Trips

Posted on Wed 05 April 2006 in misc • Tagged with politics

I caught All in the Mind on the way home last night. They were discussing the possible therapeutic uses of various recreational psychoactive compounds and the problems clinicians have studying them because of their legal status. I've always held that there should be more research into these compounds not withstanding …


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Late Night, Early Evening

Posted on Thu 02 February 2006 in misc • Tagged with politics

I'm working late again tonight in an effort to get everything lined up for heading down to Philipa's at a reasonable time tomorrow. Luckily one of the milestone tests is now working with my code (well works 1 time out of 3 but thats a hell of an improvement on …


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One thing done right

Posted on Wed 01 February 2006 in misc • Tagged with politics

It was nice to see parliament protecting free speech last night. It was a little annoying to hear ministers saying the defeat was "political opportunism" on the part of the opposition parties, much the same line as was trotted out last time. I'm generally of the view this current government …


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Need to Know?

Posted on Wed 14 December 2005 in misc • Tagged with politics

Well it seems we shall be given a "Narrative of Events" written by a civil servant to draw a line under the July 7th London Bombings. While I do believe an awful lot of money is wasted on needless public inquiries I don't think this will be one of them …


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