Just one thing makes me forget

I was sad a while ago because I braved the torrential rain and sleet to go to the meeting in Conway Hall near Chancery Lane and it was like the worst university nightmare with a debate raging "which fascist is worse, George Bush or Osama Bin Liner?".

I wanted this question answered: Why do the women of Islam allow their menfolk to: veil them, burka them, honour kill their young, circumcise the little gals, stone them, keep them down and in slavery.

The answer I got is: they're all brainwashed. I called out from the benches "so there's no hope?" and got this response from the front of the room "of course there's hope, if we sign petitions and go on marches and blah, blah blah." Little me with my quiet upbringing.

I grabbed my coat and grabbed my hat (umbrella actually) and went to Oddbins and had a brilliant chat with the guy there about: Bonterra Viognier from Mendocino County, CA and La Chiara, Gavi Denominazione di Origine e Garanitita del Comune di Gavi, from Piedmont, Italy, both 2003, both about £9, both highly recommended.

I've just tasted the Viognier but I'm not going to drink too much of it because I've learned that the "organically grown grapes"labeling is meaningless if you have too much, head still hurts, you get the picture.

I've told you all, I don't watch tv. The documentaries are piling up though so I have a bit of homework to do tonight.

Bumped into some blogosphere phrases today:

"like a Michael Yon dispatch" for being there while all hell breaks loose, quote came from this blog here.

and Natalie Solent's debunking of some statistic she read, calling it the 'statistic of the day' in a lovely British way that is way too dry to be described as scathing, but it really is, read the post that it came from here.