I was rather tired after
yesterday's thirteen mile hike. Little Fudge certainly was. I went to
bed shortly after 11pm, was woken by my beloved's snoring at 2.30am,
and then lay awake for the rest of the night; alternately listening
to the sound of torrential rain against the window, and snoring.
I eventually gave up with
the idea of sleeping and went downstairs to find a very sheepish
looking dog. He'd not been sent out last thing last night, and he'd
been taken short. Woops! That was the last thing I needed after such
a bad night's sleep, but I couldn't be cross with him. After all it
was "operator error" really.
And so to work. As I
drove I listened to the news which was abuzz with the death of Larry
Hagman who played JR in Dallas. I didn't realise that there was
currently a series of "Dallas - The Next Generation" on the
telly in which Larry Hagman featured. It's amazing what happens when
you don't pay attention. There was also a lot of talk about the
floods - large
parts of the country are flooded. Hundreds of people are relying
on their household insurance to help them out. Thousands of people
are being told that from now on their houses won't be covered against
flood damage in future. This could well make their houses
un-sellable.
Mind you I can see the
insurance companies' point of view. Especially as the Government
won't
contribute to help.
Something which boiled my
piss was the latest brainwave from Cambridge University - the
"Cambridge
Project for Existential Risk". Concerned that mankind
might get wiped out by plague, killer robots, asteroid strikes or
other such far-fetched stuff, those in a position to do so have set
themselves up on a nice little gravy train. They intend to play with
ideas that science-fiction had tired of before I was born. And get
paid for it as well. Nice work if you can get it.
After the news was a
current affairs program about the re-unification of Germany. I
listened intently to the program in the hope that I might learn
something. Unfortunately after half an hour I still had no idea what
they were talking about, other than that if they are having such
trouble re-unifying Germany, what hope is there for a united Europe.
Meanwhile sponsorship for
the mo is approaching the hundred quid mark. Please feel
free to sponsor it; in four days it is coming off.
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