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Did you see it? Concorde yesterday?

If you did, can you let me know? Despite sitting down in front of the telly, balancing the laptop precariously on my knees, and being tuned to the BBC. I missed it!!!

I have a bit of tendency to get caught up in what I’m doing (at that time, calculating how many change requests we’ve had per project release) and completely blot out everything else.

It’s fine at home, unless I’m wanting to watch Concorde’s last ever arrival of course, but is a bit of a problem at work. Maybe I need a ‘Do not disturb’ hat like one of the developers had at my last place. He didn’t wear it often but you knew not to go near him or he’d likely chew your arm off and beat you to death with the soggy end.

So I missed a historical occasion. Oops.

In other news, Jez is back so I won’t be ‘guesting’ there any more. I’ve packed my bags, said adieu to Chateau Jez, hopped on a taxi and headed for Diva Towers where I will be making the occasional appearance in the coming week.

I’ve an idea what I’ll be posting about over at Mike’s but not 100% sure if I’ll go with my original idea, or my backup plan … although considering I don’t yet have a backup plan I might be a bit stuck… hmmmm

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Just spotted that the BBC will be showing Concorde’s last ever arrival at Heathrow (or anywhere else) on the goggle-box today at 3:30pm.

And as I’m working at home I can plonk myself in front of the TV, with my wirelessly connected laptop and watch history.

(I KNEW there was a reason I needed that wireless connection)

bookmark_borderBloody Sunday

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Mark your calendars, 10:15pm on Sunday, BBC 1, Panorama.

It seems that the Vatican is claiming, condoms don’t stop Aids: “The Catholic Church is telling people in countries stricken by Aids not to use condoms because they have tiny holes in them through which the HIV virus can pass”.

Yes, you read that correctly.

Despite overwhelming evidence, researched by the World Health Organisation and other groups, that condom use reduces the risk of HIV infection by 90%, the Vatican’s Cardinal Trujillo said:
“They are wrong about that… this is an easily recognisable fact.”.

I’m almost at a complete loss of how to express myself about this. I’m no fan of the catholic church (nor religion in general to a degree) but this is astonishing.

It is probably easily explained, if not understood: as the catholic church loses place in society the Vatican staff look for other ways to enforce their ‘teachings’, and become more radical as they get more desperate. More worrying is the level of control and influence that they hold. They seem to be successfully trading on traditional values ‘gained’ through the Inquisition, than trying to adapt to modern times.

bookmark_borderSociety is crumbling

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The UK isn’t exactly the most ‘open’ society when it comes to matters surrounding… ahem… sex… but I would love to get a peek at the BBC News website referrer logs over the coming weeks after they’ve posted The new rules of sex.

Homosexuality, voyeurism, bestiality, necrophilia, indecent exposure and sex in a public place… on the BBC! Whatever is the world coming to… society is crumbling