Games night etc

Wednesday was games night. We played Pictionary, Taboo etc until late. A great idea from someone. I suck at Pictionary, rule at Taboo, and am middling at everything else. I wasn't as good at Twister as usual, though flatulence did not help.

I'm putting together a talk to give as a seminar. It's mostly something I'd already given, but I couldn't fight the urge to fiddle. I've still got some work to do, but it's mostly ready. I was also proof reading W's paper, though that's certainly a job I could have done better.

I've got to mention: I've finally been able to watch Sports Night because abc1 are showing on digital in the UK. It's written by Aaron Sorkin who is one of my all time gods because of The West Wing. It's really enjoyable, though there are moments that annoy. There were two today, with a plot that was later repeated in The West Wing (father was having an affair for many many years), and a previously on... that I don't remember seeing before. Bit weird.

The big news is of course Bin Laden. I'm worried this might fuck John Kerry. That would be a tragedy because I really thought he might win. I had allowed myself to dream because the momentum seemed to be with him.

So the fuckwit who ruins our world is allowed to continue to do so because the big bad wolf appears on TV. In Spain the government was kicked out because it was clear they had hidden the truth for their own ends after a terrorist attack and the people wouldn't stand for that. In the US the government misleads strategically for years in order to pull the country in to the war they want. And get 4 MORE YEARS, 4 MORE YEARS, 4 MORE YEARS.

What an awful shame.