Thanks to ongoing for pointing out that the simplest way to donate to help the tsunami victims was through Amazon.¹

Later ... When I visited the total was somewhere over US$3.7 million. It is currently (10.54 CEST 4 January 2005) US$$13,815,904.35. That is pretty astonishing. Halley points to...

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A bad day, really, bringing home to me my creeping infirmity and old age (which, oddly enough Gail Armstrong was blogging about too, on openbrackets). ¹ In my case, it is all a question of vision. Poor vision. I set off this morning to fetch a friend from the airport. She didn't arrive, but that...

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The Skinhead Hamlet almost made me splutter coffee into my keyboard. But then, maybe I’m easily amused.

Gawd bless yer, Luigi.

I’m not a Christian, but Christian Aid and the GM crops debate seems a pretty thoughtful piece. In particular, it draws attention to the way in which the idea that “GM can solve the problems of world hunger” consumes all the oxygen that could feed other flames.

Renting an apartment is Rome is not like renting an apartment elsewhere. Or maybe it is; I only have experience of renting in Canada (easy-peasy) and London (OK, but ...). Apartments here are either furnished, which generally means an odd assortment of granny's faux antique cast-offs. (As an aside,...

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