I do love Ben Goldacre

(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 15 Dec 2010, 14:41, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

He's a b3tan

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 15 Dec 2010, 14:42, Reply)

So I heard
He's quite good to follow on Twitter, one of my favourites.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 15 Dec 2010, 14:43, Reply)

I've got an account on Twitter, but barely use it
Saves battery life, you see?

*runs*
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 15 Dec 2010, 14:45, Reply)

I like Twitter
my battery can fuck off.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 15 Dec 2010, 14:51, Reply)

I would like to campaign for his book to be read, cover-to-cover, by anybody who is being paid to cover any health or science-related stories.

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 15 Dec 2010, 14:44, Reply)

But no one listens to science.
Why, if you asked them what the most important greenhouse gas is, what would they say?!

Afternoon, Mr. Cornix.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 15 Dec 2010, 14:55, Reply)

Half of them would probably say ozone.*sighs*
Good afternoon, Mlle Lampers. How's tricks?
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 15 Dec 2010, 15:00, Reply)

I'm bedridden (unfortunately not being ridden in bed, or maybe fortunately, as I'd probably pass out or something)
so it looks like my evening of being dressed as a king prawn will NOT go ahead. Which is a shame. Apart from the whole not-having-to-endure-Walkabout thing. How has today been treating you?
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 15 Dec 2010, 15:05, Reply)

Oh dear. That doesn't sound so good. (I was looking forward to seeing photographic evidence of this prawn costume...)
My day's been alright by comparison. Yes, I slept poorly (I think I was repeatedly awoken by the deafening flatulence of the drunken gastropod asleep on my floor) and I had to make a heartbreaking decision between seeing Hawkwind on Friday or John Crampton on Saturday. But I'm plodding on ok today. Plus they let me sing at the blues jam last night, so I think I'm still on a bit of a high from that.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 15 Dec 2010, 15:11, Reply)

Did you not let him into your bed? You could have spooned!
Is it lack of funds that's preventing you from going to both? That's a shame. Which one did you go with in the end?

Glad to hear about the singing, though. I don't know, I might be able to make it out of bed but going to an Australian themed club that will be packed full of SPORTSpeople and drunks does not really appeal. Ideally I would have a roaring fire and a bottle of gin, but, you know. Life goes on -swigs milk-
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 15 Dec 2010, 15:16, Reply)

We could have. But I have a sneaking suspicion that the bed wouldn't be able to cope with our combined weights.
Unfortunately it's a lack of time that prevents me from doing both. One of my bands is pestering me for a rehearsal on Friday night, Saturday night or sometime next week. As I'm away next week, I chose Friday. I know Crampton will be good and will be in my old local, whereas Hawkwind will actually just be "Dave Brock and cronies."

And yeah, I think even if I were at the peak of my health and in a phenomenally good mood, I wouldn't want to go anywhere near a bar/club full of drunk sports-types.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 15 Dec 2010, 15:25, Reply)

But then you could have made a nest for yourselves inamongst the shattered springs of the bed, in the path of so many bumders before you.
Oh, I see. That's a real shame, and I imagine this is one of the bands you enjoy. And on that note enjoy Crampton, too. I have not heard or heard of him but I'm sure you'll have fun.

Though everything would seem so much better seen through the beady eyes of a prawn...
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 15 Dec 2010, 15:28, Reply)

There isn't a "most important" greenhouse gas.
It's relative to the different carbon cycles, biological vs fossil carbon, level of sink in the environment, etc,etc

Anyone who professes to know everything about the greenhouse effect is a lying cunt whatever side they are on.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 15 Dec 2010, 15:03, Reply)

Let me put my hands up and say I know nothing about greenhouse gases, atmospheric physics, the ozone layer, red shift, the water cycle,
carbon fuel, carbon dating, the El Nino effect, or anything involving numbers.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 15 Dec 2010, 15:07, Reply)

We're all on the inside surely!

(PsychoChomp, Wed 15 Dec 2010, 15:07, Reply)

badum-tish.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 15 Dec 2010, 15:15, Reply)