A Weekly Round Up

Almost a week since the last entry seems too long. So a few brief sentenes on some of the events making the news:

Snow: I like that the country still struggles with a bit of snow. Something endearing that in this 21st Century of non-stop 24 hour techno jargon we still get a bit hampered by some snow. And passing snow(men/people) on the street always raises a smile.

Football: The demise of the arrogance and hype surronding the England football team since the world cup has been a joy. Watching McClaren try to justify yet another pitiful excuse for a performance as "Yeah I think we learnt some useful lessons from the game," has become something of a farce. Only one man has said what no-one else seemed capable of doing - and he's anonymous. Drop Lampard please...

Rugby: Not much left to be said about Jonny Wilkinson. Simply outstanding. If the over-payed Prima donnas who play football had the same level of desire and heart we might have at least made a good effort at the World Cup.

Bird Flu: Hmmm. Well we were scared by it last year. And then it just went away. So when it came back the attempts at hyping it up again fell a bit flat. Still would be darkly humerous if the docile and beleaguered turkey was to cause a mass outbreak of illness of plague like proportions.

There were plenty of other news stories, obviously, but these were the ones that I found most interesting. On an unrelated note I was ill this week. It was not fun. Not really news but it's my blog so I can break the rules if I want...