October 2011
2 posts
When Metal and Poetry collide - Love it →
August 2011
6 posts
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Save the awesomeness that is BBC4 in its *current*...
http://iphone.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/savebbcfour
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What should be done with the rioters now?
As news emerges from the courts, it seems that although many people are not being granted bail, lots of individuals - mainly children, are being fined for their parts in the violent disturbances that have wracked our nation - the average amount seems to be £200.
I don’t ascribe to the ‘throw them all in jail for a lengthy period’ view. Not because it is undeserved, but because...
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Response to the suggestion that society has...
In what way are they excluded? Middle income families like my own are the ones that are worst off. Lower income families in recent years have had free school meals, help with uniforms, trips, transport, child benefit, working family tax credit, housing benefit, job seekers’ allowance..the list goes on.
Society has evolved as a result of Britiain’s technological evolution, heavy...
More thoughts on our social situation
I agree with some of the comments regarding the police - my liaisons with the police have been varied - I have been really impressed with some officers I have spoken to and disgusted with others.
As for investing in our youth - this is what happens everyday, there has been huge investment in schools - I teach in a really deprived area - one of the worst in the U.K. and my kids have a stunning £30...
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Riots in Birmingham and my thoughts on these
So today is my second wedding anniversary..but instead of leisurely mooching around town and having a lovely brunch, a trip to the theatre/cinema and a relaxing dinner, I have been frustratedly and disappointedly been debating with normally enlightened, educated and articulate individuals, the perceptions of, and response to the rioters currently holding my beautiful, cultured, cosmpolitan and...
July 2011
21 posts
“It’s all on record. We told motherfuckers not to lump us in with nu metal...”
– Chino Moreno (via defhead)
The Genius of Senna →
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Stop Murdoch World Domination! →
Pls spend 30 secs to add your name to this official petition if you think Murdoch should be prohibited from wielding even more power @ BSkyB - he can’t handle what he currently has : his journalists think it’s acceptable to vicariously hack into dead girls’ phones..
Angel Dusting →
bestofwikipedia:
Angel dusting is the misleading marketing practice of including a minuscule amount of an active ingredient in a cosmetic, cosmeceutical, dietary supplement, food product, or nutraceutical, insufficient to cause any measurable benefit. However, no claim is made that the product contains enough of the active ingredient to have an effect—this is just assumed by the purchaser. Thus,...
Walk While Reading: Warm Glow →
walkwhilereading:
The fucking blues. The weight of them on my shoulders get’s really hard to carry around. Happiness is a fraud I understand that. You can be happy this is true, but happiness as eternal, not possible. The blues are bullshit too. The way they permeate the soul. Feasting on your existence and your…
for the story goes: Oh Canada →
abcsoupdot:
jaimeleigh:
Thank you for hockey. Thank you for poutine. Thank you for Neil Young, Leonard Cohen and, yes, thank you for Celine Dion. Thank you for picking up the tab when I gave birth to my daughter. While we’re on the subject, thank you for providing and protecting my reproductive rights. Thank you for welcoming newcomers to our great nation, and thank you for valuing the...
Dr. Seuss’ real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel.
June 2011
42 posts
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Strike action today & Yr 11 Prom
is wishing my NUT & ATL colleagues/friends a positive day of striking - I will not be a scab and cover! Also wishing my fabulous Yr11s an amazing Prom day & night - It has been a pleasure to teach you for the last 5 years! X
Dog stoned by Jews as believed to be Palestinian... →
Happy 38th Birthday Camillo "Chino" Wong Moreno!
hexagon-sun:
You’re one of the most amazing gifts Earth has ever received. Tell your mama thank you from all of us.
Sincerely, a Defhead
Slipknot Return! →
Very excited about seeing these!
lickypickysticky:
Skunk Anansie - Secretly
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While Shakespeare is attributed as the author to...
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Victory!
Take that Capitalism! Bahrain GP u-turn is pretty life-affirming. Go people power! Screw you hegemony!
Dracula is the most filmed story of all time. Dr....
Fade
You’re the core of the sun
You breathe your fire
And cold becomes warm
And everything that was
Dull, lifeless and grey
Becomes vibrant
Colours so rich and bright
They hurt my eyes
I don’t understand
How you can allow yourself
To become so diluted
A shadow, not a person
A song without lyrics
She turns your technicolour, sepia
It breaks my heart.
