tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38056594659813426782012-02-13T22:39:02.471ZI want to write about everything. Talk about anything. I want to be free. I want to be me. Before the state of perpetual law enforcement stifles what's left of me.Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.comBlogger1501100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-10910023061986017742012-02-13T22:03:00.003Z2012-02-13T22:39:02.479Z

...nor can you out there in cyberland.Can’t get started. Watching videos of Christians fighting over changed door locks and scandalous behaviour at weddings...

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-16186757322940443912012-02-12T03:13:00.019Z2012-02-12T04:29:11.371Z

Ms Houston has left the planet.Grim, bitter news.I woke up to the news at two-ish (in the morning)...My brother texted me - like he did with Michael...On one occasion, Whitney revealed in an interview that she (or at least her image) had been “manufactured”; and that the trajectory prepared for her had been refused by herself. Once that happened, the support mechanism prepared for her by those in

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-7404598312275303972012-01-18T19:29:00.011Z2012-01-18T20:43:14.714Z

I thought I was going to struggle to find one of the books recommended by our tutor for the Psychology segments of our course. My first port-of-call was the famous bookshop on Marchmont Street. Sadly, they drew a blank this time. No probs.But SKOOB came good for me. I found just the one I wanted, and the price was even better than Amazon. It’s second time around (ie pre-loved), but I don’t care.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-55529504853457876152012-01-08T00:14:00.006Z2012-01-08T00:27:07.893Z

Giles Clarke has been made a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) for servies to cricket.:-QHigh time I used my web site space to promote Christian artists who are pointing to the Kingdom of Heaven.Tried and tested individuals –such as .......this artistand also ......this artistNot long now.:-DI trust that the LORD G_D will give me the funds to run the site for another year if it is HIS Will.(

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-77311123525200163592011-12-13T23:50:00.009Z2011-12-14T00:53:38.864Z

...ever.On the way back with my huge (too huge) new fluorescent light for the kitchen, I heard someone right behind me hawk and spit very loudly to my right as I walked past. Yes, this happens to me sometimes - more often than not, it comes in waves.Anyhow, I saw a funny-looking ‘Southern European / Arab / “non Anglo-Saxon” ’ man walk on my right. He had on a very dark green (bottle green)

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-21012672684765148032011-12-05T23:51:00.007Z2011-12-06T01:04:47.256Z

...this discovery is getting serious.Which download? Stand Up (on Amazing Love)? You Answered My Prayer (from Amazing Love)? Or that straight-talking Invincible from the album of the same name? Or - dare I say it - Count It All Joy by The Winans (on Heart And Soul)?As long as the LORD hasn’t given me enough money to get all four CDs, I shall have to buy two downloads with my £2:00 voucher from

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-44114701182555960142011-12-02T17:54:00.026Z2011-12-03T03:49:05.557Z

I have an inkling as to why Chris Jasper (ex-Isley Brothers and Isley Jasper Isley) is not more widely recognised - either as a Gospel artist, or when his genius was an integral part of the ‘ultimate band of brothers’...After I discovered that Mr Jasper had become a Christian - I checked out some of his work on youTube and his web site, and (my opinion) it could just be that he mentions the name

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-10651351900279413722011-11-28T23:31:00.009Z2011-11-29T00:12:33.571Z

A less common picture of The Isley Brothers on the cover of “Harvest For The World”I now have The Isley Brothers’ “Harvest For The World”. It arrived today with my academic book - which is very, very good from what I can see. It arrived a couple of days earlier than the stated ETA of Wednesday - I thought that the courier was trying to break into the cubby hole next to the front door... I cannot

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-92097947574681131152011-11-26T23:36:00.021Z2011-12-02T17:51:16.878Z

The ultimate band of Brothers - in their pomp...and actually that makes even more sense than my love of the Four Tops. As a little person (sic) I was really, really into the Isley Brothers. They are part of my musical DNA, just like Mr Wonder and the Jackson 5ve.I had a mad pash for Chris Jasper back in the day. I did have Superbad on tape, I think: I certainly brought the single Harvest For The

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-26494751527581262602011-11-18T01:47:00.015Z2011-11-27T01:37:13.083Z

All kinds of fancy shops on the fourth level but...This is a public (not patients’, I hope) toilet at an NHS Trust hospital. Recognising the selflessness of the general workforce, and that they will also have to cope with the nightly intake that would have gone to the hospital in the centre of Middlesex (until November 14, 2011)...Where patients are charged £3:50 (or £5:00) per day to watch TV

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-71983238099645981772011-11-16T16:15:00.006Z2011-11-16T16:31:52.387Z

Apart from shrinking and beoming a 5ft blonde pixie, I don't know what I can do about my body language.It is true that whatever I am feelin tends to be magnified through my huge frame. If I pick up unconscious racism, I wiil react to it. I am a Black female, after all. And again, I will be conedemned as having a problem. Which I do, actually.Just chatting with the advisor just now. She doesn't

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-55270287324803300122011-11-03T02:26:00.016Z2011-11-03T03:59:53.018Z

