Blog Dafydd.

Such enthusiastic long distance cyclists, the Welsh!?

2010-04-04T19:47:00.004Z

Snow up close.

2009-01-07T17:54:00.002Z

Casanova, proud intellectual and polymath....

2008-06-27T12:51:00.000Z

Jogging on the main road and asthma.

2007-07-13T06:42:00.000Z

Could this be me if I keep running on the Welwyn main roads?

Extending the Wales's little part of Carmarthenshire.

2007-07-10T21:05:00.000Z

Royals in Wales get their own way at the recently aquired LLwynwermwd estate.

As usual, stuff the locals.

Pancuronium and end of life decision.

2007-07-09T17:37:00.000Z

I agree with this mans decision to administer Pancuronium to two dying patients, and am sure many other medics do too. Hardly a novel use im sure.

BBC News.

Echinacea stops the common cold

2007-06-25T21:46:00.000Z

For a cooler tube journey, just add ice.

2007-06-08T21:01:00.000Z

TFL are testing a new cooling system on the London tube. There'l be melting ice under the seats.

A breath of fresh air to us who go perspire on the underground regularly.

'Wireless', wifi, Wii, now wireless energy.

2007-06-08T20:56:00.000Z

Researchers in the US demonstrate how to power a lightbulb without any wires using simple physics.

Soon laptops and will be truly wireless.

Exercise myths I am trying to justify

2007-06-05T20:51:00.000Z

I know I may read too much of the Guardian, but its intelligent entertainment.

This piece confirms that tergeted exercise is futile, but fortunately, after all those miles, your knees will be spared.

Having anaesthetised for more than a few total knee replacements, I consider this a good thing.

Zimmer, the makers of walking frames and joint replacements.

Attention all size queens:

2007-06-05T00:27:00.001Z

Your questions are answered and concerns addressed in The Sun.

Cariad Mr bustl yn y Bloomsbury.

2007-05-31T00:35:00.000Z

Aeth Paul a finne ir Bloomsbury neithiwr gyda nifer o Gymru Llunden eraill, i weld cynhyrchiad dyweddara Theatr Cenedlaethol Cymru, Cariad Mr Bystl.

Cyfieithiad cymraeg o ddrama or 16 ganrif, comedi ddu, gan Molière.

A'th hi lawr eitha da. Actorion o safon, tipyn o hiwmor, tipyn o dduwch a set gryf. Falle back gormod o barodi ar brydie.

Ryn nin mynd nol i weld nhw eto mis Medi.

Theatr Cenedlaethol Cymru.

I always did like light blue......

2007-05-31T00:24:00.001Z

but I like it even more after seeing D+G's latest advert (with the lovely David Gandy, if your wondering).

They work! (although im not planning on buying a bottle).

I had to share it!

Time is of the essence.

2007-05-24T07:09:00.000Z

Great news for the busy and the not so motivated. More time spent exercising is not necessarily better. Anything in excess of 30 minutes appears to be of little extra benefit.

To perform best, train pm, and to lift your mood, get out there in the morning.

PS. I hope my backside is this firm when I'm 70. (I will need surgery).

The politics of Eurovision, an American perspective.

2007-05-23T04:36:00.000Z

Another Eurovision came and went, with its usual mix of drag queens, disco queens and lesbian divas.

Deservedly, the talentless British crew came next to last, and my Ukrainian favourite was picked to the post.

The latest murmurs of dissent round these parts claim that the BBC's funding of the spectacle entitles us to prizes.

No doubt there is bloc voting, (Wogan would be very dull without it), and the'll be squabbles and infighting out east soon enough.

Likewise, if we want prizes, we should probably try sending a decent entry.

Eurovision.tv

Celebrtities need dating help too.....

2007-05-21T19:18:00.000Z

Hot off the press comes the revelation.......
Somebody please give this man my number!

OMIGOD, S4C yn fyw ar y we!

