Monthly Archives: August 2009

It gets worse

Posted on 12/08/2009 by Nell

I don’t know why I have become so interested in Obama’s fight for American health care reform. Perhaps because I am so appalled at the lengths some people will go to derail the greater good for personal gain, perhaps because … Continue reading →

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Wha..? why? What the…?

Posted on 11/08/2009 by Nell

How on earth did America become convinced that health care for all = government sanctioned euthansia?? The scenes of reasonable, logical and moral people doing their best to convince an ignorant minority that they have been the victims of an … Continue reading →

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‘Portentous’ and other words.

Posted on 07/08/2009 by Nell

Eerie, ominous, sinister, awesome, disquieting, cataclysmic, apocalyptic, baleful, calamitous, gloomy, ill-boding, unpropitious, forbidding, glowering, sullen, threatening, lugubrious, pensive, oppressive, malevolent, malignant, pernicious, baleful and maleficent*. Have you ever seen such a foreboding sky? * I saved my favourite for last. … Continue reading →

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Miscellany

Posted on 05/08/2009 by Nell

Cicadas have quite a long life cycle*, the nymphs burrow under ground where they live for around five years, they then exit their burrow, climb a plant and moult one last time into the adult morph. The old skins stay … Continue reading →

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The whole story.

Posted on 02/08/2009 by Nell

Please forgive me if this has more than my usual number of typos, I’ve had a couple of hours sleep now but I’m still very tired and a bit fuddled. I’m afraid there aren’t many pictures as we all found … Continue reading →

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