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I read the news today, oh boy 4,000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire And though the holes were rather small They had to count them all Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall 3rd verse, The Beatles – A Day in the Life -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last

Here’s a cheeky concept I came across watching a truly woeful BBC-filler show on brains. To show that our mind shuts things we see out and fills in from memory or guesswork, the viewer was invited to take in everything from a flickering image of two people on baby-bikes.

One the five largest icebergs ever seen by man appeared this week. The finger of land that curls towards S America from Antarctica saw the giant float free from (‘calved’ in the lingo) the Larsen C ice-shelf and drift into the Weddell Sea. Called A68 (after the Antarctic quadrant [https:

Alright, so I love the vibe to transmog [http://salespodder.com/the-more-seductive-referendum-phrase-pushed-instead-of-change/] . There’s a widely used, now debunked as a myth, Aussie “survey” finding that when current students enter the workforce, two-thirds of them will do jobs that don’t exist today. Despite the absence of any such original

Here’s an interesting concept from aviation. The speed reached by a plane on a runway at which it is not possible to abort the take-off is calledV1. It’s a critical moment. Known as the “commit to fly” speed. This whole area holds a quiet fascination. Wikipedia alone at

Forever one to marvel at the perils of online life, who knew a milder version of catfishing was a current hot trend. The world rightly brays at this original concept of someone hiding behind a completely made-up, misleading and often malevolent cyber persona. Especially when created to lure and harm

As sea trials began of the largest ever ship built for the British Navy, Big Lizzie to her friends, seasoned war correspondent Max Hastings was among many informed observers decrying the “£6billion blunder that should be scuttled [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4645434/Pride-Britain-HMS-Queen-Elizabeth-6bn-blunder.html] “. I’ve blogged before

In the UK, it is said that a general practice doctor sees on average 400 different ailments each year present to them. A contentious figure. Tenuously stretching out as many conditions as possible which are so close they’d be better grouped as one. I note their spokesperson I heard

I do like it when I get a reminder of b2b selling traps in a retail environment. On the same day of shopping, I encountered these two different examples. First, a bubbly young lady in a smart shirt shop. As soon as I walked in to her empty store, she

The music industry. The talent and publicforever ripped off by the forefathers of banksters. Nasty restrictive record companies constantly pickpocketing the creatives, denying them their true worth, whilst simultaneously overcharging the customer and dictating what they can and cannot hear. And they act surprised when technology enables the empowered listener