I did something this morning I’ve been going to do for years, and never got around to, because I thought it was difficult – I clarified a pack of butter. And, despite the best efforts of some online advisers, it turned out to be remarkably easy.
Archive for January 17th, 2009
Yahoo Invasion of Privacy…
Posted in Yahoo invasion of privacy, tagged Online tracking, Yahoo invasion of privacy, Yahoo Web Beacons on January 17, 2009 |
If you belong to any Yahoo groups, be aware that Yahoo is using Web Beacons to track every bloody thing you do online. Go to this website http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/webbeacons/ where you will find Yahoo’s mealy-mouthed explanation and an opt-out option. USE IT! There can be no justification for this invasion of privacy. Oh, and you have [...]
Tales of the Supernatural? Part 3…
Posted in The supernatural, tagged Ghosts, Hauntings, The supernatural on January 17, 2009 |
When I first came to live in here, at night, having secured the flat and gone to bed, I would wake in the night with the distinct impression that someone had just left my bedroom – as I live alone this was a tad disconcerting. So, as well as locking my door, I started wedging [...]
Tales of the Supernatural? Part 2…
Posted in The supernatural, tagged Ghosts, Hauntings, The supernatural on January 17, 2009 |
The following events took place in the Summer of 1974, when I was on a backpacking circuit of the Peak District, starting and finishing at Ashbourne, at the southernmost tip of the National Park. The route is called the Peakland Way, and in its original form, its northern and eastern reaches take to the high [...]
Can you stop COPD from becoming worse?
Posted in COPD, Drugs for COPD, tagged Can COPD be cured?, COPD prognosis, COPD- will it kill me?, What's in store with COPD? on January 17, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Bottom line, no. Unfortunately, COPD cannot be cured, and the prognosis is always bad. COPD will kill you – as it will me – directly or indirectly (unless something else, like an uptown bus, gets you first).







