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Dobra vecxer, divna noch!  Are there any Croatian groups, clubs or societies in Reading?  Please email me if you know of any.  Hvala lijepa!

Fancy participating in a scientific study for cash?  Jan Luff at the University of Reading is looking for healthy volunteers to help “evaluate the effects of different breakfast cereals on beneficial faecal bacteria”.  Here’s the digest:
It has long been known that the bacteria in the human gut can infuluence health; in particular eating fermented foods [...]

An amusing email discussion is taking place today at work about one of my favourite transport gripes - the Thames Valley Park (TVP) bus service (operating between TVP and Reading town centre).  Described by one as a “farce” for “steeling my time in the morning and on a night”, someone (not me) suggested a boat [...]

Looking at the latest Evening Post poll on their website, I see that 38% of respondents are not in favour of the Living Reading/Reading UK logo.  I don’t know how many have responded to the poll exactly, but 38% seems a substantial share.  What are your thoughts on the initiative?  I know this looks like [...]

And here’s another newish (started in April 2007) Reading blog: Ticking to a Different Tock.  It’s hugely entertaining, detailing the
experiences of an American expat making the transition from Washington, D.C., to Reading, England.
These experiences and observations have included our wonderful NHS, local graffiti, English eccentricities (hot dogs in a can, for example, and, er, morris [...]

I stopped at Reading’s Picnic for another coffee this morning. I sat outdoors in the sun with a Cafe au Lait, croissant and Travel section of The Guardian, and felt momentarily happy.
Directly opposite was another cafe, adjacent to Costa Coffee. Opposite Costa Coffee were two more chains, Coffee Republic and Pret a Manger (with Giardino’s [...]

A new Reading blog has appeared on my radar.  West Reading Times, written by “Teak”, covers the Oxford Road community and has a socially liberal feel to it.  As well as lots of nice imagery and free ads, the blog features a regular poll (latest question: How can we unite our community).  

A new logo for Reading has emerged.  Two, in fact (right).  Designed by Indent Design, the emblems, unveiled at the Madejski, are intended to project, in the Reading FC Chairman’s words:
a powerful and exciting image for Reading to promote ot the outside world
According to Tim Smith, who heads Reading UK Community Interest Company,
this new identity [...]

Traffic is down 73% this month. Not road traffic, of course.  That is definitely up after a quiet August.  Yesterday it was horrendous, even,  in the Reading Station area around 6pm.  No, I’m referring to traffic to this blog, a consequence of not having written anything for a while (while I remained in the town, [...]