UFO – Seven Deadly 2012

This album is the band’s fourth with guitarist Vinnie Moore, and the years of song writing and extensive touring together have borne fruit in a deliciously well constructed and varied album (it goes without saying that Mogg, Parker and Raymond were already a well oiled package). For me the last couple of albums have been missing something, they’ve been good,…

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A Jar Full O’ Stick Insects

Been a while since the update, and they’re getting bigger, and in some sense easier to clean (they’re more visible so easier to see if you are about to throw out a plant with them on) but also more difficult because they get more inquisitive when put in a jar to keep them safe while sorting the cage out. I…

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Why Government Posturing On WP Shouldn’t Fool Anyone

The following is essentially a post I put up on Facebook on 3rd February in response to this story on the BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-16869898 but is something that has been rattling my cage for a while now, and there have been further news stories that just exacerbate it further. I did promise to turn it into a blog at the…

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Episode IV: A New Home

OK, actually the third post but the pun wouldn’t work otherwise! The larger stick insects have now been moved into a BSP cage (Small-Life Supplies) to give them more room to grow and a better environment, so that’s 15 moved into the BSP and a couple of first/second instars left in the jar to develop a bit more first and…

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