Still it gave me a chance to show M the shrine to Jean chalres de Menezes at Stockwell tube, still getting a lot of flowers.

But I've now got a headache from being out in the sun (and background hangover) so I may have a kip soon.

keep to the Fen Causeway

Question : Does anyone know if male or female feet have different shapes ? I have real problems with wearing women's shoes, they don't fit properly, unless it's strapped on, they fall off. Slingbacks don't stay on.

Very frustrating. And the blisters......I am a martyr to them.

keep to the Fen Causeway

it's raining!!!!!

at long last... water in Barcelona!!!

A pleasure

I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

News sources in Lebanon are reporting a statement issued by Army Command calling for the withdrawal of all armed elements from the street. The Army's statement also declared the establishment of an internal probe into the airport security affair, without the removal [as yet] of Brigadier General Wafik Shoukair as head of airport security; and the establishment of its own study into the Hizballah communication network, along lines that "would not harm the resistance's integrity and security".

Future Movement leader, Saad Hariri, and Walid Jumblatt, leader of the Progressive Socialist Party, have outlined their acceptance of the Army's statement in conjunction with their previous calls that the Army assume control of the capital and that it takeover the issues of airport security and Hizballah's communications network as brought up earlier this week by the government.

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Lebanon's Prime Minister, Fouad Siniora, addressed the nation earlier in the day and declared that the country had entered a new era in which the issue of Hizballah's weapons must lead the way as the topic of dialogue ahead of wider negotiations on the re-drafting of a new [or amended] political system. The PM declared that appropriate conditions must be established through a transitional period in which:

   1. The Army would take over all matters of national security - including the withdrawal of militants from the streets; the Army's assumption of duties pertaining to the issue of airport security and Hizballah's communications network;

   2. The immediate election of a consensus President and the subsequent formation of a national unity government "in which neither party can force its beliefs".

   3. The deliberation of a new Parliamentary electoral law - in Parliament!

   4. And a "gentlemen's agreement" to abide by a code of media ethics

After the above, a blogger on Gutter Poetry Arab Sphere posted earlier (time stamped 3:51 PM)

This morning I woke up feeling optimistic: It was a beautiful sunny day, there hadn't been any notable gunfire/rpgs for quite a while, and I saw people bustling about the streets.

but that changed as (time stamped 6:01 PM):

People have once more shut themselves indoors following a gun attack on mourners attending the funeral of a pro-government supporter killed in earlier violence.

From what I can gather, the crises was initiated by the Prime Minister attempting to close down Hizbullah's communication network(s).  Since that was one of, if not THE, major contributing factor to Hizbullah's victory in the last Israeli invasion they weren't about to give it up.  

And things spiraled downward into armed urban combat.

Have epistemological model of Complex Information environments. Will Travel.

Midnight Thought excerpts:
Midnight Thought on the Economics of Freedom (9 May 08) (Docudharma)
Midnight Thought on the Economics of Freedom (9 May 08) (EENR)

And of course, always the star of the show:


Utsukushii kereba sore de ii

Ad astra per aspera

We know a few A's (none of whom we have really socialized with much), quite a lot of B's (with whom we have socialized plenty) and an embarrassing number of C's. D, E, F and G's are two a cent in Finland. Z's you can scrape up off the road. By A list, we mean people you have never heard of, but people who might in Finland be called ' Julkkis' or celebrities with nothing to celebrate.

We think it will succeed. The reason being that noone organizes parties for the over 30's. We've had a few and they have been great successes. Give youngish couples an excuse to dump the kids on the grandparents and they're ready to boogie. The owners of large local taxis are just begging us to organize more of these events. The owner of the karaoke taxi is even more enthused.

What we mostly discussed, of course, is how to sell the event. A list people like to slum it - if it is fun. B lists want to be where the A lists are. C Lists will naturally feel comfortable. Everyone below C would like to move up.

We would also invite the stringer for the West Newland local newspaper. We will have life support systems available - the shock could be life threatening.

The point is, of course, that all are human 100%. We'd like to break down the barriers...

You can't be me, I'm taken