Rav Casley Gera’s Blog

why are goals always compared to 1990 levels? The Millennium Development Goals were designed in 2000 but are all measured against 1990 levels. And the EU emissions reductions targets, agreed in 2007, are also against 1990 levels. Why? Do the bureaucrats of transnational organisations all really love Twin Peaks? And isn't it kind of cheating? If I lost ten pounds in two months, and then loudly declared my intention to lose a stone (against the levels of two months previous), that goal wouldn't actually be that demanding, now, would it? I think I'm going to aim to increase the amount of my time I spend in a godforsaken office by 50 hours a week compared to 1990 levels. Oh look, finished!
February 12, 2008 in Asides, Rav Idly Wonders | 0 comments

My new project is a series of one-hour documentaries aimed at delivering a complete, objective understanding of the main issues of our time in accessible audio download format. Not at all ambitious. You can find out more, check things out, and cheer me on at brasstacks.org.uk.

So I got into a couple of arguments over Guardian leaders, over, of all things, the BBC and (less of a shock) international development policy.

I still think it’s very wierd that the world’s second-most popular online newspaper lets any user place unmoderated comments straight on the webpage of its leader articles, but it’s kind of fun, too…