May 31st, 2003
We all know about the seven wonders of the ancient world. Whilst these were certainly marvels there are other marvels that really intrigue and delight me. I’ve been kicking around the idea of doing a web site for people to post their seven wonders for a long time now. I’ve just never got round to [...]
May 31st, 2003
There has been much media discussion of the fact that creationism is being taught in science classes in Emmanuel City Technology in Gateshead. It is a ridiculous state of affairs that taxpayers money is used to foster this lie on the pupils of the college. The text below was drafted by two friends and myself [...]
May 20th, 2003
I got a telephone call from my urologist this afternoon with the pathology report on the testicle removed during my orchiectomy. I will get a copy of the actual report later but basically the doctor said it was – Seminoma only No spread to the sperm tubes or other areas Did have vascular invasion So [...]
May 17th, 2003
Just caught a re-run of the Babylon 5 episode called The Paragon of Animals. This series contained many marvellous moments but this particular episode contained G’Kar’s “Declaration of Principles”. This was written for the interstellar alliance featured in the series but it would be very nice if humanity adopted these principles here on Earth. The [...]
May 13th, 2003
I got out of the hospital today after surgery, for what looked like testicular cancer, and as a result have a (very sore) scar on my abdomen and 1 less testicle On the upside my CT scan result was negative for lymph node enlargement and there were no tumour markers in my blood. The surgeon [...]
May 7th, 2003
I had to get a CT scan of my chest, abdomen and pelvis. A CT scan is an x-ray technique that takes pictures of your body in slices. CT is an acronym for Computed Tomography. It is also called a CAT (Computed Axial Tomography ) scan. The reason it is done is so that doctors [...]