I always find that if I get into the habit of not doing something, I can get quite good at it. After about a week of not drinking, I have got myself out of the habit and I go in search of chocolates instead. The downside of this is that I am also very good at getting back into habits. Dry January knocks me out of habitual boozing but by spring, as a bit of warmth sets in, off I go again. By autumn, something alcoholic passes my mouth on most ...
I kicked off my annual month of abstinence on New Year’s day. Initially, I was going to do what I have done for the last two years and leave it until February. However Jennifer wrecked that with a dramatic breaking news announcement that she was done with booze for a month.
Led by the Stronger Character
Of course, I could have just said “bully for you” and let her go alcohol free whilst I waited until February. There is a slight ...
It was just a couple of years ago that nurses were being lauded as national heroes. It was a fair accolade too, considering many of them were on the front line of a health crisis.
Covid Pots and Pans!
It is worth remembering that during the early stages of Covid, no one knew if there would be a vaccine. PPE was also in short supply increasing workers risks. This meant NHS staff were frantically trying to keep people alive whilst sticking ...
My dad gets delivered the New Scientist magazine every week. It keeps his 89-year-old brain chugging along and stops it from getting lazy. He then hands them down to me to try and get my woeful scientific brain out of neutral and into first gear.
Science fascinates me but I am not very good at it. I read some articles and my brain is saying, “Yep, yep…getting it…yep…yep…oh fuck, it’s gone!”. The best way to explain it is to ...
Boris Johnson has gambled on omicron, and it may well pay
off for him. What is alarming, is how all the populists are chasing after epidemiologists
like pack dogs. Forget facts, Sage got it all wrong. They were just trying to
scare us into lockdown for whatever reason you want to impulsively make up in
your head.
The truth is that Chris Whitty and sage had a decent idea
where omicron was heading, a few weeks ago. They knew it was going to ...
