Walsingham

You mean like Minsc?

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I highly in favour of a change of guard, so to speak. On general principle you need to spin everything around once in a while. I'm not a Conservative, and I supported Tony Blair, but Labour have got lazy and complacent like the Tories did before.

I heard a neat term for this recently. I believe it was 'Jeehab' or something like that.

A sort of festival of crappy?

Miss Piggy.

To be honest, I just don't know. He fears starting a conversation and suddenly realising teh guy he's talking to is English, and starting to steam.

Everyone has an empty social life at 15. Don't they?

OK, I see what you mean in general terms. And certainly partisan candidates is no bad thing. But simply because there is little to distinguish the two parties does not mean there is little to distinguish the two candidates. We've just been saying so. If only the candidates were going to ignore their foreign policy pronouncements as faithfully as they were going to ignore their tax pronouncements.

The fact that the US _might_ get taken over by a lunatic can be overstated. Anywhere can be taken over by a lunatic. Democracies are less likely; nothing more. But that does not automatically mean we must cripple the USA. IMO the safe option is no magic wonder theory. It's lots and lots and lots of hard work. It's a daily struggle for probity and integrity in our business, public and personal lives.

For heaven's sake don't show that to fundies or they'll set fire to it.

Does the bear mix drinks, and tell anecdotes about it's time as a war correspondent in the 70s?

Still enjoying working on the paper, although I think I'll have had enough by week end. They moved me up from doing scut work today and have been charging about causing trouble. It's actually quite awesome. Everyone keeps ringing up with their woes and dramas, and we swing (lazily in the case of my colleagues) into action. But they're a good bunch on the whole.

Nah, Margaritas are fine, although I usually measure the quality of a person by his choice of Cognac As for a name for Walsinghams innovation: The Walsingh Mathilda? Yeah, yeah, I know, been down here for too long already I like armagnac, rather than cognac. What does that say? And that is an awful pun. I would hazard a guess, Sluggo, that you've not tried enough alcohol yet. I've shown two teetotallers the error of their ways with mixology. If you like fruit, try a Sex on the Beach.

You support democracy, lets take a vote on that. GOLD. Anyway, I for one support Azarkon's view ( at least I think I do). this is an interesting article. It is saying armament is reciprocal. We need to expect others to arm up as a safeguard against the future. This is immeasurably more important now than it was 100 years ago, when an army could be put together by sewing together some old sacks for uniform and giving everyone a bolt-action rifle. Training, equipping, and supporting a premier league armed force takes nigh on twenty years. It would be quite literally impossible to just sound alarms and take a disarmed nation to war in the time needed to belt them senseless. I have no problem with China being armed. Fair's fair, after all. But I completely disagree that they are a paper tiger. Not only do they have the numbers, but they have the morale, organisation, training, and increasingly the equpment to pose a significant threat.

I had to do the 'this day in history' section of the paper today. So I knew about him.

i had some free time this week as a contract fell through unepxectedly. So I vounteered to work for my local paper. It's really interesting, especially as it's a jump or two 'down' the ladder from what I used to do. But it's hard work for all that. Lots of running around. It's a good laugh.

it's a really interesting idea. A shame in some ways that you can't have coalition presidencies. I sometimes think half the problem is being 100% one way or another. But I wouldn't have even thought of putting it this way.

I really hope so. I've only ever wanted a win for the Iraqis and Afghanis. However you look at it, they deserve a break.

I'm obviously no expert, but I was always told that you should get the best motherboard your budget can stand. It's the skeleton everything else sits in. Or the vascular system. Or a network of tubes. Or something.

Seems Al-Quaeda is catching up with modern guerilla tactics. Possibly. Or they could be way out of step. Pure savagery worked in Vietnam. But now it just seems to have angered the Iraqis and Afghans.

I'd buy one. Nice grips.

You drink malibu, midori, and cream to settle your stomach?!

I'm a big fan of citrus in ****tails. Caipirinha or gin gimlets. And I certainly don't mind mixer digressions.