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Gone to: http://cfrankdavis.wordpress.com 15 Mar 2011 | 11:22 am
Right. I'm definitely moving from Livejournal to Wordpress. New address is: http://cfrankdavis.wordpress.com I haven't actually written much at the new Wordpress site. It may take a few days before...
Moving to Wordpress, Maybe 14 Mar 2011 | 11:35 am
I've been with Livejournal for over 18 months now, and the strain is beginning to tell. There are just too many ads. I didn't mind one or two ads in the right margin, even if they were Quit Smoking a...
Tsukushi Torn Mouth Rash Shop 13 Mar 2011 | 03:09 pm
Following up from yesterday, I spent quite a long time reading reports from Japan today, and looking at Google Maps of Japan, and reading up on the physics of tsunamis. I was looking set to produce an...
Kamaishi 12 Mar 2011 | 03:43 pm
It's been one of those days when you turn on the box and find yourself caught up in an unfolding drama. I've been watching footage of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami disaster. It's astonishing tha...
Why Gaddafi Will Win 11 Mar 2011 | 01:50 pm
(...most likely.) I've written a couple of pieces on the Libyan uprising. In the last one I said that Gaddafi would first have to secure his base in and around Tripoli, and then turn east. And this i...
Betrayal 10 Mar 2011 | 02:40 pm
With the Conservative-led coalition government today unveiling an insane tobacco display ban, I'm reminded how a lot of people were arguing a year back that UK smokers should vote Conservative at the ...
Drop Dead 9 Mar 2011 | 02:02 pm
I had a letter from the NHS last week, inviting me to sign up for a cancer screening programme. I was surprised I was invited. These days one expects to be ordered. But then, perhaps "invite" now mean...
Galliano 8 Mar 2011 | 05:12 pm
I'm not much interested in fashion, so I wasn't in the least bit bothered when I heard that Christian Dior fashion designer John Galliano had been fired for making antisemitic remarks. And so it was ...
A Separate Reality 8 Mar 2011 | 02:57 pm
The current draconian Spanish smoking ban came into force on 2 Jan 2011. Translated from El Correo. Doctors and restaurateurs have declared war. Navarra Basque Society for the Prevention of Smoking e...
Body Language 7 Mar 2011 | 01:21 pm
I've been watching Al Jazeera today. It seems that in Tripoli Gaddafi's people have been celebrating recapturing the towns of Az Zawiyah to the west, and Misurata to the East. Al Jazeera spoke to peop...
