Monthly Archives: July 2007

Micro-Protein

July 31, 2007 – 9:53 am

One of the problems of cycling longer distances is taking on sufficient levels of energy. You can’t eat too much at any one go because it will slow you down, so high-level cyclists graze quite a lot (not literally; stopping to chew grass would slow them down unacceptably). The most common snacks split into short-term, [...]

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Consent

July 30, 2007 – 11:43 am

Here’s a great quote from someone trying to gather opinions about a contentious issue from around 300 potentially opinionated members of a voluntary organization: “I’m grateful to the dozen or so of you who responded. For the silent majority, complacency is a special form of consent”

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Invisible Man

July 27, 2007 – 11:44 am

I was going to bring you a funny lolcat today, but courtesy of Pharyngula I can beat that: Behold the lolcat Bible

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Necessary Hell

July 26, 2007 – 9:02 am

The Tour de France* bike race is going through something of a bad run at the moment. The pre-race favourite, Alexandre Vinokourov (spelled from memory, so be gentle with me) has been removed from the race following a positive** drug test, along with his team; Cofidis, another well established team, is out following a failed [...]

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Pass the barf bag

July 25, 2007 – 11:49 am

From the BBC: Glamour model Jordan and pop star Peter Andre have named their baby daughter Princess Tiaamii. Jordan, who was born Katie Price, said the first name was chosen was because the girl was “our princess”. It’s nothing to do with me, but I can’t stand the name Princess, not least because it’s not [...]

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