This is the Modern World
Here I am, sat in my 'music and PC' room listening to the online commentary of the QPR v Man City game. It never ceases to amaze me just what the internet can achieve. 5 years ago - or less - this was just a pipedream for most people. Oh sure it was possible, but, even over the most up-to-date modem, streaming audio was, at best, patchy.I've now been directed to a website that acts as a portal to TV stations all over the world. Allied to this is a website that tells me what Premiership, Nationwide and Cup games are being broadcast live on various satellite channels all over the world. Marry the two together and we have freely available live football wherever and whenever.
Now I know that sport in general and football in particular are not everybody's cup of tea, but you can't but help but be impressed by the leaps in technology.
PS City won 3-0 and United have been taken to extra time by Leeds who have just equalised to make the score 2-2. Mind you, as I type United have just gone in front.
My Mam came round today and manufactured a good, old fashioned pea and ham soup, made with a ham shank, split peas, marrowfat peas and other veg, How many people *make* soup anymore ? How many people have the time ? Sad really, but I guess it's just like a lot of other areas of life - time is the one thing that no one seems to be able to afford these days.
Incidentally, young Jess (10 years of age) was at ours today as well watching my Mam make the soup. When she realised there was part of a pig - including the bone in it she was appalled. Now, Jess isn't a veggie - in fact she loves a lot of different types of meat - but, like a lot of kids these days, she has practically no experience of equating the animal to the beefburger, bacon, sausage, meat pie etc etc.
Well, unsurprisingly, IDS has been presented with enough signatures to force a vote of confidence in the beleaguered Tory leader,
I can't make my mind up about this. Is the next Tory PM waiting in the wings ? Or hasn't he been elected - or even born - yet ? Ken Clarke was obviously the man, but the stupid buggers voted him down - twice ! Michael Portillo is another once-leader-in-waiting. Or maybe even Michael Howard ? Why would anyone with truly serious ambitions to become PM risk showing his hand now ? Why attempt to lead a Party that still has to come to terms with Europe ? A Party that is increasingly looking like the Labour party of the 1980s.
I predict an IDS defeat tomorrow, followed by the MPs presenting a nonentity (David Davies) or a has been (Michael Howard) maybe versus a Europhile (Ken Clarke) or a ex-hard-man-now-re-modeled-as-cuddly (Michael Portillo).
Happily the Blue-rinse brigade have the final say, and I can't see them voting for anyone remotely attractive to the rest of the electorate.
Earlier, the BBC website was reporting that Willie Windsor had agreed to meet Paul Burrell. Mind you, that story now seems to have disappeared. Even so, if true, what the hell has the Royal Family to gain from a get together like this ?
He can't stop the revelations that have already emerged from Burrell's book, but he can stop the allegedly juicer tit bits that Burrell still is privy to. There is - for example - the little matter of the male rape of a servant by........well, exactly, by who ?
Eeeeeeh, now that *IS* something I would like to know ;-}
I see Dubya isn't going to be intimidated by suicide bombers in Iraq. Well you wouldn't would you ? It's not exactly you they are blowing up is it ? I still remember you disappearing for hours on Sept 9th 2001. But then you've always been a coward haven't you George ?
Just remind me again who's idea it was to invade Iraq ?
BTW I've added another Iraqi link on the right. Boots on the Gound is a newly started blog by a young USA Infantryman. It's good to hear both sides from where it matters - especially wiith so much bias and spin from the various news media. Let's all drink to the Blogosphere.
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