Archive for the ‘Writing’ Category

Weight Loss Diet Pill Acomplia (Rimonabant) Available on NHS

By Stirlyn • Jun 25th, 2008 • Category: News

News announced today that the weight loss diet pill Acomplia (Rimonabant) is now available on prescription from the NHS. Acomplia, also known as Rimonabant, is an anti-obesity drug, said to aid dieters with weight when used in combination with exercise. It is said that people with weight issues can lose up to 10% of […]



Boris’ Ban Buggers Boozers

By Stirlyn • Jun 4th, 2008 • Category: News

Mayor Boris Johnson’s ban on booze on the London transport system brought out the protest in people last Saturday as thousands of drinkers held parties all over the underground network. Although concentrated on the Circle Line, parties were also held on the Piccadilly line and others on the tube network.



Boris, Mayor, Are You Kidding Me?

By Stirlyn • May 3rd, 2008 • Category: News

Boris Johnson is the new Mayor for London. Are you kidding me Londoners, you really voted for this guy to be Mayor of one of the best cities in the World. Forgive me American cousins, I don’t mean to pry into your business, but I feel like us Londoners have done this week what you guys did when you voted for George Bush to be prez.



I Think I Got Slapped

By Stirlyn • Apr 30th, 2008 • Category: Blogging

I’ve not been updating the site for a while because I have been caught up in lots of stuff in the offline world. Moving house, turning forty, blah blah blah, all meant I didn’t have a lot of time for Rambling procrastination.
I am aiming to change that soon though and get back to both rambling […]



Are You Watching The Race?

By Stirlyn • Feb 12th, 2008 • Category: Features

The US party nominations race is fascinating. It’s been years since we’ve been captivated by the presidential nominations on this side of the pond. Usually we wait until US voters have decided who’s actually running for the job of president before throwing a gaze across from time to time, ruminating on which nominee is going […]



Are They Playing With Our Money

By Stirlyn • Jan 30th, 2008 • Category: News

Are the Treasury, Bank of England and FSA playing with our money again? What’s more will we know what they are doing? Under proposals announced today banks in trouble could get emergency loan assistance but the BoE wouldn’t have to declare it straight away. A period of “non-disclosure” is proposed to lessen the impact on consumer confidence.



Hackers Bring Down Popular BloggingZoom

By Stirlyn • Jan 24th, 2008 • Category: Blogging

I was in the process of writing a post about BloggingZoom, the ‘Digg’ for bloggers when I got wind from Internet Marketing champion Courtney Tuttle that the site has been hacked. Courtney is one of the founder/owners of BloggingZoom alongside Vic of BloggerUnleashed who’s site coincidentally is also down.
BloggingZoom is a fast growing site for […]