Sat in Costa Coffee with the unemployed and old this morning, i thoroughly enjoyed the Independent, and thought i would share some of the highlights with you...
http://independent.co.uk
On the letters page they always put a daily statistic - normally along the lines of "273 - Average minutes a beetle can swim for in salt water." Amusing, whimsical, fun. This morning's made me choke on my coffee... 3645 people died in the UK last year in hospitals due to worker mistakes. So every year more people die from medical staff cocking up, than died in 9/11, or from drugs, or murders...
Peter Tatchell, celebrated Gay Rights campaigner who i admire for his work, especially in Zimbabwe, seems to be a bit short of things to get excited about. He has attacked the BBC for the "50 Most Annoying People" show, one of those talking heads things where micro celebrities slag each other off. Apparently Lindsay Lohan was one of them, and even though the annoying acts were her misbehaving and set up paparazzi shots, Tatchell has described the show as "Lesbophobic." What a great word.
Kraftwerk have lost one of their founder members, who wont be touring with them this year. He has appeared on all 4 of the band's albums released throughout their 40 year career. Now that is work rate. Poor bloke must be knackered, especially as the last album only came out 3 years ago. The idea of touring this soon after was madness...
Laura Bush, wife of the outgoing Satan in the US, has suffered the loss of her 18 year old cat, India. That itself is not news, but the fact that a Cairo based radio station which is normally reserved for Bin Laden's broadcasts and Al-Qaeda news, has started broadcasting round the clock taunts, celebrating the death of Bush's pet. I dont think even i would go that far...
And finally, a parish church in Yorkshire has put together a charity recipe book and managed to get Gordo and Dave to put forward their recipes. Dave goes for Tuscan sausage, while Gordo favours mozarella parcels. The food critic describes this as a "bit old hat." I say support the charity and dont use it as a way of attacking the politicians - they do little enough of any merit, so the fact they bothered with this should be saluted. And i am in no way biased because Mrs Dno has issued her own charity recipe book, featuring contributions from Michaela Strachan, Pat from Eastenders, Rula Lenska and Philip Schofield. Now that is good cooking... (although Michael Caine's cake was disappointing...)
And in news just in.... Golf clubs could damage your hearing... I will let the reader find out how...
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