Archive for September 8th, 2003

Amazon Embraces The Religious Divide

In these interesting times, as acts of terrorism committed in the name of religion become more commonplace, I was delighted that Amazon would give me the following suggestion:

[image removed - "Perfect Partners" "Buy Both" offer on the King James Bible and the Quoran]

I might just click on the button, just so I feel that I’ve done my bit. See also a BBC Talking Point article on the subject of Islamaphobia

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Quacks Do Echo, Thank You Very Much

At long last, I feel justified! As a long-time arguer (as much out of reason as playing devil’s advocate) that a duck’s quack should make an echo just like any other sound, recent research reported by the BBC demonstrates the fallacy of the widely-accepted myth!

In other news, it looks like my suggestion to Paul to go in to Burger King and meet the manager paid off – Paul now has a job!

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Early

Like Kit, I woke up surprisingly early. Then decided to go back to sleep and as such will now be late for work. Ah well.

Need to get ready for a presentation I have to give at the Park Hall Hotel tomorrow as my contribution to the Cymru Prosper Wales scheme, which funds small businesses in rural areas for employing undergraduates, and has been slipping my boss a few to give me a summer job, which I’d have had anyway. Hmm…

Paul left his shoes here. Does that mean he walked home barefoot last night?

Anyway, off to work…