Romance in Italy, Lost in the US

So who forgot it was valentine's day on saturday then? Well, the italians definitely didn't. As one of their inhabitants managed to kiss his girlfriend for 31 hours and 18 minutes, thus winning him enough money to pay for their marriage. I would say that's pretty romantic, wouldn't you?

Now another case of, um, dare I say it, stupidity. The border between the US and Canada was shut when a grenade was found in the car of a woman who was lost. What's particularly important to note here is firstly that the woman didn't know the grenade was in the glove compartment of her car (it was her husband's apparently - as everyone needs a grenade for self defense nowadays anyway...). Secondly, that she was on her way from Texas to Vancouver. Not the big city, but a little town (in the state of Washington if I'm not mistaken). You would assume that one would take a map when one's travelling such a distance, and would realise that a big sign saying "Welcome to Canada, Vancouver this way" is probably not talking about a little american town...Never mind.

For those of you who have gone into the centre of Mainz recently, you may have noticed something new. A restaurant has opened up, calling itself "Besitos, tapas bar y mas" which one would normally dismiss without thinking any further, but the fact that it is situated opposite a certain establishment otherwise known as "el loco" warrants a bit of thought as to whether it is just a coincidence...

Well, for those who have exams, I wish success.

Study hard

He's Back

No, it wasn't for partying that I haven't been able to write for a while (see my spanish site where I have been able to write) just for a lack of anything interesting to tell. But that's all changed now.

First up, there's lots of action going on at Jordi's website in the guestbook, just try to keep it clean, lads.
Secondly, the site of Albe and Javi has some new additions, namely some audio files purporting to depict the fate of Jordi so take a look.

Now to the news. For those of you with MS Office 2003, if you have a look at the characters for the font "Bookshelf Symbol 7" you will find some surprises.

Scared of all electrical appliances in your home coming alive and keeping you hostage? Well, that's how the inhabitants of an Italian village are feeling at the moment. So just be careful how you treat your toaster next time.

Oh, and not to let the US of the hook in the posting either, it has been discovered that Chile's representatives to the UN were phonetapped during the run-up to the Iraq war. Hmm...

Don't worry, be happy.