Settle it with Science

Here's one of those important bits of news that may have slipped under many a radar.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8598472.stm
You might think this sounds pretty unimportant but it basically means that in future when people complain about all those quack theories like chiropractic and homeopathy they can't be sued just because the chiropractics or whoever else it may be don't like it. Instead, these comments will be settled with research and science. A good day for reason, another nail in the coffin for alternative medicine.

Scrubs

There isn't much going on in the world at the moment so I thought I'd update you on what I think is the greatest TV show around, Scrubs.
I've watched every episode at least a couple of times and it still doesn't get any less funny, if my life turned out to be a replica of JD's, I'd consider it a great success. The new Med School series isn't quite as good but it's still worth watching, if for no other reason than to see the cameo's of the old cast.

To give a brief overview, Scrubs is based around a doctor, JD, in an American hospital who starts out as an intern and moves his way up over time. He's got a best friend, Turk, who he's pretty much married to and a host of other characters including an on/off girlfriend called Elliot, a cold mentor called Perry Cox and a janitor who's pretty much there to make life hell. Most of the humour is based around hospital goings-on and the fact that JD can be pretty girly and prone to daydreaming. I may not have sold it all that well but give it a watch, you won't regret it!

There were two reasons I thought about writing about this, the first being that I discovered a site which morphs faces together and theres a few around now of people I know mixed with scrubs characters, including Me and JD:


And then there's the fact that I've realised I still somehow have several bruises from when I was dropped whilst doing the 'Eagle' on the Scrubs Pub Crawl into a lamppost. For those who don't know, an 'Eagle' is basically a glorified piggy back whilst holding your arm out and screaming "Eeeaaggllleeee!!", It's pretty fun especially done whilst running straight through a drunken crowd :)

Match of the Season?

Well, that lived up to the hype. Arsenal and Barcelona, two of the most exciting teams around and that match showed it.
First half was all about Barcelona, and so was the start of the second half, I was worried that it might get embarrassing for Arsenal. Then came Walcott, what an impact, that can't have hurt his England hopes with Capello watching. When Barcelona are at their best they can't be touched but they somehow let Arsenal back into the tie. The penalty was generous to say the least but it was nice for Fabregas to get something against his old club, especially seeing as he's now out of the next leg, you've got to feel for the guy. I do think it was a bit silly keeping him on after the penalty though, he was clearly in a lot of pain.
I still think its Barcelona's tie to lose, especially at the Nou Camp with no Cesc, but Arsenal have given themselves a shout.

Leeds 2010

Well, the tickets been bought and the line-up's released but I can't help feel like its a bit of an anti-climax. Don't get me wrong, the line-up isn't awful and the past two years I've been to Leeds fest the actual bands haven't been the thing that make it what it is, the atmosphere and fun around the camp site is almost worth the ticket in itself. I'm sure this year will still be brilliant but it could have been that much better.

I look at the other line-ups with a hell of a lot of envy, especially T in the Park. Muse, Eminem, Kasabian, Jamie T, Prodigy... Its unfair for one festival to have that many great acts. There were so many rumours about Muse being at Leeds that I thought it was a dead cert, after they weren't playing everything else was going to struggle to compare to be honest.

But lets look at the positives. The Libertines should be fun but somehow I don't think I'll be sticking around for Arcade Fire, not when Pendulum are on the NME stage, I imagine that'll be one of the highlights, they certainly were 2 years ago. I don't know how Modest Mouse or The Cribs will fare on Main Stage but I might pop by.  The next day we've got Foals on NME and then Blink-182 at night, I'm not the biggest fan but it should be pretty good. The rest of the saturday looks pretty awful to be honest. Then the sunday has Mumford & Sons on NME followed by Queens of the Stone Age and Guns'n'Roses on Main, an adequate day, nothing spectacular though. 

Like I said, the best bit may well turn out to be the camping and things around there, the relentless tent is always a good laugh and the silent disco was possibly my highlight of 2009, people may well call me a heathen for saying that but it really was brilliant.

My Place in Politics

My real interests are what I study and football in the main, but I do like keeping up to date with what's going on in the world of politics so I thought I'd let you know where I stand so that you know what to expect. I'd definitely class myself as left-wing in many of my views, but I think that being strictly one or the other is quite outdated. There are so many different areas within politics its unusual to be able to use one phrase to explain all your thoughts. In terms of actual parties I support, I'd say I was a Labour voter but I have a lot of time for the Lib Dems, they've got some great policies, they just don't have enough clout for me to see them as a realistic government at the moment.


As for the Tories, they may look a more appealing party under Cameron but when I look at what they're actually proposing I see nothing new. Putting up posters attacking the other leader doesn't mean you should be elected, you have to show why you're a better alternative and frankly, I don't think they are. Osborne is a joke, I wouldn't let him run a five-a-side team, never mind the economy. They seem to be banking on people voting against Labour rather than voting for them, and that shows from the way Osborne totally ruled out the Lib Dem's during the Chancellors Debate the other night, I hope it bites him on the ass, hard.

One more thing to mention is America. I don't have many warm, fuzzy feelings for the USA, and that'll probably show over time. One thing that really pissed me off was the way they attacked the NHS to try and defend their disgusting insurance-based healthcare system. Anyone who can still believe that America has got it right and the rest of the western world are somehow communists for having socialised medicine, well they're too stupid to be allowed an opinion on the matter. I personally think the NHS is this country's greatest treasure.