A while back, Cath was driving somewhere with the girls in the back.

For reasons which escape my comprehension, Cath likes Eminem. Or however you spell that. I'm more of a Miles Davis man myself. But I digress.

Ella gasped out "Mummy, that was a rude word!"

Big mistake coming up. Cath said, "Oh, that's OK, it's in a song."

Cath drove home to Ella singing "Happy fuckin' birthday to you, Happy fuckin' birthday to you..."

Acording to the BBC, Robin Cook isn't in the news, and never has been. A 1984-style history change, perhaps?

Or just a case of case sensitive searching? You be the judge.

It seems pretty obvious, but it seems to need to be pointed out from time to time.

Russell Beattie is a tech blogger who writes about Java and mobile technology. He's got a big readership - a lot of people want to hear what he has to say.

Microsoft recently invited him to a conference (In Disneyland Paris, no less!). He turned them down. A man of principle, no less - the blogging world's answer to Robin Cook?

It seems that he caught a little flak over, amongst other things, his lack of impartiality. In his reply, Of COURSE I Hate Microsoft, he points out that he's never pretended to be anything other than biased - he hates Microsoft, doesn't trust them, and makes no bones about the fact.

He also points out that all weblogs are like this to some extent. They are by their nature personal expressions.

Nice anti-Microsoft rant, too. ;-) I agree with every syllable.

Got up late, at nineish.

Tried to take the cat to the vet, but no cat box found. I'm off on Tuesday, so I'll try and get on by then. If I can't, I suppose I'll have to buy one.

Went to see The Ring. This turned out not to be about Bracknell - it wasn't that scary. Not that scary at all, in fact. Unnerving ar times, but you have to expect that from a horror flick. Interesting direction, though, I thought - lots of interesting angles. The Colour balance was very cold, too.

Book shopping - found Python in a Nutshell at last. Also The Tin Drum by Gunther Glass, and a book of Ursula K. Le Guin short stories.

Then a couple of beers, and home.

On Sunday, I went to Reading to see the girls. Ella wanted to spend her pocket money on a 'Spare Brain" - a hideous squishy rubber thing, in a transparent rubber sleeve, along with red liquid. The off to Reading Museum. I've not been here before, though the girls and I love museums. Smallish, but pretty good - A copy of the Bayeux tapestry, Roman remains, Victoriana, a bit of natural history, pretty varied really. Explaining to Freja how animals are stuffed was fun...

Then a bit of homework with Freja, and off home.