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Hi, I'm Jo and a Nurse if you haven't guessed! I write on a variety of other sites under the usernames jo1l and The_Nursey in the main.

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Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: Life For Rent, by Dido: 1 of 1
What do you do when your debut album makes you a household name and gives you the undisputed title Queen of Melancholy? You take your time and go off and release another hopefully fabulous album. Dido with her unique vocal style has followed up the 1999 release of No Angel with an album that in some ways could be considered ... More..
Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: No Angel, by Dido: 1 of 1
The music business by it's very nature is a very fickle business, for everyone who gets their lucky break there are thousands of similarly talented artists that don't make it big. Much has been written about how Dido made it due to a lucky break at the hands of Eminem. With talent that oozes throw out this CD we perhaps owe ... More..
Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: Heathen Chemistry, Oasis: 1 of 1
Nearly a decade on from their debut album "Definitely Maybe", Oasis attempted to regain some credibility as musicians and not tabloid front page fodder. In the interim years after their second album "What's the Story ? Morning Glory" was released Oasis was perhaps better known for their bad boy antics and not for their music... More..
Arts & Humanities > American Literature Book Reviews: My Secret Garden, by Nancy Friday: 1 of 1
It was in the early 1970's that Nancy Friday a well educated American author published perhaps the first book on woman's sexual fantasies.A book that finally unmasked this so called taboo subject. It was idle curiosity that drove Friday to spend 3 years researching this book. She knew she had sexual fantasies and wanted to k... More..
Style & Beauty > Perfumes & Fragrances Perfume reviews: Allure, by Chanel: 1 of 1
When you think Chanel you probably think of their more famous perfume No 5, being a total perfume junkie I'll admit to having a bottle of this, it's not a firm favourite at all and for many years I did avoid Chanel perfumes due to the fact I thought No5 was slightly medicore and a little bit dated in all honesty! Chanel Allu... More..
Style & Beauty > Perfumes & Fragrances Perfume reviews: Doiressence, by Christain Dior: 1 of 1
Christain Dior, can rightly be blamed for creating the most monstrous of perfumes ever with their 1985 perfume "Poison". Any child of the 80's will probably recall that ever so cloying lingering perfume! It wasn't until fairly recently that I realised that my old die hard favourite - Dioressence was actually made by the same... More..
Style & Beauty > Perfumes & Fragrances Perfume reviews: Aqua di Gio, by Giorgio Armani: 2 of 3
Ok boy's want to pull tonight? Well let me give you a dead cert that will get women giving you a second glance! Noooooooooo! Do not go out without any clothes on -have you seen how cold it is? The second glances will only be women pointing and sniggering! Nope if you want to get a second glance I really do suggest you go and... More..
Relationships & Family > First Dates Ten tips for the first date: 24 of 29
Or what not to do...... It's a minefield isn't it that first date m'larky, the laydee of your dreams has gone and done a "Man from Del Monte" on you and said yes to your tentative request of spending time alone with you and now all you've got to do is work out how to be the best thing since sliced bread and not one of those ... More..
Arts & Humanities > 20th & 21st Century US History The facts about the Brooklyn Bridge: 6 of 6
The Brooklyn bridge in Lower Manhattan, was the first bridge to link Manhattan with the neighbouring borough of Brooklyn. An Architectural achievement for it's time when it first opened, in May1883. On opening day some 150,000 New Yorkers walked over the bridge to enjoy the spectacular views it afforded. Later on that day it... More..
Health & Fitness > Sexual Health Chlamydia: Symptoms, treatment, risk factors: 5 of 5
A 13 year old girl with a persistent conjunctivitis recently attended the eye clinic where I worked, accompanied by her Mother and a letter from her GP. The letter from her GP stated quite clearly that the patient was suffering from a chlamydial infection. Being a parent myself I'll admit I was horrified that any 13 year old... More..