The Four Ages Of Sand

Major 4AoS health announcement

In September I noticed my heart beating a lot, which really worried me.  Eventually I could stand no more, and put myself in the hands of the NHS.

After a battery of tests and investigations over the last 3 months  - including heart monitors, ECG, blood and liver tests - I got the results from the specialist at the hospital yesterday: he said it was the worst case of hypochondria he'd ever seen. 

Yes, I'm 100% healthy, apparently. I suggested further tests but he told me to get out. 

So 4AoS will be continuing into the foreseeable! 

Luvvly Jubbly

This from Alan R. You have to laugh.

I don't know much about sport...

...but I do know a bargain when I see one. 

Get yourself down to The Works, Hatfield. Deals like this can't last long!

I do love a bargain...

.. so I'll be getting myself down to Tesco asap.

Spotted by Luke.

Oh well, I guess that's it then...

Xmas is over.

Happy New Year!

(Says UniC)

It was good while it lasted though...

Doctors 'save man's life by using alcohol'

With the PC Brigade already telling us not to drink too much alcohol this Christmas (have they done any tests on the stressful side-effects of NOT drinking alcohol, I ask myself?) itrefreshing to read this good news story from Alan about a man's life being saved by a shot of pure alcohol injected straight into the heart. The only downside is,the way the alcohol is administered is up through the groin. I'll try most things for a cheap thrill, but this may be taking things too far. 

Ronald Aldom, 77, from Portishead near Bristol, had an unusual heart rhythm called ventricular tachychardia that can be fatal if left unchecked.

Medics had tried to treat it using standard methods but with no success.

They resorted to using pure ethanol to trigger a controlled heart attack and kill off some of his heart muscle.

Ful story here.

Happy Christmas! 

 

"Those wacky North Koreans...

.....have found a unicorn lair!" says David

Unicorn lair 'discovered' in North Korea

Korean news agency say they have 'recently reconfirmed' the lair of one of the unicorns ridden by the ancient King Tongmyong

The unicorn was said to have been ridden by the ancient Korean King Tongmyong, founder of a kingdom which ruled parts of China and the Korean peninsula. Alamy

Normally, North Korea's official state news agency is the place to go for reports ranging from the reclusive totalitarian state's unparalleled scientific achievements to the limitless love which its inhabitants reserve for their successive leaders.

Yet in what appears to be a genuine world exclusive, the inimitableKorean Central News Agency (KCNA) has now broken the incredible news that archaeologists in Pyongyang have discovered a unicorn's lair.

More here

 

Nine Pound Hammer

This one's for Alan R. And all the beautiful people.

I've been playing for exactly a month now. I'd be lying if I said there weren't some rough patches in this, but try to look beyond that, and just appreciate the music and the emergence of a fresh new mando talent: 

 

Naked Prince Harry Mystery Knitter

"Nude awakening: A mystery knitter has placed this wool doll of a naked Prince Harry protecting his modesty next to a display previously put together for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in Saltburn, North Yorkshire"

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2194123/Prince-Harry-Vegas-pictures-Wool-doll-aping-photo-appears-Diamond-Jubilee-display.html#ixzz24mVw3wwG

 

Mum's just back from Yorkshire, and has a long history of royal family knitting. There's only one conclusion possible... 

Oh the shame. 

Starry Night: I bet Vincent would have loved this.

Oh gosh, I HAVE to do something like this.

But with about 7 unfinished projects on the go, it will have to wait.

From David:

http://thedailywh.at/2012/06/23/lights-out-384/