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19 December 2003   

 

Putting up the Xmas tree

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I dunno how it became my job, but here I am helping putting up the tree with little helpers. I know it's gonna take ages, especially with the little helpers.
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Sorting out the correct branches and placing them in the correct holes is difficult enough.

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Then, putting the lights and decorations on. I let then rip first, sticking them all on the bottom, where they can reach I guess.
No Bradley, that's not supposed to go on the tree. Or, are you showing the fish the tree?

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Finished, with my rearranging. Which lasts all of one day.

Looks lovely, or it did.

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How to Get Your Products Featured in the Mainstream Press

I guess it's more about knowing or getting to know individual journalists. Which is one of my tasks for next year.


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How To Get A Book Deal With Your Blog

"The secrets of blog-to-book success."


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National strategy for technology nets £150million

"New government procurement guidelines to make government a more 'intelligent customer'"

Don't make me laugh.

"We want the UK to be a key knowledge hub in the global economy: a country with a reputation not only for outstanding scientific and technological discovery, but also for turning that knowledge into new and exciting products and services," said Science and innovation minister Lord Sainsbury, who has been leading a review of innovation policy.

Blogs connect innovative people, forces them into thinking before they write, and allows rapid peer collaboration and correction.


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UK: More than 1 in 5 are obese

It is going to be a more serious health problem than smoking.
If you are obese at 18, you are twice as likely to be dead at 50 than if you are at desirable weight. We are going to see significant numbers of people dying before their parents.
We are up against a food industry that is far bigger than the tobacco lobby ever was.

Very worrying. I see pictures on the net of ordinary Americans enjoying a night out, and they are nearly always very fat, very fat. And now Esme's going to school, the number of very fat kids is astonishing. Even at the swimming pool, it's shocking.

When I was a kid there was only one fat kid in the class, sure he was teased. In Esme's class there's 3 or 4 really fat kids, mainly boys. (¾ are boys anyway.)
 


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