Daily Archives: 1 February, 2007

Virtuous Cucumber

The Guardian has a fascinating interview this week with a woman who has body identity integrity disorder: in her case, she wants to live life as a double leg amputee. The article is part of the “First Person” series, articles about people’s daily lives and issues written from their perspective. It’s an interesting look at

Candy Challenge

A reader from New Zealand recently left some comments on the candy report, suggesting that perhaps I had received an unfair sampling of New Zealand chocolate. I wrote her, issuing a candy challenge: I invite you to send me a box of your favourites, to balance my perspective on New Zealand candies (as long as

21 July

So much for all of my predictions, and 21 July it is for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, according to JK Rowling. Let the Pottermania begin: Half Blood Prince sold almost seven million copies on the first night…I would be awfully surprised if Deathly Hallows didn’t top it. The sales certainly will: the list