Mints
Kudos to Jo Mints for sending the free sample pack of Jo Mints and M60 mints, it arrived this week. Both are caffeinated with guarana. The standard Jo Mints come in the nicest box I've seen in a while, and there's a mirror in the lid.
Alison Hawke
High tech stresses
Interesting story in the BBC News today about computer stresses 'Keep cool' over computer hassles. A couple of highlights from the article:
Computer users need to stem the stress their machines cause them before it damages health, according to a survey. Nine out of 10 are regularly annoyed
UK God Blogs
There are lists for just about every kind of blog you can imagine except UK Christian blogs, and blogs by ambidextrous scuba diving basket weavers living in cities starting with "X". So I'm making a list of UK God Blogs because I don't know
Big change of URL thingy
This blog has moved. The new URL is:
http://www.quantumtea.com/blog/
Please change your links! I'll be emailing the people I know link here, and the blog will remain here for a week, but the updates will all be at the new URL.
I see you
Guns and lawsuits
BBC News story Bill puts sniper case in firing line, apparently there is a bill that prevents gum manufacturers from being sued by people killed by their guns, even if those guns were delivered to stores that don't keep proper records of sales.
An investigation by the US
For the record
Indoor cats used to a silent house, and getting a new roof on that house do not mix. Neither cat appears to have ventured out from under the basement stairs all day.
Whoever decided business formal dress code required hose has never had to wear them. What's wrong
Random walk
I started from Living Room's post about blogging crushes. Found Luke, kudos to him for having a picture of a Mini on the blog. Next blog up was the Lingering Lemon of Death, which led to Only Connect, whose post Happiness is an attitude is right up my
Baby!
My sister's baby, my first nephew by blood, was born on 8th October. I'm an aunt!
Grocery worker's strike
The union is striking at the "Big Three" grocery stores in St Louis, pickets are out in the parking lot, store hours are now 10am to 7pm. Inside the stores, the temporary people are not trained and everything is slow. The self-scan checkout is probably the fastest option
British Standards
It really does exist: BS 6008:1980, ISO 3103: Method for preparation of a liquor of tea for use in sensory tests. It's current, and active, five thousand words on how make a proper cup of tea. You can get it from the British Standards Institute for ï¿