Note the foliage growing out of the gutter (right of picture)I visited my first library - that is the first library I ever joined as a kid - earlier today (Wednesday), and it was a dispiriting, but cautionary visit.I wanted to feel nostalgic, but could not. The building had evidently been neglected for some time, which told me that moves to shut this library were not ‘last minute’. Foliage

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-42091258185108317532011-10-10T00:29:00.004+01:002011-10-10T00:53:29.961+01:00

I hadn't intended for the blog to suddenly become so personal.The fact that no-one reads it makes me feel more vulnerable, really.(Especially when I read what I wrote about Jimmy Ruffin). I meant what I said, but there is room for misinterpretation and it just looks dodgy. Keep it under wraps.My new headphones are taking some getting used to. But they are powerful, and I am liking very much.The

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-54251760436498214862011-10-09T03:30:00.015+01:002011-11-09T10:40:23.214Z

I have found myself playing all kinds of late 60s and early 70s soul (and reggae) music. My hormones are getting the better of me, and my behaviour makes no sense to myself.I feel cheated, even though I should not. I could be a lot worse off. But I do feel like I haven't done what I was supposed to do - be a wife and mother with a stable home, church on Sundays (or Saturdays) and perhaps even a

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-83579754510968906972011-09-07T01:35:00.005+01:002011-09-07T01:50:01.435+01:00

Odd, that.I have been alone for my entire adult life.I am now entering my menopause, even though I am still seeing periods for 6 out of every nine months.How come I find myself wanting to be with a man now?I'm playing The Four Tops all the time.Why now?And mentally flinging myself back to my early-mid 20s?This is not me.This is hormonal.Too late. I have sags and stretchmarks now.I wasn't popular

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-27967403890595841602011-08-15T17:58:00.004+01:002011-08-15T20:10:38.573+01:00

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14513517 is it possible to change gold to a base metal...? What a wicked old man. He ain’t no Schama, that’s for sure.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-51027464823013107662011-08-14T01:50:00.005+01:002011-08-14T02:29:41.226+01:00

...but no-one paid much attention. Here, Christine Ohuruogu baldly states that young people she has met have no real interest in the Olympic Games - arguably sport’s greatest show on earth - that is about to land on their doorsteps at the end of next July. Ms Ohuruogu, an Olympic Gold medallist, was mostly ignored by the media when she said this a bare fortnight ago. In truth, there are a

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-62292076156615267642011-08-13T18:21:00.006+01:002011-08-13T18:41:47.974+01:00

It is good to see Tottenham pick up the pieces after a truly horrible week for the town. I used to spend a lot of time in Seven Sisters and Tottenham in the late ’80s into the mid ’90s, and felt a strong community vibe. I always felt most welcome whenever I visited, and fancied living in the area. I applied for quite a few jobs in Haringey - unsuccessfully, I might add. The damage - nasty and

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-87436345005444114782011-07-27T13:09:00.009+01:002011-07-27T13:25:21.194+01:00

Like the headline.But I really, really like what Russell Brand has written about his late friend, Ms Amy Winehouse.This excellent and highly informative polemic by Brand nails the horns of the dilemma regarding drug and alcohol addiction, and the sufferers caught up in that vortex.Read it.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-70134142442802998052011-07-18T11:57:00.010+01:002011-07-18T12:50:32.278+01:00

Well.As a supporter of the Labour Party (but not a member), I am genuinely pleased with one thing: the knives are back in for Ed Miliband.A couple of weeks ago, he couldn’t pay to get arrested. Now, as the Observer has shown yesterday (the first time I’ve actually purchased the paper in months*), Mr Miliband (E) has well and truly cut his political teeth - and on a hard subject too. The News

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-22562755265099061782011-07-09T16:43:00.004+01:002011-07-09T16:54:25.987+01:00

Polly Toynbee nails it here. In hte Gruniad, no less (G_D bless’em)An ode to politicians, publishing magnates and captains of industry who are fool enough to think that they are above the rules...Now Saturday came and the streets were just lined with thousands, and thousands, and thousands of people, and they all were cheering as the artillery came by, the infantry marched by, the cavalry

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-51625312507508744962011-07-08T03:25:00.003+01:002011-07-08T03:27:57.930+01:00

The British Prime Minister David Cameron is a salesman, not a statesman.Discuss.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-83794167446017249772011-07-08T02:36:00.007+01:002011-07-08T02:45:34.083+01:00

Hugh Grant has got the bit between his teeth here:He has done his homework.No more the fool.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-45761335945783211742011-07-07T22:46:00.011+01:002011-07-08T00:33:10.861+01:00

Is the sacking of the News of The World after 168 years going to solve the problem?No. This is a charade.Why? The Sunday Sun. That’s why...The sensational move to bury the NoTW is more to do with advertising losses than public outrage. In a way, the commercial and public emnity directed against News International both end up at the same place. Loss of earnings for News International.Sainsbury’s,

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-89674642456891764122011-07-07T21:54:00.006+01:002011-07-07T22:34:28.276+01:00

