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WorkingMummy

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  1. Yes but quite often there is a game changer. Food this is, not porn. Something new you want to cook regularly, that instantly enters your personal cannon.
  2. Quite. We tamed the wolf into the poodle. I'd rather have wild foxes in london than see people walking round with broken spirited toy sized "fogs". Please don't feed foxes. It's a right nuisance and is contrary to their interests, as per LD's post. Disclaimer: I am against the reintroduction of wolves to the Home Counties. :-)
  3. Thank you EP212! Sounds goooood. Loving this thread.
  4. Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > WorkingMummy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > To clarify: I disagree with everything you say, > > other than the idea that god (a theistic one at > > least) is an idea which human beings, > especially > > those made vulnerable by crippling poverty and > > lack of education, neither need nor deserve. > > So which bit do you disagree with? That we can recognise anything with something other than our brains. That ambiguity in the word "frog" (Frenchman/amphibian) somehow undermines the significance of the startling lack of evidence of the exustence of any god. But this is now the type of conversation I don't want to have on my doorstep. (Fully recognising, Alan, that you have neither knocked on my door, nor are trying to "introduce" me to god.) :-)
  5. Just picking up on woodrot's sympathy for the disillusioned faithful, I bet very few people lose their faith over this. I wish more would, but they won't. I am a fraud lawyer. One of the interesting things about my job is seeing, time and time again, how apparently intelligent, careful people fall for absolutely transparent bullshit in the hands of the right con man (normally is a man). I see zero difference between the average fraudster I deal with and the average religious leader I see parading about in our culture. It's a con designed to part you from your money, people, a very powerful con. I'm sure the average priest is convinced of the validity of the bullshit himself - but ALL self-respecting fraudsters believe their own patter. You should hear the lies they tell themselves (and hence me). Wake up and leave the collective delusion, people. World would be a much better place if you did....
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  7. To clarify: I disagree with everything you say, other than the idea that god (a theistic one at least) is an idea which human beings, especially those made vulnerable by crippling poverty and lack of education, neither need nor deserve.
  8. "We are not worthy" bullshit is the worst. But as it happens, Alan, I agree. My children do not deserve a god of any description. I'm hoping to leave them a legacy of free thought and open hearts rather than the any kind of medieval/voodoo/fairies in the garden totalitarian clap-trap.
  9. Richard Dwarkins does not claim to disprove the existence of God. He argues that, on the evidence available, the existence of God is extremely unlikely.
  10. EP212 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Today I am making lamb tagine with sweet sweet > potatoes and okra... looking forward to dinner.. : > ) EP212, can I have your recipe please? Always wanted to use okra and never have. For easy meet dishes, Nigellisima's Italian Roast Chicken with Saffron Orzotto (like risotto, but with pearl barley and much less of a hassle to make) is the best chicken dish ever and is very easy and quick. The BBC food website has it.
  11. Ours has ?100 per week. Her hours have varied but supposedly 25 per week (she has often done a lot more). We have three children though, and she moved in when newborn was one day old. She worked whenever I needed her in those days and was so helpful and kind. We treat her as one of the family. She eats with us, is welcome to anything from fridge etc. I think this us the key to happiness of us all. Ours us leaving this week and we are all sad about it. We did not pay for flights but she was here already.
  12. Extractor seems to be working but don't know how to check really. Room not full of steam after shower so I guess yes. Will try that spray from amazon.
  13. You are expert on you. They are just there to help.
  14. If you can get hold of fresh, round head radicchio (not red chicory, it ruins the recipe) then radicchio spaghetti. The Greek grocers on Camberwell Church Street always has tonnes. Finely chop one onion, 2 garlic cloves. Shred and wash two large radicchios. Finely chop bunch basil and small bunch fresh parsley. Cube 200 gr easy melting cheese, like fontina or St Gall or Gryuere. You also need a splash cider and 200 ml vege stock (from bouillon). Fry onion in olive oil until soft. Add garlic, stir for minute. Add radicchio, stir till starts to wilt. Splash in some cider (or calvados if feeling classy) and boil off. Add hot vege stock. Stir. Let simmer till most of liquid evaporated. Turn heat off. Sprinkle cubed cheese and herbs on top. Place lid on and leave. Cook spaghetti. Combine. Top off with chopped walnuts or pistachios to garnish if you like. Serve with Parmesan. My all time favourite comfort food.
