Book read: Crime and Punishment

I read a bit, but not as much as I should. I've never read a "classic" under my own steam - a bit shameful really. In fact I probably see a lot of truth in the Mark Twain quote of:

"A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read."

I was lent Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) by my friend and naturally it was a little daunting. I've put in the effort to read it, it's a dark tale of murder and rehabilitation from the central characters viewpoint. I'm glad I've read it, of course I'm now thinking will this be the only one I ever read?

Lower Tax on Smoothies

It's the Lib Dem conference and an important resolution has been voted on, lower the VAT on fruit smoothies. In itself not a bad idea, but I kind of get the feeling it's the only thing this party could easily agree on - that must be the only explanation of all the media coverage.

So that's fruit smoothies sorted out, what next?

Lower Tax on Smoothies

It's the Lib Dem conference and an important resolution has been voted on, lower the VAT on fruit smoothies. In itself not a bad idea, but I kind of get the feeling it's the only thing this party could easily agree on - that must be the only explanation of all the media coverage.

So that's fruit smoothies sorted out, what next?

School Selection

I live in a town where the price of housing varies on the "catchment" area of the schools. If you live in a good school area it reflects in your your price. The news has reports that people should have more choice for their children. Well a nice idea, it turns out that nobody wants to send their kids to a bad school!

We end up with ghetto type schools were none of the able kids have gone, I think it should be a fair distribution (within reason of distance for the pupil to travel) of the ability range to try and even things out. Maybe even sharing of teachers.

Needless to say I live the poor school side of town, but I'm not after a rise in house prices.