Ethel‘Ed’ is no longer unready.Mr Miliband E has really made his mark this week. He has rarely put a foot wrong - indeed, he has persistently rattled the Prime Minister’s cage, and wound him up magnificently on Wednesday.The wind is now in Miliband E’s sails now. His true persona is starting to coalesce as a real Leader of the Opposition. He still has a tendency to over-speak, but in Question

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-71423777428734211822011-07-07T17:45:00.008+01:002011-07-07T18:55:12.072+01:00

I have become cynical.I could get all worked up about those individuals at the NoTW, but I won’t.I must make a choice to try and do what is right, whatever the cost.As for me and my house, I have got to try and serve the LORD (Jehovah), even if I am unfaithful.That is all I can think about right now...Shutting down the News of The World now is like shutting the stable door after the horse has

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-76862221849930823772011-07-03T00:32:00.011+01:002011-07-03T01:21:50.318+01:00

...with fight fans who didn't get to see David Haye lose his bout - and his crown - to Wladimir Klitschko. Angry for them too. A shame - I no longer follow boxing, but respect the anger of viewers who paid (in some cases), but didn't get their service. Sky's graceless response will have enraged customers yet further.Bad luck to Haye, a brave man, whose 'arms were too short to box with' Klitchko.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-77751597244194095142011-06-10T16:40:00.013+01:002011-06-10T16:54:33.770+01:00

Today (I mean on Wednesday), I went to Josh Lewin for the first time in ages. I headed straight for the haberdashery counter.I looked at the pattern books on view - no McCalls or Butterick there now. Also, the cheapest Vogue pattern is now £11:25!!! And Simplicity pattern 2929, the one that I'd set my heart on, is £8:15!!! Ridiculous!!!The biggest shock of all though, is when I visited the "

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-82672956120593448002011-05-29T23:06:00.020+01:002011-05-29T23:20:36.193+01:00

His site will now stop. But I said what I had to say there, anyway.He gave.And now he’s gone.R.I.P. Mr Scott-Heron, sir.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-92006017656896922722011-05-24T21:19:00.008+01:002011-05-24T21:27:41.200+01:00

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=b8mJ5WEsx2UC&lpg=PR9&ots=sZ5CFaiifl&dq=homi%20bhabha%20essentialism&lr&pg=PR9#v=onepage&q&f=falseThis is business. The final week before my exam.All bullsh*t against the wall.No more messing.Pressure on.I live this stuff. (esp. mimicry) but I gotta write in fancy language and hope it makes enough sense for me to pass these modules.Must visit Mum tomorrow. I know

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-87143396058754061722011-04-26T20:34:00.016+01:002011-04-26T20:58:46.765+01:00

Ms Marianne Elliot-Said has passed away, it was announced.I always admired her for being straight about how girls (as I was then) are patronised and put down.Germ-Free Adolescence remains more relevant than ever. Who will get teenage girls (and increasingly boys) to see past the f**kery, bling and sh*te that they’re force-fed through the 4th Estate today? I’m too old now, unfortunately.I didn’t

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-72280063756459985592011-04-09T17:14:00.014+01:002011-04-09T19:16:01.781+01:00

Here’s my contribution to the ‘dumbed-down quilt’ debate.Appliqué - squares of fabric sewn to cover mildew stains: done todayI will sew WHAT I wantI will sew HOW I want I will sew WHEN I want I will sew IF I want and spend MY money buying fabrics THAT I want.patchwork and quilting combined in this stand mixer cover (my second) Anything else just isn’t freedom, liberty, et cetera.So there(!)

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-73392966446858724272011-04-01T01:13:00.013+01:002011-04-01T02:08:55.125+01:00

The former gastroenterologist and scientist Dr Andrew Wakefield is put through the grill again on this Radio 4 programme. Now they want to trash what’s left of him. Even though ONE person has been given a £90,000 payout - after EIGHTEEN years.(link to another version of same story here)For those of you who are interested, listen here and download this if you can.My feelings on this are too

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-84050726614141694622011-04-01T00:41:00.010+01:002011-04-01T00:59:44.799+01:00

The embodiment of Free Libya: still under the fist of the old regime.Where in the world is......Eman al-Obeidi?Not sure what to do next.My Mum reckons that this true heroine - this courageous lady who spoke out despite the fear - is dead. Killed by the same forces that (allegedly) abused her. I choose to believe that she might yet be alive.No-one has actually called her a liar yet. Wonder why?

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-18556502362685295202011-04-01T00:28:00.004+01:002011-04-01T00:35:41.696+01:00

I am just dreading the naming of the (alleged) individual who almost killed a five-year-old girl and a 35-year-old man in Stockwell, south London.The great unmentionable: (I just hope that it isn’t a __________ guy. Please)There. Said it.This is NOT about money. This is about prestige - saving face - or, avenging ‘loss of face’.Why oh why?

