is out

well that was a lovely way to spend three months but all good things comes to an end. so now i’m in london in a flat full of people and sleeping on the couch in the living room with iona who doesn’t even have her own room here. cosy. and damn public. still i can handle it. i think.

huh?

so liv, why does the giblet on the side tell you what videos I’ve been watching on YouTube? Does anyone care… what if I’d been watching transexual videos again. Then everyone would find out about it… no hang on

George Bush – the final verdict

…And so after 2 hellish terms in office the Bushman triumphantly left office having doubled debt, having invaded two countries rather badly and having left the country and world in an incredibly deep financial crisis. But what will history make of this great “not intellectually curious” man?

From the BBC…
By Paul Reynolds
World affairs correspondent, BBC News website

I suppose the underlying question here is whether George W Bush has been one of the worst US presidents.

A British historian of American politics, Professor John Philip Davies of de Montfort University, says: “George Bush’s problem is that he hasn’t had many successes and he has made mistakes.chong qi cheng bao

As far as history’s verdict goes, Mr Bush must now hope that the Truman factor will come into play.

Harry Truman was highly unpopular when he left office in the early 1950s, but most historians now recognise that he was a great president who was dealt a losing hand by history and who played it with skill and style.

When I asked one eminent American historian if he thought there would be a Truman effect for Mr Bush in the future he paused for a moment, then burst out laughing. <

Some pics from Amaravati

Hope Dodman’s foot and Hannah’s leg gets better nice quickly and painlessly.buy adult jumping castle

Here is the monastery in the snow, one of us driving a monk to the doctor and a reasonable of shot of an albino deer. There is a huge herd of deer around this area (including quite a few white ones) and we have seen up to 70(!) together
Nowra

Tooth ache

Poor Nicky with all the tooth ache gubbins.

IT brought to mind an incident a few years ago when I had a similarly agonising ear infection. Fortunately I had worked out that you take Ibuprofen every four hours and in between codydramol/ cocodamol so that you get a pain relief hit every two hours.

On the down side after a night of very little sleep and much grumbling the next morning Sasha got up and promptly collapsed on the floor and had to be taken to casualty – it seems the lack of sleep had effected her more than me. I had to switch from being the poorly patient to concerned partner in an instant. Fortunately the hospital were kind enough to give me some kind of heroine which helped considerably.

In order to avoid such problems I have decided to date a medical student. From now on if any of us have any health problems or questions (no matter how petty or annoying) we can all call Iona at any time of day or night and she will patiently help us. I have already been diagnosed as having a rare fungus on my belly button and an irrelevant lump on my neck… if anyone has a slight sniffle this winter you know who to call.