There is no way on GGE that I am surrendering my genetic data to anyone, let alone a company whose results I can’t independently validate.

Once they have your data, they have your data and will do with it what they want.

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You know where has a good town centre?

York. Love going round there.

I do most of the cooking chez nous and so far no objections.

Quick, easy, and good is chili using a slow cooker.
As much meat as you like. Tons of tomatoes in juice, as well as paste.
Fried onions, peppers […]

Wait, I didn’t get that memo?

Lung collapses can’t scuba? Crap; better readjust my Australia goals.

Uh, doesn’t everyone?

I’ve done that as long as I can remember.

It’s Autumn here you NH-centered person you!

The media thing is factor that can’t be discounted, although we can debate to what degree.

Let’s not forget two words that cause the majority of the media, especially the tabloids, will sway right: Leveson Two.

All this talk about Labour losing their core voters.

I suspect that the old fashioned Labour core voter no longer exists in critical enough mass.

If my son sees this and adds to his birthday list, I’m coming after you.

if I add it to my list, Sharon will etc etc

The world seems happy enough to have a much higher clotting risk when it’s women taking contraception.

There is an air of sexist hypocrisy around the AZ vaccine.

Michael Slater is taking two weeks, unpaid in, I think, the Maldives so he can get home.

Possibly missing from the commentary is the tension between the States and the Federal Govt. Right now the States are being asked to shoulder the burden of arrivals, and some (hello WA!) have publicly said that […]

Collins also became Director of the Air and Space Museum(s) in D.C., which may end up being a much more tangible legacy.

I’ve read a lot of the biographies and histories of the Mercury – Apollo programs, and […]

His Father, probably, who shows most of the same characteristics.

There’s always the likely chance that he was just born a prick.

A letter from Eton made it clear that even then he didn’t think that the normal rules applied to him.

Fuck that psychoanalyzing. He’s a self entitled arrogant prick.

It may be taught in the US, but that doesn’t mean a great deal.

My son is bright. He’s doing 4 AP classes, including US History. His other classes are Honours classes (broadly, first year of University lev […]

TimTams – the Australian Penguin – have been bringing out a few new varieties. I have, duty bound, tried them all.

Not a duff one among them.

But: it wouldn’t increase my total spend on them. I may buy a […]

I was at prep school with his son. His father was a better player.