Tonight, we (well not 'we' as such for we the people have no say in this) have elected the first President of the European Union. He is apparently, the prime Minister of Belgium, but I doubt that few outside Belgium have ever heard of him. And never forget that Belgium was once described as the 'opposite of charisma.' Same goes for the Secretary-General of the UN. Do you know who is? I can't be arsed to even Google it. It will be a name like 'Bum Arse Twat' and he'll be from some country that has never appeared on the world stage nor even made any effort to change it. And so it goes on. I have no bloody idea who leads the world's major international organisations - NATO, UNESCO, UNICEF, and so on. There was a Burmese guy who once headed the UN, U Thant as I recall. Seemed to be a nice guy which must have put him in a minority of, say 5, in that Godforsaken country.
So what do these people achieve? Bugger all. I am sure that they are all very nice and good company for dinner. They may even like cats. But as the saying goes, 'You can't make omelettes without breaking eggs.' It's time we put real leaders in these jobs or scrapped them altogether.
Thursday 19 November 2009
Sunday 8 November 2009
Water
I bought a book on Water the other day. I can hear you saying, 'Anorak, Geek, Nerd, etc.' but do I care? No. Water is one of the most fabulous substances in this world and possibly the entire Universe. Think about it.
Without it, you and I and all the creatures we know would simply not exist.
It is sometimes called the universal solvent. Well, not everything dissolves in water but many things do, an awful lot of things, in fact, but sadly not plastic bags.
It has the chemical formula, H2O - sorry cannot do the subscripts on here. Basically that means two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom in one molecule. So take my word for it, it has a molecular weight of 18. Now molecules of that weight move around quickly and cannot be retained by the gravitational pull of the Earth. Methane (aka cows farts), molecular weight 16, buggers off to the upper atmosphere and causes global warming.
We don't have puddles of methane here so why do we have oceans and lakes of water?
Well, water molecules are friendly so they clump in groups of six so the weight goes up to 6 x 18, which is 108 and that makes them too heavy to escape. And that's why you and I are here.
You don't believe me? Have you ever looked at a snowflake, any snowflake? They are all hexagonal.
Without it, you and I and all the creatures we know would simply not exist.
It is sometimes called the universal solvent. Well, not everything dissolves in water but many things do, an awful lot of things, in fact, but sadly not plastic bags.
It has the chemical formula, H2O - sorry cannot do the subscripts on here. Basically that means two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom in one molecule. So take my word for it, it has a molecular weight of 18. Now molecules of that weight move around quickly and cannot be retained by the gravitational pull of the Earth. Methane (aka cows farts), molecular weight 16, buggers off to the upper atmosphere and causes global warming.
We don't have puddles of methane here so why do we have oceans and lakes of water?
Well, water molecules are friendly so they clump in groups of six so the weight goes up to 6 x 18, which is 108 and that makes them too heavy to escape. And that's why you and I are here.
You don't believe me? Have you ever looked at a snowflake, any snowflake? They are all hexagonal.
Monday 2 November 2009
I am free
I have got back from the Silk Road, 55 days and it was wonderful.
But that is not my reason in writing this night. I was listening earlier to the song 'I will always love you' by Whitney Houston but it has more gentleness from Dolly Parton who first sang it. Love her.
At the beginning, there are the words, 'I would only be in your way.' That's it, isn't it? I am both cursed and blessed. I need no one but I adore the feelings you give to me.
If I am honest, I need no one. I am self sufficient.
Free at last!
But that is not my reason in writing this night. I was listening earlier to the song 'I will always love you' by Whitney Houston but it has more gentleness from Dolly Parton who first sang it. Love her.
At the beginning, there are the words, 'I would only be in your way.' That's it, isn't it? I am both cursed and blessed. I need no one but I adore the feelings you give to me.
If I am honest, I need no one. I am self sufficient.
Free at last!
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