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-23462169665817889932011-03-27T12:31:00.013+01:002011-03-27T13:17:45.773+01:00

The lady, I mean.The one that spoke out to the reporters and shouted - screamed actually - that she had been raped (allegedly).Where is the lady now? She had a brief time with the reporter from Sky... and a few others. I don't normally watch SkyNews at all - much to hysterical - and short on news......but I was riveted early this morning not long before the clocks sprung forward: watching the

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-43547913319819616752011-03-18T04:50:00.017Z2011-03-18T05:23:12.750Z

Mr David Emmanuel is dead.That is, Smiley Culture, the south London MC /Toaster / Rapper.Whatever the truth of his tragic demise, he has left behind for us two crucial linguistic snapshots of Black London; ‘Cockney Translation’ and ‘Police Officer (Producer)’ were taken at a time of unexpected tension and even downright hostility between sections of the indigenous community and many of us still

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-84499684053321147882010-12-11T14:35:00.012Z2010-12-11T14:56:42.432Z

...you couldn’t make this up.The mind is a funny thing - the lectures we had last week about strands, Spoonerisms and exchanges now make perfect sense.Priceless.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-32628050960546592422010-12-09T20:28:00.062Z2010-12-09T22:11:30.387Z

Mr Miliband E - don’t let the PM’s contempt get you down...The car that carried HRH the Prince of Wales and HRH the Duchess of Cornwall to the PalladiumThe anarchists are taking over the student protests. And that is bad news. For models of peaceful demonstration are being distorted by interventionist police tactics on the one hand, and the increasingly frustrated and reactionary posture of the

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-77941273241725753632010-10-22T11:49:00.006+01:002010-10-22T13:24:00.491+01:00

The problem is, the noise from the machine is grating somewhat.After about five minutes or so, the dying screen emits a ‘snappy, crackling, poppish’ noise. Distracting. And the unit gets really hot after an hour; something it never did before the CRT screen went. But for £20, I can access my Mac - and thanks to my brother’s generosity with regard to his old PC screen, I can use it almost as

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-74443875833208750542010-10-20T16:08:00.003+01:002010-10-20T16:10:36.506+01:00

(REPEAT 50 TIMES, Mr Osbourne)NO IFS - NO BUTS! NO EDUCATION CUTS!!! * NO IFS - NO BUTS! NO EDUCATION CUTS!!! * NO IFS - NO BUTS! NO EDUCATION CUTS!!! * NO IFS - NO BUTS! NO EDUCATION CUTS!!! * NO IFS - NO BUTS! NO EDUCATION CUTS!!! * NO IFS - NO BUTS! NO EDUCATION CUTS!!! * NO IFS - NO BUTS! NO EDUCATION CUTS!!! * NO IFS - NO BUTS! NO EDUCATION CUTS!!! * NO IFS - NO BUTS! NO EDUCATION CUTS!!! *

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-73635719098289404752010-10-20T15:37:00.011+01:002010-10-20T16:07:56.883+01:00

I really do like being at Birkbeck.The only problem is, that I am struggling to actually study. No longer having a working computer at home is a real challenge; a situation that I have - in all truth - never had to deal with before. I prided myself (oh yes - dirty, stinking, rotten 'flesh-ridden' pride) on having my own, 'doing for self' and was encouraged on this wise by my primary

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-27682777037661073122010-10-17T19:14:00.011+01:002010-10-17T21:29:57.458+01:00

...and I am still traumatised by the fact.I am reliant on my computer not just to surf the web, or to do the email thing - it has also been my main mode of creative expression for quite a few years now - and the thought of not having a new eMac (or iMac, even) sends shudders down my spine. In short, my eMac is a kind of 'best friend'.Sounds dumb? I am a singleton - a ‘person of colour’*** in a

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-84245795780801533202010-10-10T15:38:00.009+01:002010-10-10T16:44:56.433+01:00

My eMac’s screen has died.The screen has failed, and I can no longer access the desktop.The hard drive appears to be sound, however - and if I can get hold of a screen (which my bruv has kindly provided yesterday) and a VGA / MiniVGA adaptor from Apple Regent Street (thanks to Alistair at the Genius Bar) or somewhere much cheaper, I’m back in business.I cannot believe this; on Friday night, two

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-64547244246872066142010-09-29T16:38:00.018+01:002010-09-29T17:06:17.141+01:00

©Nick Hayes (originally published in The Guardian)So glad I found this (again)!!!Must be a cricket fan......just like me.Last post on the Miliband for a while. Honest...

