“When the missionaries came to Africa, they had the Bible and we had the land. They said: ‘Let us pray.’ We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had Bible and they had the land.” – Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” – Winston Churchill.

I’m still around. Busy as all hell. Not overly happy. Missing people and generally being a grumpy bastard. Email or IM me if you want a fuller account of why life outside of my house sucks – though thanks to the Mef-man, Red Kat and hedonist06 for making last night much more pleasant than the preceeding working day.

The chap who runs Diary-X put this – a proposal to his girlfriend – as a ‘once only’ default page for anyone browsing to a Diary-X page. So romantic in a terribly geeky way. Stephen Deken – good luck dude.

Update – Aww. She said yes.

You know I don’t mind when people disagree with me. Indeed I love a good argument. But what annoys me is people (who often can’t spell and even more often appear to lack a basic grasp of grammar) telling me I am an idiot for some viewpoint I’ve expressed. Now I don’t mind being called an idiot – hell I may even be one *consults my partner* Yep. Appears sometimes I am. What annoys me is that these people do it without even defending their viewpoint with some form of intellectual argument. Grow up. What is the old adage? If you can’t say anything nice then don’t say anything at all? Well in the confines of this space – if you can’t say anything intelligent then don’t say anything at all.

First chapter done and edited. Editor very happy = Kartar very happy. Now into second chapter. This one going a bit slower but have been working on a schedule of not stopping until I have completed a particular section. Hopefully will finish off 1/2 this weekend.