why so serious let s put a smile on that face

Title : Why So Serious / Let's Put A Smile On That Face Medium : Pencil Dimensions : 4 x 6.5 in. Notes : read more

On 23-May-2006, police raided Brian Haw's protest outside the Palace of Westminster and took away most of his placards & personal items. He had started his demonstration in June-2001 against sanctions imposed on Iraq. The Serious Organised Crime & Police Act 2005 shrinks our democratic rights by criminalising any person who organises/takes part in/carries on a demonstration in "the designated area" without authorisation from the Metropolitan Police Commissioner. The designated area includes everywhere...

So I'm going to get a little serious about something that often annoys me. Anyone that knows me knows that I wish for true equality. By this I mean that whenever there is an equal situation there should be equal chances. The thing that annoys me is the permanent gender debate. Men versus women. It must have been going on since the dawn of time, but I'm proud to say that this country is very good at this respect on the whole. Firstly, I will never deny women suffer discrimination. I would be stupid...

I very rarely post about serious things and even more rarely about the work I do, but this is important. Some of you may have seen the news in the last week that the Nursing and Midwifery Council struck off a nurse who recorded the abuse of elderly patients on a hospital ward for Panorama. I work in Adult Protection. The horrific suffering she highlighted goes on across the country on a daily basis. It is significantly more widespread than many of you will realise or that many of us want...

Ever the optimist, I believe that Dell is finally getting serious about preinstalling Linux on Dell PCs and laptops. In a Dell blog entry (see http://direct2dell.com/one2one/arch ive/2007/03/13/7985.aspx ), Dell is asking for feedback on what type of equipment, usage and Linux distributions Linux users require. If you are one of the many people wanting the option of buying linux preinstalled, I urge you to take the survey mentioned in the Dell blog at http://www.dell.com/linuxsurvey .

Now I can post anything without anybody telling me that I post too much or that I flood their friends' page with too much of my entries. Serious Entry #1: ACADEMICS I posted previously that I have an exam tomorrow. That's cause it's our finals week - hell week to all students. I had three exams yesterday. Damn! First was history at 7:30 in the morning. Then came calculus at 11:30 directly followed by my theology finals at 1:30 in the afternoon. History and Theology seem fine. But I can tell...