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-6733090355520268372010-09-29T15:50:00.003+01:002010-09-29T15:53:25.590+01:00

...wherever you are.Your patience enabled me to get my Photoshop and InDesign (and the others) back - hopefully.Cheers.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-43379846868248029972010-09-29T00:49:00.012+01:002010-10-10T15:14:07.245+01:00

The speech.Not 'hot' at all.But reasonably honest.Don’t give up on the principles, E.They’re the only things that distinguish Labour from the ConDemolition.Hold your nerve.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-8157533168604363302010-09-25T22:03:00.020+01:002010-09-25T23:04:31.835+01:00

Mili PM (with an ‘E’) ? I’m pleased, but not delusionalIt’s Mili with an E, not Mili with a D.......’coz Mili with a D was way too close to Blair T!Now Mili with an E (not Mili with a D)has got to lead what's left of his party!!!(to the tune of “Liza with a ‘Zee’ ” - you know the one)And Mili with an ‘E’ (not Mili with a ‘D’) gets my vote - b-coz he's way up there (nice and tall, etc.). As good a

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-52452785578994396952010-08-25T21:17:00.005+01:002010-08-25T21:56:11.981+01:00

It looks as if we are all to become carers now.According to the Daily Telegraph - ‘patient hotels’ for the families and loved ones of chronically ill patients are to be set up so that relatives can provide basic nursing care for the sick, alongside a trained nurse (if you’re lucky). Relatives and loved ones will be furnished with ‘basic training’ in order to carry out these duties (instead of

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-40674063274794164992010-08-01T00:46:00.006+01:002010-08-01T01:18:52.694+01:00

Could it be because I paid some of my phone bill on Friday?They don’t joke - they even used to do this when I had BT Broadband (but not as obviously).The test gave me 5.9MB download this time (early 01AUG2010). I cannot do without my broadband..._______________________________________________I really am beginning to wonder if I should go down the self-employment route...I believe that Professor

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-24545951676636828562010-07-14T01:44:00.005+01:002010-07-14T01:48:22.078+01:00

I have been back on for just over a day.On the old b-band, I mean.It was hell.I hated it.I have few friends.I am alone.My broadband must not cease.I could not communicate properly.My old modem had to kick in, and it took 20 minutes at one time to get my emails.I was grateful for 40,000 kpbs!Oh dear. Gots too git a jhaaab.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-3498712555548676672010-06-10T11:59:00.015+01:002010-06-10T13:07:24.143+01:00

Autism’s exponential increase amongst the general population is now being explained by this article in The Independent.The toughened campaigner Polly Tommey is featured with her son Billy in a companion piece, also in The Independent. Fair enough.But before you start shedding tears for the pharmaceutical industries’ plight and start to believe that they really do care more about children than

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-25316645330415900082010-06-02T04:32:00.004+01:002010-06-02T05:03:25.922+01:00

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-40712352519948240682010-06-02T01:59:00.005+01:002010-06-02T02:05:42.988+01:00

Guru of GANGSTARR - né Keith Elam - died.And I didn’t know, never heard about it.I feel sad. I truly loved GangStarr.This is bad news. And it’s a month after the event.I’m the third type of person...“What happened?”My respects to his family.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-17037016762422002652010-05-24T18:37:00.022+01:002010-05-24T21:31:18.836+01:00

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyNB - you might need to go direct to NBC site to get this one...AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Oh (draws breath)

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-57683798425949854662010-05-21T20:06:00.014+01:002010-05-21T20:37:08.991+01:00

There is a callous disregard for vaccine-damaged children.Dr Wakefield has finally put pen to paper, and is telling his side of the story.At last.I will have to get his book at some point. Whatever the cost.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-90159498622574495752010-05-20T16:18:00.007+01:002010-05-20T16:36:36.254+01:00

‘Nick’ (pictured left) and ‘Dave’ present the new joined-up manifesto.Whether by accident or design, these ‘cute’ mascots have caught the zeitgeist.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-44167782865995170802010-05-12T02:22:00.001+01:002010-05-12T02:25:29.204+01:00

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-46536302949477060392010-05-08T22:18:00.005+01:002010-05-08T22:23:20.947+01:00

I sometimes find the CHILD HEALTH SAFETY blog difficult to navigate, and even access sometimes.But when I get news like this, I have go to amplify it if at all possible.So here it is:Wakefield’s Lancet Paper Vindicated – [Yet Again]Can I put it on my web site?Yes I can - but not just now...

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-33935216196603098312010-05-08T20:52:00.009+01:002010-05-08T21:39:09.761+01:00

306 - 258 - 57 - 28 are those numbers.You read it here first.I predict that there will be a general election on Thursday, November the Fourth, 2010.Then, whoever wins that vote can really set Parliament alight on the Fifth!It is my personal belief (ie my opinion) that Mr Cameron will not last long as the Conservative Party leader, even though he has - in my view - done well to get this far.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-7526947393087772562010-05-07T23:38:00.006+01:002010-05-08T00:11:06.441+01:00

Well - the election has been. But it has not gone.The Parliament is apparently very well hung indeed.I thought I wanted this.But I do not - I feel more alienated and confused than ever.Here’s how I see the result - A parliamentary group that has Mr Cameron up front. With centrist policies, a tight grip on the purse-strings, but also a conscience that won’t kick a little old lady out into the

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-49077714465769902382010-04-29T22:22:00.013+01:002010-04-29T23:13:35.981+01:00

Yesterday (Wednesday) I walked through to Wealdstone (over the bridge at Harrow & Wealdstone station).I was supposed to have been at (the latest market research company) for an evening shift. But the thought of having to question members of the public about their political allegiance after the PM’s supergaffe - calling a member of the electorate a “bigoted woman” despite her courteousness and

