Archive for June, 2008
big cuz: update
Not that there’s much I can tell you.
He’s been up and down since admission to Neuro-Intensive. His intercranial pressure is all over the place. At 25, they like to go in and drill holes in the head to relieve it. He was up at 40. He had a cooling line put in yesterday which seemed [...]
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waiting
At 4am, Big Cuz, father of Baby O, smashed his car into a railway bridge on a fast road just outside Little City. At 6am, I was woken by Little Cuz calling from Little City A&E where he is in majors. At first, the news was simply that he was there and his brain had [...]
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the blues
the problem with self awareness is… I can feel the blues coming on. I just can’t seem to stop them.
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nothing short of a miracle
This story has left me absolutely astonished.
An 18 month-old toddler was pronounced dead this morning after falling into the River Thames. Thames Valley Police released a statement to the media and I first became of aware of it when it appeared as a “breaking news” item on the BBC website. The little girl’s parents were [...]
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broadband bollocks continues
Oh dear. This is too funny.
All three of us are in the house this evening.
Yet just a moment ago, this email dropped into my inbox from Steve. I am not even kidding!!!
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mindless vandalism
Now, this might strike you a pathetic, but it has really upset me.
I rode home from work nearly in tears this evening.
Some wanker has either vandalised or knocked my bike.
The left wing mirror has been broken off.
Ok, it’s only a bike.
But it’s my baby and I haven’t had it long and someone has broken it. [...]
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It’s been a while since I banged the cervical cancer awareness drum…
It has been announced today that the Department of Health has chosen HPV vaccine Cervarix over Gardasil as its vaccine of choice for the national HPV immunisation programme.
The UK’s leading cervical cancer charity Jo’s Trust has welcomed the news that the vaccine will be [...]
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I don’t know if anyone reading this lives in Wandsworth, but if you do, be warned. If you have a car and pay for an on-street parking permit, it seems that the bastards in the Technical Services Department’s Parking Permits arm are trying to swindle borough residents.
Recently, I posted back a renewal form for my [...]
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