i don't know quite how this happened but there's been loads of stuff in the news and blogs today of interest. maybe i'm the only person on the planet who doesn't know that wednesdays are, like, *always* nerdy news days...
so , in partisan order...
the x-files are back! new movie almost definitely going to happen. read the article on reuters
some dudes at the radio times thought it would be a great idea to have a poll on the best sci-fi tv programmes ever. doctor who was not in the running, apparently, so guess what came first? red dwarf! i can't find the original poll results, so here's a second hand version from shiny shiny (popunder alert). and, as boo said, it's nice that craig charles is in the news for something other than his crack habit.
and then there's the shocking and yet utterly unsurprising news that despite the internet bringing information to the masses, the american public know less about the real world than they did a decade ago. read wired's article: Despite the Web, Americans Remain Woefully Ill-Informed
and last but not least, it appears that the owner of whole foods - who've just moved into the UK with a mammoth store in central london, amid much furore that they're purveyors of junk food for the thinking classes (it might be organic, but it's still got over-refined oils, sugars etc in it and flown halfway across the world, not good to the suppliers, i could go on...) - has been upping the company's financial reputation by posting anonymous messages on yahoo's financial message boards. basically, he's been promoting the company as one to watch as a non-interested party. and they're about to slam him for it. the reg has the down and dirty: Whole Foods CEO sorry for message board trolling
food diary
green juice - watercress, spinach, rocket, apples, carrots, mint, ginger
half a kilo of grapes, banana
mixed leaf salad with peppers, onion, tomatoes
green smoothie - banana, nectarine, mixed greens and pinch of chocolate (definitely some comfort eating here!)
i've had a few things on freecycle to try to, er, recycle and they just haven't moved, so what a relief that finally two large bags of stuff have now gone to somewhere they'll be used, instead of taking space up in alphonso the third (deceased). and it also means we have a little more room to manoeuvre while we get ourselves ready for mum and dad's visit.
the handyman came round today and ploughed through his long list of small jobs which will make things so much better. for instance, the runners and handles on the kitchen drawers now work - i'm sure you can imagine how evil it's been with drawers that slide off their runners all the time. he's replaced the bathroom door handle as the old one had stopped working and i was worried that one day i'd get stuck in the loo (to uproarious laughter from my family, as i managed to lock myself in the loo as a kid and they won't let me forget it.) and he's done a few other bits and pieces. progress. huzzah!
