Guardian extract

Even as cruise missiles are in the air, the papers are hinting at dispiriting details of the (American) administration’s version of reconstruction.

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Lions led by Donkeys

The historian Barbara Tuchman began her book The March of Folly with these words: “A phenomenon noticeable throughout history regardless of place or period is the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests.”

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what to do today?

I made a CD today of Suede’s b-sides from the last album, and a couple from “Head Music”. All very good. Now I listen to it while I run through The Guardian’s war stories. Sometimes I am willing to update myself with what’s happening in world politics… sometimes I just want to be a no-show, a quiet head on a pillow, a pair of eyes staring at a blank sky.

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My stomach is full with bacon, eggs, tea, sugar, chocolate, bread and butter. No lunch prospects in sight.

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I don’t know what to do with myself today. I went for a walk yesterday, and met Ricardo. I can’t go walking aimlessly again today, can I?