2007-05-10T21:08:00.000Z

Ron ni ddim yn gwbod tan nawr bo chin galler gwylio S4C yn fyw ar y we! Na ddiwedd ar dim Pobol y Cwm i fi!

Hefyd, ma Con Passionate wedi enill gwobr Rhosyn Aur yn Ngwyl Ewropeaidd, a drafodwyd ar Front Row Radio 4 heno! Wwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!! Cyfres newydd blwyddyn nesa.

Hefyd, tamed o newyddion. Weles I Sian Cothi ai gwallt falmgoch yn Soho ryw dair wthnos nol, yn siopa, wrth gwrs.

Statins: the latest cure all.............

2007-05-10T20:46:00.001Z

Once considered a humble cholesterol lowering drug, theyr finding that statins potentially have far greater therapeutic potential.

Here is the latest, people on statins, even smokers, have a reduced incidence of lung cancer. However, I don't believe they prevent the tooth staining or the bad breath.

American College of Chest Physicians: Statins Reduce the Risk of Lung Cancer in Humans.

Prince is in town in August

2007-05-09T21:51:00.000Z

Am very excited.

Being a gay professional.

2007-05-05T14:33:00.000Z

Being gay and a professional has never been an issue for me, although being gay per-se has brought its moments.

I'm learning to explore and appreciate the fun there's to be had in expressing my sexuality. To enjoy the comedy it brings.

As individuals we all have different experience. Some share theirs here.

Pandora closes its lid to overseas listners.

2007-05-03T19:19:00.000Z

Sad to hear that US Internet radio broadcaster Pandora are not broadcasting to listners outside the US and UK from today, due to prohibitive US licensing costs.

Pandora is different from the rest as you choose the style of music plays and the clever computer at Pandora creates a station from that genre. Sure it can get it badly wrong, but you can influence the playlist and improve things. Its phenomenal how much music they have, and 'for Free'.

Sorry folks.

Opera Holland Park

2007-05-03T19:18:00.000Z

Having thought there wasnt much going on in London before I came, back, and certainly not enough sunshine to enjoy anything outdoors, Ive been pleasantly surprised to be wrong. Part of this my be due to global warming, but part is also due to Opera holland Park who have a few familiar works and a few I've never seen, this summer in Kensington.

The crazy thing is that despite there being multiple performances, Ive looked at my roster, and I can only make a few!

HSBC at No.8 Canada Square.

2007-05-02T13:26:00.000Z

HSBC have sold their 45 floor HQ in London (on the left) for 1.09 Billion GBP, the largest single property sale in the UK.

Theyr renting it back from the new spannish owners for 43.5 million GBP per annum.

The tower is 210m high, was built for 500 million, and 8000 people work there.

A new toy for airway maintanance: the i-Gel

2007-04-27T16:16:00.000Z

We had a strange new toy in the anaesthetic room today, the i-gel airway device from Intersurgical.

It did the job well.

It looks and feels robust, fell into place, it stayed there without and fuss, caused no trauma and came out easily (in my case series of 2). The LMA evolves.

(Another) Pipeline carves up Welsh countryside.

2007-04-27T10:12:00.000Z

If it were the Cotswolds or Cumbria we'd all know about it. But the Welsh National parks are once again being dug up, and no one bats an eyelid.

Approved on the quiet by Whitehall, its a small band of 'alternatives' that raise the alarm, as usual.

Pictures from 'the principality'.

Toxic, but different.

2007-04-24T13:49:00.000Z

Why British dairy farming is in crisis

2007-04-24T12:38:00.000Z

Back on the butter box.

The Guardian today, out of the blue, has a comprehensive piece on British milk production. The scandal that is penny pinching supermarkets reaping thick profit margins whilst producers are driven to bankrupcy, if not suicide, is not new. However, Tesco have moved, slightly, and the story has become newsworthy. Their move will benefit a minority, and none in Wales.

This comes despite the fact that other retailers have been doing what Tesco has suggested doing, for quite some time.

