Interesting Links for 21-10-2014

• Ex-US Navy fighter pilot: Why drones beat humans and smartcars should be driverless
  (tags: drone cars robots )
• Cheap African solar energy could power UK homes in 2018
  (tags: solarpower renewables Africa UK )
• Human intestine grown in mouse for first time as scientists say there is hope to create spare parts for people
  (tags: mice organs humans organdonor )
• Is Britain confused about Europe?
  (tags: Europe UK )
• Experimental archaeology is showing that Europe's first farmers were also its first carpenters
  (tags: tools history prehistory humans Europe )
• A list of all of the new superhero movies between now and 2020
  (tags: movies superheroes )
• Migration myths, reality and public opinion
  (tags: immigration UK )
• There are already multiple laws covering trolling - can anyone tell me what advantage the new one brings?
  (tags: law politics abuse UK )
• UK convicts man over drawn manga sex images of children
  (tags: art manga freespeech law UK )
• The power of anonymity
  (tags: anonymity abuse identity discussion internet )
• The two-year sentence for trolls was announced back in March...
  (tags: politics abuse law UK )
• They cancelled "Human Resources"! You'll pay for not backing it, come the apocalypse!
  (tags: kickstarter games apocalypse )
• Ukip does deal with far-right, racist Holocaust-denier to save EU funding
  (tags: racism UKIP Holocaust Europe )
• We Need STV, Not “PR”
  (tags: voting )
• When will there be more classical scholars than there were Classic Greeks?
  (tags: history funny )
• These researchers found a way to make calorie labels that actually work
  (tags: health food design nutrition exercise )
• Spotify introduces family accounts
  (tags: spotify music )
• America is Becoming Less Religious
  (tags: religion usa )
• Paralysed man walks again after cell transplant
  (tags: surgery health technology )
• Chair of House of Lords committee on drones is horrified to discover Google Maps exists...
  (tags: houseoflords Google maps technology )

My tummy has an owie

Six weeks ago I had my appointment with a dietician, who officially handed me a load of leaflets about the FODMAPs diet and told me to follow it.

Since that point I've been doing so, improving as I go along and learn the various things to watch out for (like, for instance, which places are using wheat in either their burgers or to coat their chips).

Today I realised that my next appointment was at exactly the same time as the only work meeting I have between now and Christmas that I just can't move. So I shifted it - and the next available appointment slot is in January.

And because I wasn't going to have to be checked out by the dietician for another 10 weeks, I decided to celebrate by not giving a fuck about food intolerances and eating whatever I liked for dinner. And had a delicious chicken in a white sauce with mushrooms, followed by dessert that included a lemon tart.

It was amazing.

And now I feel like I am full of tiny stabbing daggers all the way from my navel to my nipples.

So totally worth it though.