Red

The house is back in order and Lent is over, which gives me at least two reasons to utter a resounding Alleluia. Now all I need to do is take complete possession of my 'new' study, because at the moment, it still seems to have possession of me.

For the last three years, my Lenten abstinence has entailed giving up all music and radio, which - when coupled with my attitude towards TV and newspapers - means that I plunge myself into pretty much a total media blackout. But inevitably, some news stories manage to reach me in the middle of my desert, and I always think it's interesting to compile a brief list of them. Here's this year's selection; make of it what you will.

~ Jade Goody approached death.
~ Jade Goody got closer to death.
~ Jade Goody was on the verge of death.
~ Jade Goody died.
~ The entire nation (?!??!?) mourned Jade Goody's passing.
~ Jade Goody had a funeral.
~ Jade Goody had another funeral (or maybe she didn't).
[I could go on in similar fashion, but I won't... and before anyone accuses me of speaking ill of the dead, can I just say that I'm not speaking ill of her, but of the people who seem to consider her demise one of the most important events of the century. Moving on...]
~ Michael Parkinson called Jade Goody ignorant and puerile.
~ An Italian town was struck by an awful earthquake.
~ The Bank Of England didn't lower the interest rate.
~ The Pet Shop Boys released a new CD.
~ A cabinet minister used tax payers' money to pay for her husband's pornography.
~ The world's leaders decided money will solve all our problems.
~ A newspaper vendor was unnecessarily attacked by a Met Police Officer. The vendor then died.
~ Barak Obama came to the UK. He brought his car with him.

I was going to say normal service has been resumed, but I guess it never really ceased.

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