Relentless bad news
Jesus, the bad news yesterday seemed particularly relentless, didn’t it? First it was hundreds or thousands dead in the US, with thousands made homeless. Then it was 900 or so crushed or drowned in Iraq. And finally the train killing a woman and her two kids outside London. Terribly depressing, but at the same time it makes one remember how lucky one is I suppose.
In the hope of finding some good news, I just checked the BBC’s headlines in NetNewsWire (a super RSS feed reader for the Mac whose features I’m really appreciating having come from Sage and Firefox’s live bookmarks). I got as far as Apes ‘extinct in a generation’ and Shots fired at New Orleans rescue helicopter before giving up (and chucked on the soundtrack to the Big Lebowski - impossible to be depressed whilst listening to the Gypsy Kings’s version of Hotel California).
On the subject of Katrina, what’s the difference between ‘finding’ and ‘looting’? A: the colour of your skin apparently.
Right, I’m off to see if I can find a story about a cute puppy saving its owner from a fire or something…
Hi Dave,
Just Walked In by Kenny Rogers is my favourite from that film.
Finally remembered to check out the site.Very impressed.
Cheers,
Tim
Hey Tim,
Thanks for popping by. Didn’t even know I’d given you the URL - then again I was rather rat-arsed last time I saw you…!
Just looked over your site - lots of good pics (can’t escape Troy’s gurning face anywhere mind).
Cheers