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is an island

Here’s a bizarre story from the New York Daily News: TV host Cooke’s body plundered by ghouls.

Without permission of any family members, body snatchers surgically carved out the 95-year-old’s diseased bones. The bones were sold for more than $7,000 to two tissue processing companies for eventual transplant procedures, sources told The News.

I really enjoyed the Beeb’s Bleak House adaption, which ended last week. The finale was a little disappointing - nice characters dying, villains not getting their comeuppances - but perhaps if it had been an entirely happy ending, tying up all of the loose ends, I’d be saying it was unrealistic.

There’s a good summary on Lunartalks. Shake me up, Judy!

A couple of links:

LibDems 4 Cameron (via) and Guinevere.

Both are self-explanatory, so I’ll leave them to you to self-explain.

ITV news cancels Christmas.

National Union of Journalists official Paul McLaughlin said: “It’s an outrageous decision which calls into question ITV’s commitment to news. It makes it perfectly clear that they have no interest in quality news.

No comment.

An open letter to those LibDem MPs who can’t stop briefing against Charles Kennedy:

Shut. Up.

It’s that time again - my favourite bits from the latest Dewey Decimal subject mappings.

• Longest number: Thermal conducticity of permafrost - 551.384015362012
• Geekiest number: Women in computer games - 794.8
• Number most likely to be confused with number for David Tennant fan clubs: Tenants’ associations - 333.5406
• Number most likely to host gigs: Knebworth House (England) - 728.80942581
• White van man: Ford Transit van - 629.2234
• Most chronological geological number: International Year of Mountains, 2002 - 551.432
• Plausible deniability: Military applications of depleted uranium - 623.45
• Ew: Menstruation in the Bible - 220.8612662