I do shop at tesco, but I fully realise I'm being manipulated.

Rising prices, failing farms.

Fairtrade with UK producers.

I have stopped smoking the easyway.

2007-04-19T12:08:00.001Z

I have smoked for half my life and thought I enjoyed it. I was aware of the risks but I puffed away regardless, and always felt deprived when I stopped using the willpower method.

This time, I used Allen Carr's 'Easyway to stop smoking' and I have no intention to ever smoke again.

Anyone struggling with cravings for cigarettes and feelings of deprivation should read it, immediately.

My hearts pumping for dear life when im dancing to this: Infernal.

2007-04-19T12:06:00.000Z

Is Spring the new Summer.

2007-04-18T14:02:00.000Z

I know I'm a dirty sun worshiper, but here in the UK summer appears to have arrives, about a month early.

Interesting to see that some people still know their Hawthorns from their Blackthorns. The problem is, theyr all in flower.

City Guide Cardiff.

2007-04-11T16:42:00.000Z

This is becoming one of my favourite places: Canolfan y Milleniwm, Caerdydd.

Contemporary Welsh architecture constructed from Welsh materials can be seen at its best at the Millenium Centre, Cardiff Bay. Next door stands Y Senedd, the small but perfectly formed wooden and glass chamber of Y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol.

Also happens to be where I had dinner last night.

Its Brains you want.

The age old problems we choose to ignore.

2007-04-04T20:08:00.000Z

The world is getting smaller, as is the breadth of our perception.

Its easy to get carried away with the high tech issues we chose to remember.

This easter I'm trying to remember some old issues which never went away.

New heart valves from stem cells:

2007-04-02T23:57:00.000Z

British medics grow a heart valve from stem cells.

"Post-op valve" patients are bread and butter work in the ICU, and prosthetic valves have given years of life to many. Along with the pros go the cons, the lifelong warfarinisation, the constant risk of thromboembolism , and an instantaneous end if your valve 'sticks open'. Porcine tissue valves, although less high maintanance, just don't last the distance.

There's interesting stuff going on down the lab at the Imperial, growing heart valves from Stem cells.

Maybe the day when I admit 'post-op autologous heart' isn't that far away?

Am I too dirty? Am I too flirty?

2007-04-01T14:04:00.000Z

Hopefully a bit of both!

Sometimes drag queens look better in the dark anyway!

2007-04-01T10:16:00.000Z

Lights off in Sydney, but only for an hour, to raise awareness of global warming.

Sun kissed Australia, birthplace of the green movement, the worlds largest island continent, produces most of her electricity by burning brown coal (in British owned power stations). Brown coal is one of the filthiest fuels going. John Howard sees nuclear as the way forward. Clearly he's never felt that sunshine on his skin, or had a surf in those amazing waves I was born to swim in!

You can find more information here and here.

2 pound toad from Darwin.

2007-03-29T21:35:00.000Z

Giant toad from the top end, on FOX News.

I'd hate to meet his big sister.

Amazon move to Swansea.

2007-03-29T21:11:00.000Z

Times are good in Swansea, the lovely, ugly city, as new business moves into the impressive new SA1 development. The city centre, once the worst in the UK for car crime, is enjoying a deserved facelift. Here's to Swansea, a very well kept secret.

Anti wrinkle madness:

2007-03-28T22:15:00.000Z

"I am over 80 and wrinkled. However, since using an alpha-hydroxy lotion, I am able to pass for 79 in favorable light."

I use Neutrogena lard.

Why you should do the same.

Abercrombie and Fitch open in London....

2007-03-25T22:21:00.000Z

They only hire beautiful people.

What entertainment!

Moloko at Bar Retro

2007-03-25T11:09:00.000Z

Great times.

Moloko Wikipedia

Listen to the beautiful Roisin Murphy here:

Mozilla firefox

2007-03-25T10:51:00.000Z

goes portable.

