Where I live it is illegal to talk on the cellphone while driving, (and all the more illegal to snap shots with a camera phone while traveling at 40 miles an hour). But people do it, taking their eyes off the road and endangering all in sight. On a recent taxi ride that lasted 20 …
Is anyone out there concerned about constant software upgrades? Almost every day there up pops a notice on the screen announcing an upgrade to some piece of software on my computer. Fortunately, most of these upgrades go on in the background and do not unduly interfere with work. But one does wonder how necessary they …
About one third of the UK population will develop an allergy of some sort during the course of their lives . Allergic diseases have trebled in the last 20 years. There are a number of suspects, including pollution in the air, industrially processed foods and coloring additives. This was not a problem in the time …
Northern Rock is a British bank, mainly a savings bank. Recently it suffered a run which would have bankrupted it had not the Bank of England come to the rescue, fearful of a total catastrophe. Northern Rock was involved in the US sub-prime fiasco. As of this week the Bank of England has had to …
This morning on the C-Span call-in program (I don’t normally listen – it is un-Epicurean to do so, although it is a good program) I heard a caller say that the policies pursued by the current President were without exception good, because “Bush prays” before making a decision. When the moderator, quite correctly, pointed out …
