Apocalypse Now

“A severe drought, said to be the worst in a century in the south of England, became more evident as temperatures hit a July record of 36.3 degrees last week.”


“…The administration of President George W. Bush is obviously allowing Israel -- with U.S.-supplied weapons -- to continue its onslaught.”

“Ethiopia has vowed to "crush" the Somali Islamic courts, a day after the courts threatened a holy war against Addis Ababa.”

Unusually strong monsoon rains have also pummelled Japan and the Korean peninsula as well in recent days, triggering floods and landslide that have killed around 145 people over the past 10 days or so.

Israel bombarded Lebanon for a 12th day and took its first Hezbollah prisoners yesterday as a top UN official called its actions "disproportionate" and a violation of international humanitarian law amid intensive diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis.

Satellite photographs of what appears to be a nuclear reactor under construction in Pakistan are the latest evidence that President George Bush's foreign policy is fuelling a nuclear arms race in south Asia.

New Blythe

My birthday is tomorrow but my present arrived early from Japan and had the contents of the box written on the outside so there wasn't really any point in waiting to open it. Myles got me Night Flower. She is a new Blythe released late June. She is beautiful and unique. I am not taking her out of the box for now. It's a difficult feat let me tell you.

In an ideal world...

I would have one of these

Axis of Ignorance

So...the United States is not saying anything about the current battle between Lebanon and Israel.....not surprising really. They have always supported Israel and besides...They are fighting the global war on terrorism right? HA!

Anyway - This current development spells bad news.....for everyone.

In another development, a senior Israeli intelligence official said Iranian troops helped Hezbollah fire a missile that damaged an Israeli naval ship off the Lebanese coast Friday night.

The BBC has an excellent news article on this topic

1 year

I just realized that this blog has been going on for 1 year. Cool.
One year ago I was in a very different place (literally and figuratively)

30 is just a number

In a week I will be 28 years old. That is ok with me because I've still got two years of my twenties to linger in. However, my husband just turned 30 and he didn't seem too happy about it (if you've read his blog then that's an understatement). I'm not sure how I will react but if this list is any indication then I may already be there....then I suppose the transition will go unnoticed.

You know you're turning 30 when...

1.You find that suddenly the world's full of cute babies that you simply must stop and coo at.

2.You love nothing better than a night in, watching interior design and cooking programs

3.You have absolutely no clue what's no.1 in the charts

4.You are obsessed with property

5.You say things that sound horribly like things your parents would say

6.You get more excited about a roast on Sunday than a night out clubbing

7.You stop dreaming of becoming a professional baseball player and start dreaming of having a son who might

8.You become powerless to resist the lure of self-assembly furniture

9.You always have enough milk

From the book Turning 30: How to Get the Life You Really Want

"not a threat to the United States"

So North Korea launches 7 missles and the US says...."meh, not a big deal. I mean...it's annoying but whatever". So what we learn here kids is that unless your enemy has something you want; you really need not bother wasting your energy to defeat him/her (even for the sake of the world in general).

Even though North Korea is launching missiles, (hello! they are flying through the sky!) Iraq is much more of a threat because there was suspicion of weapons of mass destruction....and then none were found....BUT they're still "evil". What a joke. No wonder North Korea is letting them fly....might as well.

And while the US is disarming the world - they are building their own weapons of mass destruction at record speed. And they wonder why North Korea doesn't get it.