West Wales Mozarella cheesemakers........

2007-03-24T00:27:00.000Z

went bust, and bought out by Canadians.

Will my brother get his 30k?

We pay around 90p for a litre of milk, of which only 30p goes to the producer, (if they'r lucky).

I am WELL EXCITED because............

2007-03-22T22:02:00.000Z

With Carl Zeiss optics, like they use in theatre microscopes.

Zeiss on Wikipedia.

And this is what im going to do with it:

(Please remind me why I took so long to upgrade?!)

My latest fad: For those in the UK

2007-03-22T21:42:00.000Z

Quidco can save you money!

(This is so worth checking out)

What we all knew:

2007-03-21T23:39:00.000Z

smoking makes you look older.

The London LGB Film Festival:

2007-03-20T23:52:00.000Z

Opens on the Southbank.

The British Film Institute.

An imposter?

2007-03-20T23:50:00.000Z

No, just another Dafydd Lloyd.

(I own up, I googled myself!)

Jack always has some useful tech advice

2007-03-20T18:04:00.000Z

in his Techno blog.

Todays outing:

2007-03-18T23:24:00.000Z

The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London.

I am about to start...............

2007-03-18T06:59:00.001Z

picture blogging!

2007-03-17T23:25:00.000Z

I will be there on Saturday

2007-03-15T23:13:00.000Z

London MMC protest march.

Next years winner - Dafsterblog?

2007-03-13T20:07:00.000Z

Blooker prize honours best blogs.

Could you make this blog into a leaflet, let alone a book!?

2007-03-12T21:55:00.000Z

Xanadu

2007-03-12T21:04:00.001Z

A place where nobody dared to go
The love that we came to know
They call it Xanadu

And now
Open your eyes and see
What we have made is real
We are in Xanadu

Reclaiming the worlds best cars.

2007-03-12T21:01:00.000Z

Aston Martin liberated from Ford.

Joy FM loud and clear in London

2007-03-11T18:58:00.000Z

Streamed off the internet by Liams Squeezebox.

Love poems on the Tube.

2007-03-11T18:54:00.000Z

Close, close all night by Elizabeth Bishop

Close, close all night
the lovers keep.
They turn together
in their sleep,

Close as two pages
in a book
that read each other
in the dark.

Each knows all
the other knows,
learned by heart
from head to toes.

Three days in eyes last week, three days in eyes next week.

2007-03-10T09:20:00.000Z

This is what I do: Subtenon blocks.

and everyone's doing it in Paris!

2007-03-10T08:36:00.000Z

International media attention drawn to the big dry

2007-03-05T10:02:00.000Z

While Australia Burns.

That wern't cloud mate,

2007-03-04T10:27:00.000Z

That was a lunar eclipse.

Yesterdays Lunar eclipse pictures.

NASA Lunar Eclipse info.

This is why

2007-03-03T18:08:00.000Z

Im going to stay sharper, longer.

My lovely Cardiff house

2007-03-03T12:10:00.000Z

is for sale.

GP's, the only public sector workers

2007-03-01T18:37:00.000Z

not to get a payrise.

The Forbes guide

2007-02-24T22:17:00.001Z

to the worlds fattest countries.

An explanation for serial quitting:

2007-02-24T20:26:00.000Z

Smoking produced persistent neurochemical changes.
Nicotine facts.

This is why I should avoid labour ward!!

2007-02-23T23:46:00.000Z

As recently seen by Arnie in St V's, and at the Mayo clinic.

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

New Zealand journal of medicine.

HPV vaccination

2007-02-23T22:56:00.000Z

reduces cancer in men.

Gardasil.

What does it cost to send

2007-02-22T20:58:00.002Z

1.8 million emails?

Aboriginal remains

2007-02-22T20:40:00.000Z

Returning to Oz from the Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum,, South Kensington.

Aboriginal remains fight resolved

This is really quite handy..

