Venus, Duck Dialects, and bad Music Labels

For those of you looking out of your windows next Tuesday (actually, you shouldn't look directly at it, better to see it over the internet) you might see a spot moving across the face of the sun. This is Venus and it is the first occasion to see it since 1882, so it's not to be missed.

After previous valuable studies such as "Why cornflakes go soggy in milk" and "How to make the perfect beer without head" Middlesex University have released a study which claims that ducks have regional accents. So that obviously explains why the ones from the south go about with the latest fashion feathers and say "quark" (cheesy german yoghurt) instead of "quack", whilst those in the north steal the rubber rings off the toy speedboats whilst asking for bread.

After all the trouble the music labels are going to to stop people downloading music over the internet (eg threatening 79 year old women with court, even though she's never used a computer, and a 5 year old girl who was looking for information for her homework), it's good to see them take a taste of their own medicine. Camden (London borough) has taken out an order of antisocial behaviour against BMG and Sony, for putting up illegal posters all over the area instead of buying advertising space.

And last but not least, I would like to wish all those who have exams all the best, and that they have all the success they need (Olga and Albakra to mention a couple).

That's all from me