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[tamaranth]

Tesco goes grammatical
Exercise improves memory
Older fathers linked to bipolar disorder
'How Smart Are You?' quiz (actually more like, 'Can You Spell and Use Punctuation?')
Gloomiest August on record (for overseas friends who think I'm imagining it)
Sunshine is good for you, so there
Sex on the beach: more or less ok in the UK, but see above re hypothermia

Comments

[drasecretcampus.livejournal.com]

Funnily enough my thought on the Tesco story was like one of the comments:

"10 items or less" means I can take 10 items to the checkout. "Up to 10 items" sounds like I can only take nine. Has this really made anything clearer, or have Tesco reduced the number of items I can take to a fast track checkout?
Ant, London

but I'd changed my mind, thinking no, it includes ten. But why then is there the phrase "up to and including x"? Cans, worms...

I still wince from:
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewmbutler/2703305627/)

[ajshepherd.livejournal.com]

New: Tesco Value English!

[drasecretcampus.livejournal.com]

Holding out for *Finest

[lamentables.livejournal.com]

My completely unsupported, unscientific contention is that increased exercise levels are beneficial at least in part because of the mental stimulation they involve, as opposed to it being a purely physical effect.

I don't suffer from SAD, but this persistent cloud cover has slowed me right down and really limited my energy levels. I'm glad that I had the boost of spending a week somewhere sunny last month.

[drasecretcampus.livejournal.com]

I feared my solo 6 and 12+ mile walks would be dull, in the sense of progressing so slowly through a landscape, but (and partly because of MP3 player) it did allow a lot of thinking through and not of the disect-my-life type spiral. On the other hand, it turns out you can hear too much Tom Waits in a day (despite Nighthawks at the Diner being a good tempo for walking to).