don't they teach history in San Francisco anymore

spotted at a Free-Tibet demo when the torch was passing through...

Stuff of life

Who's Irresponsible now?

The Union Unite (disclaimer: I used to belong to this union in of its earlier guises...) is threatening a 48hr strike at the Grangemouth refineries over pensions... The owners Ineos, claim that they will have to shut the plant down for safety reasons and that this will put it out of action for a month. Now I've heard two "experts" give differing views about this proposal, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and accept the stoppage is necessary for safety.

What I won't accept is Ineos claiming that this "risks petrol shortages" and claims that the union would be responsible.

The same "experts" claim that the UK has a 70 day reserve...

So the talk about shortages is just Ineos spouting rubbish in an attempt to portray the union in a bad light...

The thing is, if they aren't lying, and they didn't know about the reserves, then they really shouldn't be in business and the unions claims sound much more believable...

A few rough days...

ok, so I felt pretty rough and sore at the end of the last week... well, over the weekend my hands and feet kept going numb and tingling and I found it hard to concentrate... hope I'm not getting worse... We'll have to see how today goes

Fair Share?

This story is rather telling.

The Swedish town of Södertälje (population 84,00) has taken in more Iraqi refugees than has the whole USA. This despite the fact that Sweden had nothing to do with the invasion of Iraq and its "reconstruction". What happened to the old signs in shops,"all breakages must be paid for?"

This New York Times piece has more about the USA's scandalous behaviour when it comes to Iraqi refugees.

ouch...

Ok,I don't know what I did yesterday, but last night every muscle in my body ached, I had a really bad headache, and felt sick... I haven't felt that bad for a long time... This morning I still feel sore all over- I think someone must have hit me with a baseball bat all over whilst I slept!

Starting to worry? (update)

OK, I'm starting to get worried...

Things are moving ahead and seem to be spinning out of control...

No new viewers for the house- the problem is that while house prices in Scotland are either holding up or still increasing, there aren't many first-time buyers looking for houses as they are struggling to get mortgages... and yes, my flat falls in this category. So I'm getting worried...

Katarina's only got just under two weeks left at work... we're waiting for the removers revised quote, and she's ready to move home.

I'm still waiting for my papers to be sent to me from my last employer's so that I can claim sick/incapacity...

So, flat not sold, money about to stop coming in, things being packed, trying to work out the future... its all rather complicated.

And then I was reminded that I'm supposed to be at a Danish pathfinder camp in a few weeks time- that will be odd. Firstly, I hope to be well enough. Secondly, it will be strange considering all that's happened over the last year!

My health? Up and down. I some good days and some bad ones... I think I know what causes the difference, so I'll try to work on that (except that mean I might need to move...)

So I'm starting to get a bit worried...

(Oh, the article I wrote for the Spectrum blog got a link form the Times Religion correspondent's blog! Also if you're on facebook you'll have seen that I've put some old pictures up. Also I seem to have forgotten to keep you updated about the motorbike racing... oh well, I'm sure you'll survive...)