2007-02-22T15:30:00.000Z

Google docs and spreadsheets.

Its incredibly different

2007-02-20T21:32:00.000Z

WGC.

I always prefered bald.

2007-02-20T21:23:00.000Z

Why we like bald.

BaldRUs

Beating heart transplant:

2007-02-14T02:51:00.001Z

Transmedics.

As i'd suspected......

2007-02-13T08:37:00.000Z

an afternoon nap is good for the heart.

How sleep deprived are you?

Penelope Cruz is in town for the Bafta's.

2007-02-11T19:22:00.000Z

Volver.

My new neighbourhood,

2007-02-11T16:08:00.000Z

Canary Wharf, Isle of Dogs, London.

Im living just behind, on the left.

Snow in London

2007-02-08T18:38:00.000Z

London photos.

The London eye.

Interesting photo galleries.

Say it right.

2007-02-06T21:53:00.001Z

Loose.

Justin and red shoes on Bondi.

2007-02-06T02:55:00.001Z

More of lovely me.

2007-02-06T02:28:00.000Z

Qantas 29,

2007-02-05T18:05:00.000Z

Melbourne, Hong Kong, London. Arrived safely.

Tanning, surfing, fine dining

2007-02-04T22:06:00.000Z

Bondi.

36 hours in Sydney.

Arnie.................

2007-01-30T13:48:00.000Z

You can learn a bit of Welsh here.

And watch some Welsh TV here.

And listen to Welsh music here.

S4C in the Senedd, the Welsh assembly building.

S4C at Barry Pier.

S4C buoys.

Far far longer

2007-01-30T06:21:00.000Z

than the American attention span.

Home for the last 12 months.

2007-01-29T15:01:00.000Z

1611 / 1 Freshwater Place. Thinnest skyscraper in Oz.

St Vincent de Paul:

2007-01-29T14:27:00.000Z

Saint Vincent de Paul.

Saint Vincents Hospital Melbourne.

More lipsouction means

2007-01-29T07:32:00.000Z

more work for anaesthetists!

'Christ, get her back under'
Surgery stories

· In 2001, Dr Thomas Norton, a GP with no training in cosmetic surgery or anaesthesia, was found guilty of serious professional misconduct after he left a string of patients permanently disfigured. One woman, known throughout the subsequent General Medical Council hearing as Mrs W, woke up during her £6,000 operation to hear Norton cry: "Christ, get her back under!" Another patient, known as Mr B, woke during his operation to see liquid being pumped from his stomach into two jars.

The bloody persuit of perfection.

This happens outside my window

2007-01-28T13:21:00.000Z

every hour after dark.

The Band who knew too much

2007-01-28T12:47:00.000Z

entertained us as we drank Coopers draught at Marquis de Lorne, Fitzroy.

Its quickly reaching the point of...

2007-01-28T02:35:00.000Z

- One Night Only

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Where Liana and I go to interact with the kitchen and the qantas pilots.

2007-01-28T02:03:00.000Z

Fine dining at the Melbourne Langham.

Melba interactive Kitchen.

Dame Nellie Melba, Opera Diva.

Melba Operatic vocals.

Good morning Helen.

2007-01-26T12:45:00.000Z

Australia Day.

We should go here.... The Eureka Skydeck.

Wikipedia Eureka Tower.

23 Kangaroo and a marsupial lion.........

2007-01-26T06:34:00.000Z

under the Nullarbor plane.

British gay adoption row.

2007-01-25T11:09:00.000Z

Welsh gays set an example.

Tonights entertainment

2007-01-24T11:44:00.000Z

The complete idiots guide to pornography.

Interesting investment........

2007-01-23T14:57:00.000Z

Cadogan Place broom cupboard.

Best pastry in Melbourne, where further hours are spent

2007-01-23T02:01:00.000Z

Laurent patisserie.

This be the verse.

2007-01-20T13:49:00.000Z

They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another's throats.

Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself.

Philip Larkin