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Entries from January 8th, 2007

So its Watford!

January 8th, 2007 · Comments Off on So its Watford! · Life

West Ham could have done a lot worse in today’s FA Cup draw. Anyone but Reading was the silent prayer offered up by Curbishley. And its a home game, which is good. The trouble is that it has really raised the stakes around here – just think how unbearable Kerron will be if the Hammers […]

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Ugly Buildings. Again.

January 8th, 2007 · Comments Off on Ugly Buildings. Again. · Politics

There were two interesting articles in the papers today, which I will attempt to clumsily relate to each other. The first was Ashley Seager in the Guardian, arguing that we need a land tax to replace council tax and possibly allow reductions in VAT as well, and the second was in the Argus: a story […]

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Public Speaking

January 8th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Life

For some reason this story from almost a year ago appeared on the BBC News website today as one of the most e-mailed stories of the day. It is all about the stress involved in public speaking and whether sex can help. It boils down to a psychologist at the University of Paisley doing some […]

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Adverts

January 8th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Life

Remember back in November there were posters for Jools Holland’s album, which were prominently plugging the TV advert (“featuring Vic Reeves”) and giving the address to see it online? Well today’s TV listings in the Guardian had an advert for a PG Tips commercial to be shown at 8:45 tonight. The commercial features the return […]

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