El Pibe

Until you've been to Tommy's, yot(sic) don't know what proper treatment and care is. Guys(sic) is poor

Saturday 15th February 2014 Sunderland 1 V 1 Southampton Cardiff 1 V 2 Wigan Sheff Wed 0 V 1 Charlton Man City 2 V 1 Chelsea Sunday 16th February 2014 Everton 2 V 0 Swansea Sheff Utd 1 V 2 Nottm Forest Arsenal 1 V 1 Liverpool Monday 17th February 2014 Brighton 1 V 3 Hull

well done caroline lucas for imploring the government to make their policy more evidnce based, although somewhat undermined by her support for NHS funded homeopathy....whoops!

They've already responded with a 'but look what we're doing aren't we marvellous' which actually amounts to very little of substance (no pun intended), despite some very good recommendations, and some bleating about education and prevention. Meanwhile business as usual.

"oh dear moos has been taken "il"" qotw nomination. And yes moos, most jealous. especially given the cold grey squall sat atop London right now.

J-Lo?

Nothing really nearby, Royal Oak in Borough? THe Three Horseshoes in Willian?

best news story of the day http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/heathrow-security-confiscate-miniature-gun-from-toy-story-woody-figure-9121642.html Yes that's heathrow staff confiscating a 'gun'

On Jtrafer Sack's point, I'm sorry this happened Duncan, and I'm aware that there have been a handful of incidents over the years, so usual rules about caution apply really. I've been down the champion hill end to the hursery and back twice a day for four years and not a sniff, but them's the vagaries I guess.

tee hee, you said "I had just been to the dump"

The fact that the street lamp isn't working there at the moment probably isn't helping matters. My main concern for that spot is that the builders park up a very tall van which means cyclists don't get any visibility of the nursery gates, especially given the darkness. However they know there's a nursery there and shouldn't go as fast as they possibly can (yeah it's a hill I get it, try being responsible rather than indulgent though). My boy has been very nearly hit there and it would be, I have absolutely no doubt, fatal.

:) You must have spotted his obsessions with tautology or superfluity in language. I'm kind of with t.e.d. on this one, surely pre-warning is "tomorrow I'm going to tell you something really important ... byeeee"

Expect Kasparov's exile soon if this is anything to go by http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/07/putin-s-sochi-and-hitler-s-berlin-the-love-affair-between-dictators-and-the-olympic-games.html

Basically a pervasive sense of your own mortality, usually coupled with the heebie jeebies (non specific paranoia and a sense of just missing things at the edges of your vision). Apparently something to do with the low blood sugar, common or garden sleep deprivation and that alcohol can cause acute depression like symptoms in some chunk of your brain or other. It's insidious and generally will last all day, long after the more physical symptoms have gone. Sleep is the only cure, though a modest hair of the dog can help alleviate it. I'll usually get it if there has been more than one session within a few days, a 'compound hangover' if you will. In this case I've had a couple of leaving drinks with different friends during the week and a fairly hefty one with my brother. Add to that stress from moving and my little one had an operation a week ago and I'm vaguely amazed I haven't fallen apart at the seams.

I'm still a little shaky from Saturday despite being in bed at half 8 last night!! To be honest I can cope with a good old fashioned thumpy head, it's "The Fear" I can't handle these days.

A cursory search reveals that "Since the 'underclass' is breeding at almost 3x the rate of the educated classes and has been for decades" would appear to be simply made up. That birth rates are similar across socio-economic class though lower socio-economic status will tend toward having them younger, marginally higer rates stemming from ethinicity and religion (namely mainly catholics and south asians) and recent migrants. http://populationmatters.org/documents/family_sizes.pdf https://www.york.ac.uk/inst/spru/research/nordic/ukdemo.PDF

Maybe it can provide the impetus to get them going. It was great to see so many faces from different bits of our lives, including a surprise turn out by quite a sizeable Irish contingent. So thanks again for everyone for coming, it's made us miss the ol' place even more, but in a warm feeling sort of way!!

Thanks for coming. I was really touched by the turn out as you may have spotted from my dumbfounded 'speech'. And thanks again to otta for an inspired set, from the tailored version of living on a prayer to the bing bong song.

I'm run down after being rather tired and emotional

excellent!!

Is it just me or is today's google doodle a bit mischevious?

foxes, I mean seriously, they're loud!!!!!

plus, given that new quiet engines are louder than concorde, it's the simple existence of sound rather than a qualatitive difference that is at issue.

I was so born in the 70s, but Stephen Malkmus.

I'm genuinely curious as to what the alternatives are to getting over it. Seriously. There was a trial, it made things worse. There could be another trial but it'll always essentally be 'let someone else have it' We could alternate routes, but it seems to me that it wouldn't make much difference as it's the times it happens that drive people crackers, the days it doesn't go unnoticed. So .. genuinely .. what's being proposed within our power to do anything?