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• • Favourite type of violence.
  • by Benjaminbrum
    

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  • 1 day old
  • Fairplay and I moved from talking about nuclear obliteration of Birmingham to violence and fear. The gauntlet was thrown down with the comment "There's another bizarre conversation for you "What's your favourite type of violence?" But maybe you wouldn't want to know your work colleagues on that kind of level..." I was determined to somehow steer... more
  • Tags: + ben whitehouse , + birmingham , + birmingham city council , + council house , + discussion , + entertainment , + fairplay , + favourites , + life , + odd conversation , + uk , + violence , + west midlands , + work
• • Understatement of the day award...
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  • 1 day old
  • Listening to a podcast on the way home I reflected that understatement can sometimes hit us unawares. Today's Understatement of the Day award goes to Rachel Donadio, a writer and editor at the New York Times Book Review. She states that "Africa is a vast continent with alot going on". Thanks for pointing that out Rachel. We didn't know that... more
  • Tags: + africa , + ben whitehouse , + birmingham , + comment , + editor , + entertainment , + funny , + new york , + new york times book review , + podcast , + rachel donadio , + uk , + understatement of the day , + usa , + writer
• • Here's how my day was...
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  • 2 days old
  • Found at the delightful nataliedee.com page more
  • Tags: + bad day at work , + ben whitehouse , + birmingham , + cartoon , + funny , + life , + natalie dee , + work
• • A place in the bunker.
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  • 4 days old
  • The strange conversations that go on around me. I was sat with a number of high positioned council types chatting about our "in case of nuclear holocaust" and "in case of zombie uprising" strategies. I was saying that I reckon my building would be defendable or that the council house would be a pretty good place to use. I think they've got some... more
  • Tags: + ben whitehouse , + birmingham , + bunker , + city council , + council , + dvd , + entertainment , + nuclear , + threads , + uk , + west midlands , + zombie
• • A random thought of the day: The Sweetest Thing
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  • 7 days old
  • A friend of mine from San Diego just dropped me a message to say "I recently bought a bottle of Burberry's "Brit" cologne. Whenever I wear it, I think of you! That's your random thought of the day. :D" How sweet!! Bless him. Made my day. more
  • Tags: + afershave , + ben whitehouse , + birmingham , + brit , + burberry , + cologne , + david , + life , + san diego , + uk , + usa
• • Recession predicted by novice...
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  • 11 days old
  • Just a quick reminder that the current economic crisis was predicted by my friend Chris here: http://beninbrum.blog.co.uk/2008/01/23/economic_prophecy~3619056 And he did it in such an Old Testament fashion too. "Something is going to give soon. Economic meltdown. The world economy will shave its hair odd and run off with its children. Food will... more
  • Tags: + ben whitehouse , + chris wills , + credit crunch , + economy , + life , + money , + news , + prediction , + recession , + uk
• • COE vote to consecrate women!
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  • 11 days old
  • The Church of England's ruling General Synod has voted to consecrate women as bishops and approved a code of practice aimed at reassuring opponents. You can probably already guess where I fall on the issue. I'm totally in support of having women bishops. Some clergy have threatened to leave over this issue. Many of those who threatened to leave... more
  • Tags: + church of england , + lgbt , + life , + religion , + rowan williams , + women , + women bishops
• • Deprived Oxygen at Birth
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  • 17 days old
  • Read a news story about a boy in the West Midlands getting an £8 million payout who was left disabled after being deprived of oxygen at birth. He's got choreoathetoid cerebral palsy after being deprived of oxygen at birth. (Read full story here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7484432.stm) As someone who was deprived of oxygen... more
  • Tags: + bbc , + ben whitehouse , + choreoathetoid cerebral palsy , + dudley wordsley hospital , + elie wiesel , + health , + hospital , + miracle , + news , + owen johnson , + princess margaret hospital , + swindon , + wiltshire
• • "It could be worse..."
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  • 17 days old
  • You can hear my contribution to the BBC Fivelive film show with Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo by downloading the podcast. It's the first email to be read out during the top ten and Simon starts by saying "Ben in Birmingham says..." (that's me) http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/kermode/ They did however miss out the bit at the end of the... more
  • Tags: + bbc , + ben whitehouse , + chris wills , + film , + fivelive , + m night , + m night shyamalan , + mark kermode , + movies , + podcast , + radio , + sleep , + the happening
• • International Day Against Homophobia
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  • 64 days old
  • There are 77 countries in the world today where it is a criminal offence to be gay. These countries punish women, men and children because of their sexuality and in seven countries the punishment is death. The reason today is the day against homophobia is because today was the day in 1990 that the WHO removed homosexuality from it's list of... more
  • Tags: + criminal. illegal , + dr seuss , + gay , + homophobia , + human rights , + idaho , + international day against homophobia , + lgbt , + life , + politics