spirifer's weblog on Informed Consent http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/weblogs/spirifer/ The IC RSS Gadget webmaster@informedconsent.co.uk 360 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:17:22 GMT Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:17:22 GMT Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:17:22 GMT http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/221220/ What a great start to the new year! We returned from a really fun few days partying 'oop North' to find that our front door had been kicked in. Strangely, someone had rather nicely pulled it to, so we didn't at first realise what had happened. Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:29:05 GMT http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/220418/ you get given a book called The Leather Nun and your husband gets one called The Loving Dominant for Christmas... Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:23:37 GMT http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/220416/ I didn't think it was particularly on-topic for the Activism board, but it took an interesting turn and got to 96 posts. Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:53:01 GMT http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/220169/ Has anyone else been watching this? I was looking forward to it, as I've loved Mark Gatiss' previous writing, and a good horror story on TV at night really adds to the Christmas spirit. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:40:30 GMT http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/218041/ There are two really bright planets (I think they're planets because they don't twinkle) aligned in the early evening night sky at the moment. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:25:28 GMT http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/217900/ I just came across this gem from Rainbow, from the halcyon days of 80s kids' TV. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:18:47 GMT http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/217861/ I just came across this haunting version of this old ballad. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:39:23 GMT http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/216128/ Book looks good for bookworms or crosswords! Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:00:55 GMT http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/214480/ Story Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:55:11 GMT http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/214438/ More than 4,000 children aged five and younger were suspended from primary schools in England last year, government figures obtained by the Conservatives show. Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:44:50 GMT http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/214435/ Former child actor Mark Lester - who starred in the 1968 film version of the musical Oliver - is seeking damages of £150,000 from Associated Newspapers alleging libel and invasion of privacy over a story about his divorce. Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:10:34 GMT http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/214355/ So. Farewell Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:09:37 GMT http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/214292/ I just saw this - http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article5092860.ece Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:27:35 GMT http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/214276/ Maths that lies oh come on... Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:57:22 GMT http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/214256/ They're letting fireworks off in one of the gardens that I can (just about) see from my office window - a bit early, surely? Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:37:11 GMT http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/213550/ How could I have missed this gem up to now? Last night, after getting so incensed at Question Time broadcast from Washington (apparently the standard of political debate in the run up to the election of the most powerful man in the world is “Sarah Palin is great – she *has* got experience!” Audience screams and whoops. “No, Obama is great – he *has* got experience too!” More screaming and whooping…), I was channel-hopping and came across Natural Born Sellers. Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:46:32 GMT http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/212090/ I know you've arrived before I hear the door. The slightest creak of the gate but also a sharpening of my senses in anticipation of your arrival. Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:50:24 GMT http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/212071/ Many moons ago I used to occasionally correspond with a chap who would invariably start any online conversation with these words. Not the most original or imaginative tool in the woodshed, clearly, but great fun to while away the time with once in a while. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:13:19 GMT http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/204801/ Anthony Kiedis, or indeed *any* man wearing a thong as fucking hawt as the one he wears in this is welcome to stand over me and stroke his legs any day... Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:54:44 GMT http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/202626/ One of mine -