Author Archives: Leigh

OK, let’s just gather our breath for one second here. 100,000 people? That’s a lot. I wonder where it came from? According to Anthony Cox at Black Triangle, it comes from the Lancet, an established medical journal. So it must be true!!! Kill the Government!!! Hmm. Let’s have a look at the report itself. Findings […]

It turns out the Michael Jackson was innocent after all. Hmm, I don’t exactly believe that statement, but it’s certainly true that a jury has judged him not guilty of child molestation. Could this be because there was very little evidence against him, and that all the witnesses were there for the money? Probably. It’s […]

I’ve always used Yahoo! Mail for all my email needs, but just lately they’ve decided to try and wind me up. For some reason, every time I send an email I’m having to fill in one of those silly “Anti-spam” boxes on a web form, giving me a skewed picture with some letters hidden in […]

Well, it’s all over, another Labour victory for the UK. It was a slight surprise given all the media reporting and all the people I know voting for something else. Looking at the results, it doesn’t look as though anyone else had a real chance.Locally, the Cambridge results were somewhat interesting, with a major shift […]

With the forthcoming UK election, I thought I’d add some comments to those already floating around the web. My father is currently in soapbox mode, ranting every time the news comes on, which is always entertaining to watch, even if it hampers rational debate. It’s struck me that the fundamental decision for most voters will […]

Wiki:A sort of online community scheme system device webpage which creates data and allows the whole community to edit it. Thus eventually an end product is produced which everyone is happy with. Examples include http://en.wikipedia.org .

In Cambridge I frequently get an opportunity to mull over the impact of evangelical Christianity. This sounds like a completely random statement, but it’s truth lies in the way the University Christian Union insists on forcing its agenda down everyone’s throats. I have a certain respect for them as a Christian myself, and a certain […]

I don’t mean to be anti-American at all, I’ve just come across both of these issues recently and thought I’d mention them. Doctor CBB at CodeBlueBlog produced the following article about breast cancer screening in Britain. Having read this Blog for a while, I’ve realised how the author passionately believes in the US healthcare system, […]

Reading http://www.fark.com I came across the folllowing news: http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=1000639&tw=wn_wire_story It’s nice to see that perhaps somebody will profit from the deaths of thousands. We expect a hearing within 30 days,” Austrian lawyer Gerhard Podovsovnik told Reuters. “We don’t earn any money on the lawsuit. We want to help people,” he said. “We are suing to […]

Besides being an epic choral work by Copland, it’s the first post of this…