarah Brown's Blog
Auntie Sarah punctures the myth of aggressive secularism as pushed by certain religionists.
(tags: religion )
BBC News - Fresh legal challenge on badger culling
Hurrah!
(tags: badgers )
BBC News - DNA reveals Neanderthal extinction clues
YAY Science!
(tags: Science )
Gender-swapped Doctors are our new favorite form of Doctor Who cosplay
?Bookmarked for the pictures; needs moar six, though
(tags: cosplay feminism DoctorWho )
weekly_food_challenge | Recent Entries
There's been a couple of entrants for challenge #1 - anyone else fancy having a go?
(tags: food )
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - A Review
Could be tempted by this, but not necessarily on the big screen.
(tags: film )
Liberal England: Sarah Teather and the "educated liberal elite"
I don't agree with Jonathan Clader on everything, but sometimes he just has a way of putting things...
(tags: libdemmery )

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Challenge #1 is up on Weekly Food Challenge

2012-02-23T23:14:32Z

... and you can find it here. Pop over and join in if you fancy it :)

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The Blood is The Life 17-02-2012

2012-02-17T09:00:06Z

UK Now Seizing Music Blogs (With American Domains) Over Copyright Claims | Techdirt
More on the RnBXclusive thing
(tags: censorship )
The curse of Grace Hopper
This is fabulous. If you're even slightly geeky you should take the 30 seconds out of your day to read it.
(tags: Feminism comics )
Cooking for Geeks - O'Reilly Media
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaant
(tags: food )
The Girls' Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse
3
(tags: zombies Feminism )
David Cameron knows the drug laws aren't working; his failure to change them is simple cowardice
WARNING: contains Torygraph
(tags: politics )
More attempts by the music and film industries to rage against the dying of the light...
(tags: censorship )
There. are. Batgirl. Converse. Sneakers.
... and it'd cost me ab out a squillion pounds to obtain them with Journeys' ridiculous international postage policies
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Comments on Unilad from some of their readers.
Profoundly depressing and very triggery.
(tags: epicfail )
Just A Quick Note to Atheists (From an Atheist)
"If you’re offended, Get over it. Realize that being offended is much better than being oppressed." - good advice for life, there.
(tags: isms )
The 2012 Oscars and The Bechdel Test
This ten minute video has the best explanation of the Bechdel Test I have seen in a long time; it also has assessments of this year's best picture nominees. Also featuring BONUS GEORGE TAKEI!
(tags: Feminism )

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Today I Are Bin Mostly... In the Kitchen

2012-01-25T14:51:47Z

Veg box came today, and we had some leftover stuff from last week too, so I have been busy in the kitchen. I have a HUGE pan of French Onion Soup, two cottage pies, a pan of bolognese sauce, some cheesy jacket potatoes, some fresh squeezed juice, and ten two-person portions of mixed veg all prepped and ready to just throw in the steamer. This afternoon I shall be making crumbles and pies and bananananana bread. I feel I have acheived something.

Anyone want some french onion soup?

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The Blood is The Life 22-01-2012

2012-01-22T09:00:01Z

Drunk Texts from the U.S.S. Enterprise
This is very very silly
(tags: silly trek )
BBC News - Live music red tape likely to be relaxed
A victory for the sensible wing of the Lib Dems. Now if only we could restrain those who keep voting with the Tories on stuff like bashing the disabled it'll all be good...
(tags: libdemmery music )
This anti-gay marriage stance is far worse than homophobic
Amen to that.
(tags: bloodytories )
Sleep preserves and enhances unpleasant emotional memories
One of the few things that makes me glad for my insomnia
(tags: memory sleep )
Tom Baker Made Me a Dirty WHOer
I think the title says it all.
(tags: doctorwho )
Are Women People?
Ooooo I don't know... What do you think?
(tags: feminism )
Split Horizons: Bad News on Redistributing Supermarket Salaries
Interesting response to an interesting original article
(tags: economics )
On being harassed: a little GF history and some current events | Geek Feminism Blog
This entry made me cry
(tags: feminism )
Met Police wins appeal over G20 kettling tactics
OFFS
(tags: police protest )
Top Income Tax Rate: How's 83% Sound?
Start frothing now...
(tags: economics )
Are There Fundamental Laws of Cooking?
Combining my daddy's two favourite things: science and cooking.
(tags: science food )
Does marriage really make people happier? Study finds few well-being advantages to marriage over cohabitation
Witness my face of not-surprise
(tags: psychology relationships )
For women in business, the squeaky wheel doesn’t get the grease - The Washington Post
Witness my face of not-surprise. Again.
(tags: gender )

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The Blood is The Life 11-01-2012

2012-01-11T16:00:07Z

Londonkds has a grim reading of what happens to the Thals in Who Canon....
... which I think is disturbingly plausible
(tags: doctorwho )
Qwghlm on why narrow focus is bad in teaching.
He talks specifically about code here, but I think this could apply to pretty much any subject area; teaching kids to think and problem-solve is more important than teaching by rote.
(tags: education )
Andrew Ducker corrects a commonly held misconception.
Labour do not tend to win elections because of Scotland
(tags: politics )
Chinese Britons have put up with racism for too long
I'm shocked but not totally surprised by this
(tags: racism )
Jesus and Mo pit student groups against each other
Surprised that nobody has made the point that Mo is not a depiction of the prophet, but a depiction of a lookalike....
(tags: atheism education )
The Phoenix Comic
This looks really interesting, if somewhat worthy. Unfortunately none of my local newsagents are stocking it. Has anyone actually SEEN a copy?
(tags: comics )
The Burger Lab: Revisiting the Myth of The 12-Year Old McDonald's Burger That Just Won't Rot (Testing Results!) | A Hamburger Today
YAY food science!
(tags: science food )
Chicken Yoghurt calls Time
I shall miss Justin's wit. And his randomised scans from classic 2000ad. Nobody else gives Devlin Waugh the prominence he deserves....
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Weapons Grade Salsa

2009-10-16T21:43:54Z

Upon finishing my shift at work tonight I had a pint or two of Goose Eye Over and Stout. When we got home I was a little peckish, but I found half a bag of Hint of Lime Doritos in the cupboard, so I thought I know! I'll make salsa and have Nachos!

1 small onion, diced, and sweated in a knob of butter.
3 cloves of garlic.
4 medium sized tomatoes.
1 tiny, weeny, home-grown habanero chili

I grated some cheese over the Doritos, microwaved them for one minute, and poured the salsa over the top. Then I ate them. I am sweating, my nose is running, and my eyes are watering, but BY CTHULHU THAT WAS AMAZING.

matgb touched his finger to the salsa, and got the tiniest drop, not even visible, on it. Then he touched his finger to his tongue. Then he ran downstairs, shouting BLOODY HELL!!!! for a glass of milk and a yoghurt. Gret Southern Softie.

Me personally, I think I underdid the garlic a touch. Mat says he's not going to kiss me tonight :(

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Aside from Gardening...

2009-07-30T23:02:37Z

... and the planning of gardening (my seed potatoes came today! And also I have planted some of these, because what more appropriate flower could there be for our garden?) and work... today, I are bin mostly making these.

They should be just about ready for my birthday.

:D

Hope you are all well. I should be back to normal soon; I actually have some days off coming up! Imagine the luxury! Also, lots of unread emails and unreplied-to comments to sort out, but I will get to them, I swear.

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