Well, the snow is mainly finished in the UK for another year, thank god, and I have just got over a flash 24 hour attack of food poisoning, most likely caused by not properly defrosting my sausages.
I am still unempoyed, still trying to get my benefits sorted out and life without money in the snow is damn boring with not much going on worth writing about.
I did have an amusing day listing all the movies that I liked, and was staggered to find that I could list over 600, with S being the runaway winner in terms of number of films alphabetically and X being harder to fill than Z ( except for Chinese films which ALL seem to start with W or X !!! ).
So, I just thought that I would bring you a few bits of new around the world this week instead.
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Tahiti is still reeling from an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the richter scale and up to 38 after quakes that have so far caused over 100,000 deaths and many more wounded or homeless. Many Tahitians are angry at the lack of international aid and so have started to build road blocks with many of the corpses that still litter the streets.
The scientific council has moved the nuclear Doomsday clock back to 6 minutes to midnight after a year of global cooperation and Barak Obama being made US president. It is only the 18th time in over 50 years that the clock has been moved.
Dubai has just unveilied the new worlds tallest building, the "Burj Khalifa" at a staggering 2,717 feet. It is almost double the heigh of the worlds second largest building, the Taipei 101 of only 1,571 feet. It is damn ugly looking, as it had to be designed and constucted very specifically in order to prevent the the winds forming pattern or currents around it that could shake or damage it in any way.
While the UK has been brought to a standstill through the worst snow in 30 years, on the other side of the world Australia has been melting with temperatures topping 43 degrees.
The Chinese government are defending their right to censor the populations internet browsers and content, stating that sites like google are just funnels for pornography. The funny thing is that although sex is rarely discussed in Chinese culture it is available in massage parlours and salons on almost every city street.
Although Long John Silver and Captain Jack Sparrow are long dead, Pirates are still active and thriving in the world of today. Up around 38% from 2008, over 400 ships were attacked by pirates last year, many being held for ransom with more than half being attributed to the African country of Somalia - despite many of the attacks being more than 1,000 nautical miles away.
On the smaller scale, in the UK yet another dumb guy in his early 40's has had to have his penis removed from a piece of metal piping - though he would not comment on how it became stuck there. Come on, it isnt hard to figure out how or why but what I find amusing is that you never ever hear of women getting their bits stuck anywhere or having to have sink pungers removed from their breasts, so this must definitely be 'a man thing'!
In Japan a woman was arrested in her home after knocking into and killing an old lady who smashed through her windscreen. The bizarre fact was that the shocked driver was unsure what to do so continued to drive, with the corpse stuck halfway through her windscreen, til she got home where she then told her boyfriend.
The Chinese government are defending their right to censor the populations internet browsers and content, stating that sites like google are just funnels for pornography. The funny thing is that although sex is rarely discussed in Chinese culture it is available in massage parlours and salons on almost every city street.
Although Long John Silver and Captain Jack Sparrow are long dead, Pirates are still active and thriving in the world of today. Up around 38% from 2008, over 400 ships were attacked by pirates last year, many being held for ransom with more than half being attributed to the African country of Somalia - despite many of the attacks being more than 1,000 nautical miles away.
On the smaller scale, in the UK yet another dumb guy in his early 40's has had to have his penis removed from a piece of metal piping - though he would not comment on how it became stuck there. Come on, it isnt hard to figure out how or why but what I find amusing is that you never ever hear of women getting their bits stuck anywhere or having to have sink pungers removed from their breasts, so this must definitely be 'a man thing'!
In Japan a woman was arrested in her home after knocking into and killing an old lady who smashed through her windscreen. The bizarre fact was that the shocked driver was unsure what to do so continued to drive, with the corpse stuck halfway through her windscreen, til she got home where she then told her boyfriend.
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