I’m couldn’t post earlier, Blogger was having a funny turn, being prissy as Chris would say – it wouldn’t let me write anything. It just kept apologising for the problem, that engineers have been notified and would work to resolve it. Yeah OK - I believe you, many wouldn't.

I woke up this morning with a sore throat, runny nose and a headache - so after doing my dad’s shopping and a quick tidy up I went back to bed. I just couldn’t get warm – I’d turned the central heating up and put a throw over the duvet – but still felt frozen. I’m going to be doing a Maggie Simpson in a snowsuit impression tonight, but without the dummy - I'll have a glass of wine instead.

Actually, it’s a shame it’s not nearer to Christmas – I could dress up as Rudolph – I’ve got just the right sort of nose!

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I read this on Yahoo News on Friday:

An MP has warned the public not to light fires in their gardens this weekend, branding Bonfire Night "an environmental disaster". In the wake of the Stern report, Labour's Barry Sheerman said people had to recognise the connection between their actions and the planet's future. He said: "Too many people will pussyfoot around because they think it's part of their heritage to have a bonfire in the back garden and burn a Catholic on it.

It really worried me - where the hell was I going to find a Catholic to burn at such short notice?

I can’t help thinking that it may have read slightly better if he’d have used the word effigy in that last sentence. Of course the gentleman in question will never have attended a bonfire display in his life, let alone lit a bonfire in his garden - I’m just waiting for the newspaper pictures of him stuffing his face with a hotdog while watching a firework display.

Don’t get me wrong, I do think Global Warning is a problem and that we should all look at ways of averting it. But it’s idiots like that - that spout off without thinking what they are actually saying, jumping on the band wagon for their 2 minutes of frame - that piss me off. Yes, I know Andy Warhol said: In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes – but this guy doesn’t deserve that long, 2 minutes is more than enough. I wonder what sort of car he drives?

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Now I know you're all thinking I only did it as it's part of my heritage - and I'd hate to disappoint you - but I’m afraid I was just out to enjoy myself with my family and friends on Friday night and we didn’t have a bonfire, just fireworks to pollute the atmosphere - I couldn't find a Catholic willing to sit on the top of mine, so I didn’t bother in the end. I did take the camera, but unfortunately I kept missing the shot. My camera has a slight delay – so I’ve got a hell of a lot of black photos *grin*. I can’t be perfect all the time – yes, hard to believe I know. Some that I did get –







That's £20.00 up in smoke!

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Actually, I’ve just got back from an organisation firework display tonight – This time I did a little bit better.

And not a Catholic in sight!