Well, a bit like Homer Simpson, I went to start a new life......'under the sea'! Or in other words, I've been checking out a sort of Wikipedia-type thing called Squidoo. Somebody on one of my other BBs mentioned it, and boy, is it addictive!? But finally I came back to trusty old TV.com!

I saw a section of a UK topical news show this morning called 'The Wright Stuff'. They showed an example of a math 'O' level question from several years ago - in the 1970s I think. Then they showed a typical GCSE question from a couple of years ago. My goodness!!!! The 70s paper was pure algebra leading to two solutions for x if you knew how to do it. I needed a piece of paper. The GCSE was 'it takes Jimmy an hour to get to school. How many hours does he take to go to school each week?' Errrr.....that'll be 5x1=5 then! Bet they can't wait to go to basic uni, and math1.01 to do Laplace transformations and other assorted differential equations!! Good luck!

And then to the Apprentice. Well, ta ta Lucifer, errr, I mean Lucinder. She's not bad really. Honest! Harmless and wishy-washy. I have to say, I was expecting more than just her to get fired tonight. Oh well. It makes for good telly, with an explosive ending hopefully. Looks like they're all fairly evenly matched - about as useless as each other. And whoever 'wins' will have their usual three months working for Alan Sugar before joining the others in media somewhere and somehow. Oh, cynical little me. Must slap myself on the wrist for that. But you know I'm right.

Okay, back to Squidoo - I'm supposed to be starting up a separate blog on arts, writing and music, but never seem to get over there to add anything. D'oh! Naughty Squidoo.