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The truth is in here

The Ministry of Defence has opened up their archives of reports of UFO sightings in the National Archives.

“What does all this stuff about flying saucers amount to? What can it mean? What is the truth?” – Winston Churchill – July 1952

Some of the reports are so laughable it’s amazing they even kept a record of them. They remind me of this nut case I used to work with at Sony who posted on the forums about “mysterious lights in the sky above Halewood”, which, coincidentally, is the area beside Liverpool Airport.

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Brain Train Strain

Hot Brain on the PSP is a sort of half-arsed attempt at catching the brain training craze, but despite its lack of polish I still find it a fun distraction for fifteen minutes or so, and I’ve taken to playing it on my journey to work in the morning by way of waking up the grey matter.

This morning I was going for a streak of four consecutive Hot Brain tests with an increased brain temperature. Before settling down for the main test, I’d done some practice of the categories I find difficult and had done well at them, so I was more than ready to roast my squash.

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