An Important look back.

For those who may think the UK is only in the Iraq war because we bullied them into it, or because we duped them into it...you should take a look at this article, posted 14 July, 1958 by the BBC.

The origins of this current conflict go back into the early part of the 20th century.

Odds and Sods (borrowed shamelessly from The UK Register)

First, a wonderful Morford Column today:

Beer & Porn & Guns & Manicures
How can marketers sell crap to the new, elusive modern male? And just who is he, exactly?

Full article is here. Enjoy, it's good to laugh.

Ebbers got 25 years for his part in the WORLDCOM scandal. All I can say is good riddance to bad rubbish.

And I can't say at all that I am surprised but the UK this morning seems stunned to learn that last Thursday's bombing on the London Underground and bus system is not the work of "foreign" terrorists, but home-grown British Nationals. The Home Secretary is shocked by this news. No doubt it will give the xenophobes UKIPpers more fodder for their anti-immigration diatribe. And the few folks in the US who have sent me information on this, are also shocked because they still think that the UK is a homogenous all white island filled with characters who just like they appear on Masterpiece Theater.

So Bush's drumming about foreign terrorist and nauseum...HA. Bastard.

Its a small world

after all...

From Ye Old Sex Site, an email from a handsome man only a little older than I am. Articulate, funny, poly, artistic. I sat on it for a few days as the photo nagged at me a bit, pulling on my memory but not coming up with any clear indicators.

I emailed a nice, but innocuous, droll little remark. I felt he deserved better than no response or an auto-response.

He wrote back. "Thank you for the non-auto-response. I'm glad that request didn't throw you for a zinger."

I looked at the photo again and it hit me.

"How's this for a zinger?" I wrote back. "Does the word Biosynth ring any bells for you?"

Paydirt. He wrote back and I have now said hello to a professional acquaintance from 12 years ago. I interacted more directly with his partner who was the engineer and inventor of the biosynth. He was one of the first of a handful of dancers, physical therapists, and multi-media performance artists who took it up and carried it out to new audiences.

How funny...on a site of 10 million subscribers--or more...to come full circle. The Vicar is always someone I wanted to know a little better as a creative friend. Now he and his wife have invited me to join them for coffee or a brunch in the city someday soon.

:)

A small bright spot in an otherwise tense and uneven day.