Cautionary tales

Social media, particularly Twitter, is proving brilliant at raising awareness and getting information out when even the fourth estate can't. But it's still the net. Which means that you need just as much salt as ever:

Police warn users as website wrongly lists resident as pedophile

Although of course, the saline requirement is also true of the professional media:

Santa's a Health Menace? Media Everywhere Are Falling for It

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My blood glucose readings are coming down, but they're still too high, and my vision is still blurred. It's not all bad news, though - just finished my first workout in a couple of weeks, and not only has it ripped my blood sugar down from 13 to 7, I've somehow managed to lose a kilo and a half as well. Over Christmas! I must be doing something right. Tell you what, though, those big numbers on the BGM put the fear of the god into you. Right now I'm like that king in the story where he finally loses weight because his latest doctor tells him he's going to die in a month and he's too scared to eat!