  15. Bone Machine - Pixies
  16. And, according to Newsnight, he was sacked by the pope.
  17. Richard Dwarkins has a good way of thinking about the absurd, irrational ideas which Sue describes, to which reply is impossible. He refers to units of cultural or religious ideas or beliefs as "memes" (as opposed to genes). In both "The Selfish Gene" and "The Good Delusion" he expounds the idea (which I don't think he originated) that, just as competition between genes for limited resources leads to natural selection in favour of genes better adapted for survival - leading to evolution of a species - so competition operates between different religious ideas for space within the human brain/collective consciousness/culture. His hypothesis is that a meme (for example, the "Jesus Christ died to save mankind from hell" meme) which contains, as a basic building block, the idea that rejection of the meme itself will result in some horrific consequence (eternal damnation in hell) has a very large advantage in this competition. It is therefore a meme which is very well adaptated to take hold and evolve into exactly the sort of brainless dogma which is immune to argument (thereby ensuring the meme's survival). I find this idea helpful when (trying to be genuinely well intentioned) I am dealing with the religiously obsessed people I love. (Nod, smile, and try to change the subject.)
  18. Hi Julia2009. We made a decision not to go with Herne Hill or the Dulwich schools, and withdrew our LO from all the assessments in favour of a place at The Villa in Camberwell instead. But this is a very good idea. I may nick it, and post a thread suggesting a pre-union for The Villa in a few weeks time. Good luck. WMx
  19. To ring the changes to the risotto theme, have you tried Nigella's "Saffron Orzotto"? It's barley, not rice, but cannot resist suggesting it in view of its name. :-) Again my kids love it and it's a lot less bother than risotto. If you can actually bear to watch Nigella fornicating at you on screen: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00z3vfb If not, there's a free preview from her latest book: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1-sbkcqZHEQC&pg=PT378&lpg=PT378&dq=nigellissima+saffron+orzotto&source=bl&ots=KjQ_v5z948&sig=XltrTSeDm882QenqSM87mpNlqh8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iOErUYmHKcPN0QXw54HwCg&ved=0CGAQ6AEwCA The Italian Roast Chicken she does with this (chicken on a bed of leeks and peppers with dried olives tossed on top) is now our standard Friday night easy supper. (For "on a bed" read, plonk the raw chicken on top of raw leeks (cut into three) and raw peppers (quartered). Stick a lemon (halved) into the cavity of chicken. Sprinkle half a jar of air-dried olives over the top. Drizzle with oil. Whack into the over. Best smelling, most delicious roast chicken of all time, IMO.)
  20. Dead - The Pixies
  21. Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't believe they have good intentions, if you > do something for brownie points then it's > ultimately self serving. What Jeremy said. I find the whole, "We have the secret and you do not"/"We have GOD ALMIGHTY all worked out and you do not" thing conceited and arrogant and necessarily NOT well intentioned. JW, born again, catholic mission, doesn't matter. Don't like it. Don't see the good intention in it.
  22. Bathroom about a year old. Have those horrid black dots appearing on the sealant strip between tiles and shower tray. Anyone know of a magic solution to this? __________________________ World's most boring thread ever. WMxx
  23. Cranks Fast Food "Carrot and Fresh Thyme Risotto". I know it doesn't sound great (an Italian friend of mine nearly stopped me when she saw me make it) but is amazing (and she loves it). My kids love it too and it's very healthy. My only changes to original recipe are to grate carrots rather than chop them (which makes the carrot disappear) and to use home made chicken stock instead of vegetable bouillon powder. Cranks Fast Food has a very good rice section full of yummy healthy stuff. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cranks-Fast-Food-Vitality-Health/dp/1841881589
  24. Tomorrow Never Dies - Sheryl Crow
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