Other person: So, Elly, what do you do?
Me: I’m an Architect.
Other person: Information Architecture?
Me: No. Buildings.
…..
Other person: So, why exactly are you here?

This email puts me in mind of one of those puzzleboxes where you have to shuffle all the pieces around in order to see what the picture is. I’m not entirely sure what’s happened – even changing the browser & font sizes didn’t fix this… not that I was particularly interested in what they had to say.

Scientists have created eerie zombie dogs, reanimating the canines after several hours of clinical death in attempts to develop suspended animation for humans.

Pittsburgh’s Safar Centre for Resuscitation Research has developed a technique in which subject’s veins are drained of blood and filled with an ice-cold salt solution.

The animals are considered scientifically dead, as they stop breathing and have no heartbeat or brain activity.

But three hours later, their blood is replaced and the zombie dogs are brought back to life with an electric shock.

Plans to test the technique on humans should be realised within a year, according to the Safar Centre.

And there I was assuming that most people were perfectly happy with sci-fi staying fictional…

Boffins create zombie dogs | The Other Side | Breaking News 24/7 – NEWS.com.au (27-06-2005)

My Dad’s name is Jim. This means he shares his name with a famous Thai silk company. People find it hilarious to buy him ‘Jim Thompson’ handkerchiefs.

My mother and I share a first initial. We’ve both arrived at the theatre before to be greeted with “Oh we thought you might be Emma Thompson“. We also share initials with a rather famous little alien… telling me to “phone home” is pretty much punishable by death.

My Brother shares his name with a phenomenon… and a serial killer I think…

What about you? Seen your name anywhere strange?

J Clark, originally uploaded by mollyeh11.

Add to that the fact that Meri & I are buying a house, and getting married, and getting a mortgage, and maybe a puppy too ….. I’ve a nasty feeling I’ve grown up, and I’m not quite sure when it happened or how…

I don’t think we’re in Kansas any more Toto.

But a 40 minute flight, with a window seat and views like this is about as good as it gets!

Up to 20 Greenpeace campaigners climbed on to the roof of the deputy prime minister’s home in Hull on Tuesday and tried to install solar panels….A Greenpeace spokesman said the panels were being left as a present, along with roof insulation and low-energy light bulbs.

Update – Later on the day of posting
BBC NEWS | Prescott roof activists arrested

[Prescott] called the protest a “deplorable” publicity stunt and said the protesters had terrorised his wife….[The Protesters] were then handcuffed and taken to a waiting police van where they were arrested for “harrassment of a person in a dwelling”.Supt Gavin Collinson said they would be interviewed at a nearby police station. He said “It’s not pleasant to be invaded in the privacy of your own home and it is being treated seriously….She’s very distressed but she’s pleased with the happy outcome.”