Artificial Sperm Whatever Next?

Did you read about the new scientific breakthrough - artificial sperm? It's a bit scary isn't it? I mean everyone wants to help infertile couples and, having a family member with several chronic diseases attacking their auto immune system, I'm all in favour of science and stem cell research. But how do they test it? It looks like sperm, it wiggles like sperm but would you want to be the first to try it? Fortunately the scientists have no intentions to create humans with it at the moment. They've called it In Vitro Derived sperm. I misread it at first as DeVito derived sperm and was imagining a new race of five foot tall actors.



No winner yet for Friday's competition. You can win £50 off your order by ordering a boiler, cup holder or sous vide unit and being the first to answer a very simple question about our sous vide digital water baths. We have sold out of our first batch of units which is a great start.Check last Friday's blog for full details.



Here's our favourite APC driver Steve getting ready for his charity act at The Mount Hotel in Orrell Rd Wigan. Steve's group is The Ship Inn Follies,his stage name is Zara Swallows and his burlesque drag cabaret has already raised over £1,000 for his local hospice. If you are near Wigan look out for the Follies' shows. I'm sure you'll have a hilariously ribald night out. For more photos of Steve and his friends in action check HERE



Dave Wilson and Gavin are busy with the BSI Environmental Management System inspector at the moment. We've got assembly worker Sean Johnson running on the treadmill in our gym and have told the inspector that we are using Sean to power all the lights in the factory. I think he was suitably impressed.



A few months ago I came up with an idea for a novel and within a few days started writing with a vengeance. I am now up to 48,000 words and my adventure yarn has somehow morphed into a romance - it basically just dragged me along with it. It's probably too short to be published although it has a proper beginning a middle and an end and I don't want to pad it out unnecessarily just for the sake of reaching the magic 70,000 words beloved of publishers. Perhaps I'll have to send it to Mills and Boon, their books are quite short.I've had writers block for three days now trying to come up with a title.



Did you see see ace Guardian columnist Charlie Brooker's new panel show "You Have Been Watching" on Channel Four last night. The show was basically Charlie's "Screen Wipe" with a few celebrity guests brought along for the ride and was best when Charlie was delivering one of his acerbic rants to camera. He must watch one hell of a lot of TV to discover the US show "Deadliest Warrior" that compares fighters throughout history and decides which would have won e.g Shaka Zulu v Robert The Bruce (not kidding) and, even more bizarrely the IRA v the Taliban. Guess who wins.