Back to Winter

I don't want to keep on having to talk about the weather, but what's up with it? No sooner had it started getting warmer, with jackets being left at home, than suddenly it gets back to temperatures around freezing like we had in November !

Anyway, it's not the weather that's the problem in Angola where the Marburg virus (of the Ebola family) has been spreading quickly and causing many deaths across the country. If anyone has read The Hot Zone by Richard Preston they should have an idea of how bad this virus really can be.

To show the real meaning of a 'bilateral agreement', the US has said that it will not extradite soldiers who are wanted in Colombia on drug-smuggling charges. Nice to know all men are made equal...

In a shock move, the European Treaty has been recalled in France to be pulped after the words 'incoherent text' were found at the bottom of a page. Well, at least they're honest about the booklet's contents...

For all those considering the new high-tech security for your car, maybe you should think again after car-jackers in Malaysia got impatient with the fingerprint system of a businessman's S-Class Merc and cut off his finger to allow later access without the owner. I suppose he should be thankful it wasn't an iris scan that the car required...

And for those that are into the 'home-movie' business, Google wants your videos to be put into it's database. No matter how dirty they are (apparently). Get that videocam out now...

Well, after the short visit from Marcela today, and Gemma coming over from Valencia tomorrow (which also happens to be Marilo's birthday), I suppose I should do some tidying up...

Bye for now