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-45892923622072624172010-04-26T00:33:00.004+01:002010-04-26T00:40:53.644+01:00

The skies have lots of vapour trails once more.I am once again in employment of sorts. But I will never get rich doing market research over the phone.In fact, I won’t even be poor.Time to read up on CSS.Now or never.For I am in need of a permanent job, and a pension.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-85512558379360763432010-04-19T13:34:00.010+01:002010-04-19T16:44:13.792+01:00

Here is a link (below) to a BMJ editorial pertaining to Dr Wakefield and Mr B Deer, the fount of all medical wisdom (NOT!). The article is medical, and dense. Read with respect, et cetera.Does autistic enterocolitis exist?Dr (or Mr) Nicholas Wright asks why there are questions around this issue even now, despite the retraction of the (now infamous) Lancet paper of 1998.One of the things that

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-24856003416125676582010-04-19T12:29:00.007+01:002010-04-19T13:21:15.856+01:00

It is still quiet over London Town.The airlines are bleating about the cost of the Icelandic volcano on their businesses. If a Harrier Jump Jet has had engine troubles after a sortie into that ash, what chance then a Jumbo Jet over the North Atlantic? Sheesh.Went to see Dad and clean his flat yesterday. NW10 is right on the flight path. It’s so calm, despite the occasional siren from the

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-67103467609160660212010-04-17T03:21:00.007+01:002010-04-17T03:30:09.030+01:00

I would like to work.I would especially like to work for Dr Wakefield.But can I? Should I, more to the point?I’m falling asleep in front of the screen. But whatever the GMC’s ‘verdict’ in June 2010 (or whenever), I am making it plain that I wish to work for him.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-12605754119585909122010-04-17T03:01:00.009+01:002010-04-17T03:19:00.925+01:00

It is so quiet over the London landscape, thanks to the “act of GOD” that spewed forth the volcanic ash.From Saturday (17 April) afternoon, we should be finished, and the overhead noise returns. Not since September 11, 2001 and the immediate aftermath has it been so very quiet.Sssshhh.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-17757816371293564872010-04-14T01:07:00.010+01:002010-04-14T01:39:00.187+01:00

This is making me angry. I’m listening to it on iTunes.GoldenHawk Projects © 2010. All rights reserved.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-25600768412967111032010-04-12T22:45:00.010+01:002010-04-12T23:10:54.787+01:00

...but in truth I was just angry - then deflated.(link)Still, this post reads well. I’m in here somewhere.And by the bye, here’s the next in the sequence of films...Lumbar Punctures (I’ve had one, and it was a painful and disconcerting experience!)What Happen (sic) at the Birthday Party?Keep it up, Doctor.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-45020166158030613852010-04-11T21:28:00.014+01:002010-04-11T21:56:54.532+01:00

If you really don’t know who to vote for, here is a little poster you can print out and stick on your window. Click on any of the ‘candidates’ and it should open up as a PDF in another window for easy printing.Vote! Vote! Vote!(here’s Adobe Acrobat Reader if you don’t have)

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-8621286786249303782010-04-09T21:27:00.020+01:002010-04-09T21:57:26.849+01:00

The Doctor appears seriously gaunt in this video. Not at all well.When was it shot? To me, he looks awful; as if he’s aged ten years overnight.Please take care, Doctor.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-91283133873784984142010-04-09T21:10:00.011+01:002010-04-09T21:56:09.000+01:00

Dr Wakefield starts to warm to his theme on this video...... and he even manages to raise a smile, bless him.I hope that he (and his family) will eventually “confound the enemy”.Keep talking, sir.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-61464365379770194992010-04-04T21:14:00.004+01:002010-04-04T21:18:04.284+01:00

This one’s a big one, about the cash issue.I definitely want to know what happened here.In his own words, then - as ‘it won’t go away’.(As ever, stump up if you can for the film-makers)

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-79914541307200791742010-04-04T20:56:00.011+01:002010-04-04T21:14:19.873+01:00

If you want to hear it straight from the horse’s mouth (so to speak) - here it is...At last. Thank you, GoldenHawk Films. Support them. I can’t right now, but you can if have the ‘flash’.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-88118046157370275852010-03-27T18:48:00.009Z2010-03-27T20:29:31.363Z

Think of BMJ • Rapid • ResponseDo these forum pagespage 6 •••• page 7 help this make more sense?HA!!! This is the bona fide link from Mr John Stone. Thank you, Sir. Now you can read the ‘missing link’ into the gap effectively.(note the gap between the 9th and 24th March, and the ‘editorial note’ by the BMJ letters editor)

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-41594213845906549582010-03-23T03:15:00.006Z2010-03-23T03:30:21.732Z

I have provided a link to “Age Of Autism” - and a particularly distressing story.This testimony (update) is from one of the parents of the original twelve children (misnomered “The Lancet 12”), if I have understood the article correctly.I was so incensed, I could not write a comment on the site itself. So I have written here instead.If you feel qualified, post your support there please. And do

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-74493629510782014182010-03-19T10:33:00.004Z2010-03-19T11:06:07.592Z

I failed the cricket test long ago...I would fail it today.There-a you go.You skinhead thug.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-84948759032562710522010-03-12T23:53:00.007Z2010-03-13T00:04:48.550Z

The IPL (Indian Premier League) is in town (so to speak).On ITV4 if you’re in the UK.On youTube if you’re not.It ain’t Test Match cricket, but it’s nice to watch Ravi Shastri work the camera and the crowd whilst having a very late breakfast; all for ‘free’ on terrestrial TV. And the noise!!

Tonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078391547706590807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-69163342040613815562010-03-11T02:36:00.017Z2010-03-11T03:39:21.541Z

Mark this link as extremely relevant to this blog.And to this blogger.Thanks to Ms Campbell for this link.N.B. - Windows 9 player (or a compatible player if you are a Mac user) is necessary to view these videos. Hit the appropriate link on the page.(as I’m watching this, I’m getting tetchy! And angrier - the dissemblers! Switch your brain on to get the most out of this)I have the print-out of

Tonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078391547706590807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-41964778288283942392010-03-11T01:10:00.006Z2010-03-11T01:33:19.653Z

...if not quite of the Ages...This truly excellent track by Carlos Garnett (originally from the album “Cosmos Nucleus”). Hadn’t heard it for years, literally.What will the end be to this drama called life?I know, but I can’t be smug.Nothing wrong in asking honest questions.Listen to this.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-6551509902068238752010-03-09T21:37:00.011Z2010-03-09T22:11:04.581Z

If you tried the link on the previous post, it seems to have become “not found” (a shame).Well, here it comes again (via another page), please root around for the bona fide link.I note that copyright belongs to the (non-) publisher of this study.Still rooting for the noble heretick.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-70745238182070179122010-03-03T01:30:00.006Z2010-03-03T01:42:09.902Z

I am not happy about any experimentation on animals.But since my personal conviction is that the triple jab is a form of ongoing experimentation on the most vulnerable members of the human population, I will put up the link here as a service to science (not that I’m any good at the sciences), and as a tribute to all of the doctors, professors and other clinicians who chose to work with Dr W@%€ƒ!€

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-43468235541651481002010-03-02T22:29:00.006Z2010-03-02T22:57:01.139Z

This article tells it like it is, which is the good news. The controversy has not yet been put to bed.Yet, the slant given is so obviously negative, the good news contained within it is stifled - which is bad news.It is now clear that the propaganda isn’t working (at least not for twenty-three per cent of the 1552 respondents in this study).Read it and guess what might come next... Forced entry?

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-57867519633479414042010-03-01T04:20:00.030Z2010-03-01T12:17:02.126Z

This self-confessed ‘columnist’ really took a ‘sh*t in the dark’ with this attack on the noble heretick.Well, my lips are not only soft - they’re huge. What is she implying about the doctor here? ‘Soft-lipped maverick’ - yeah? Is it a racial slur? C’mon...The link or otherwise between the MMR and autism has still not been proven - yet. What HAS been proven is the Government’s word and deed in

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-30048032264834172222010-03-01T03:23:00.005Z2010-03-01T03:53:13.748Z

Link to a page that nonetheless released some useful information (PDF format) into the public domain.Thank you for confirming my worst fears.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-27720588741891841752010-02-27T19:34:00.018Z2010-02-27T20:58:29.772Z

I am riding on the bus, on my way to the ’Bush to pay a bill at the PO. I see a poster of the latest movie incarnation of the Alice In Wonderland story... and a very mad looking hatter on the side of the bus, orange lines under the eyes and all.I’m sure this new film is good, although I haven’t seen it (I remain, however, a definite fan of the Fiona Fullerton / Spike Milligan version).Then, it

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-43787087181901734312010-02-25T00:31:00.009Z2010-02-25T01:11:10.935Z

Here is an article from the Vancouver Sun, in Canada...link hereThe writer asks some very important questions about the triple jab, and its possible link to autism. I also like the appeal to the purse-strings......but even today (Wednesday), I disagreed with my primary nurturer carer-giver about this issue. They say that people aren’t having vaccinations because of the remnant of doubt regarding

Tonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078391547706590807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-41846417446164217922010-02-21T00:37:00.006Z2010-02-21T00:57:13.835Z

Regarding the advice that I have been happy to dole out - do not blame the GP (or M.D.) if they accuse you of being hysterical over the MMR issue: their job has been made much more difficult by the uncertainty and pain of confused and alienated parents.If, after asking for the Patient Information Leaflet for the triple jab, they cannot or will not give it to you, do NOT become abusive or angry.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-67531290094910285792010-02-21T00:05:00.006Z2010-02-21T00:15:03.195Z

I feel so beat-up by these events that I cannot think straight. But if I do not share this, then how can I complain if another desperate person takes her child’s life because they cannot cope any more, and have lost all hope? I am a non-parent, yet this situation has grieved me, just as it grieved me (very nearly) twelve years ago when I spoke to the doctor over the phone. He was a true gentleman

