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this is a really excellent blog -- Random Acts of Reality, the everyday life of a London ambulance driver.

highly recommended

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oh FFS - how I hate corporate greed.

"The Tolkien estate and Warners have sent out a lawyergram to the owner of shiremail.com, arguing that the word "Shire" belongs to them. The Register traces over 1,000 years of usage of the word "Shire" in England, and enumerates many towns with the word "shire" in their names across the English countryside."

from El Reg. And do read this wonderful letter from Groucho Marx to Warner Bros while you're at it.

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the Butler Report is out. If you're in a rush right now, start at around p. 160.