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-68042763706562988742010-02-20T22:58:00.005Z2010-02-21T00:04:01.820Z

It appears that Dr Andrew Wakefield has left Thoughtful House behind, due to the ongoing GMC ‘enquiry’ into his conduct.If things are to get worse for those who are cursed with independence of mind (or at least a desire to protect their loved ones) at this juncture, here’s what you can do for your baby vis-a-vis the triple vaccine:If your child is due to be vaccinated with the triple vaccine

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-75826511573812246682010-02-20T22:54:00.004Z2010-02-20T22:57:47.683Z

ƒ*¢% - ƒ*¢% - ƒ*¢% - ƒ*¢% - ƒ*¢% Is this the beginning of the end? I should not be surprised. This organisation was founded to help treat children with gastrointestinal issues (hope I got that right!). The founder must now leave in order to clear his name (what’s left of it). I feel beaten up. I didn’t check the news or the web yesterday. This would have been waiting for me... I really

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-75058827541613729652010-02-18T23:26:00.007Z2010-02-19T00:03:11.567Z

I read this piece after trawling an adventurous autism website. You should, too.Polly Tommey is the Editor-in-Chief of The Autism File, a powerful advocate for the interests of autistic people, their parents, carers and loved ones.She has come under extremely heavy pressure recently, perhaps because of her willingness to give Dr Wakefield the time of day, as it were.I cannot afford to subscribe

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-1124616623649339512010-02-18T02:25:00.007Z2010-02-18T02:37:05.866Z

Here is my mixer, less than a week old here - with the first of its two home-made covers.The Kenwood Chef has now become part of my scene at home. I save money and even ‘time’ by making cakes, bread and some other stuff with it. It is no glamorous KitchenAid, but I like my kChef all the more for it.It is still a bit of a luxury for me - but I have no regrets about buying it.

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-29857040940352091152010-02-16T21:41:00.017Z2010-02-19T00:20:14.556Z

Link to a relevant PDFLink to another relevant pageHow about this one? It’s a PDF, too...A ‘redesign’ of an online version of the Patient Information LeafletWell, you read it here first (not!) ...If you are a parent, carer or guardian of a child - and that child is scheduled for the triple vaccine, make sure that you get your hands on the Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) contained within. Every

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-55141661649633492432010-02-12T11:14:00.002Z2010-02-12T11:21:35.989Z

The death of a twelve-year-old boy in Barking, East London/Essex has brought to the fore the agony of raising a child with severe developmental disorders.It has been reported that the little boy, allegedly poisoned by his mother, a 44-year-old woman, was autistic.The Telegraph has more on this tragedy - although its headline blames the social services...

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-38978683595409827592010-02-02T03:05:00.003Z2010-02-02T03:25:27.740Z

The journalist Fiona Phillips has written an intelligent and rather informative piece about the MMR and the General Medical Council’s inquisition of the ‘GMC Three’ in the Daily Mirror.and the writer of this article on Scotland on Sunday’s web site makes some salient points that are hardly ever raised in any newspaper south of Hawick on this same issue.Thank you, both. You’ll be fully prepared

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-14187882911323413322010-02-02T02:29:00.008Z2010-02-02T02:54:14.228Z

Dr Barbara Loe Fisher testifies to the integrity and courage of Dr Andrew Wakefield, and also pays tribute to him and the Professors Murch and Walker-Smith:Here is the youTube version:And, as an aside, here is some information about Evan Harris MP - this gentleman has come against the ‘GMC Three’. He has challenged the good doctors regarding their conduct and behaviour, and also spoken about them

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-12939592742955027172010-02-01T02:36:00.002Z2010-02-01T02:44:46.075Z

...that I am concerned about the rise in measles. I don’t want anybody to catch that stuff. It itches.I do get the impression though, that the parents of autistic children (whether made that way by the MMR, just born that way or some other way) are routinely ignored and ridiculed a for sticking up for their offspring and demanding appropriate health and social facilities for their children, just

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-65647971501013111862010-01-31T21:11:00.009Z2010-02-01T03:24:22.113Z

Dr Wakefield is “irresponsible”...(you need a sense of humour to cope - sorry)Brian Deer was on Five Live a little while back, making the most of his fifteen minutes.Short, but sweet.Is the cause lost?No, because this is not a cause.This is about exposing the Government’s vanity exercise.This is about children severely enfeebled by the MMR vaccine (unless every single one of those women and men

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805659465981342678.post-60634668712910954602010-01-31T04:00:00.004Z2010-01-31T22:13:30.621Z

Dr. Andrew Wakefield is now a heretick (with a ‘k’ on the end).Why?Because he’s had the courage to withstand over a decade of doubt, drilling, dystopia, several drubbings in the press and medical media and finally - after a 30-month ‘enquiry’ into his conduct - damnation by the General Medical Council. Along with his two former colleagues, Professor Walker-Smith and Professor Smith. This really

Tonnie. Solanoreply@blogger.com0