Joy and Pain

It is deeply saddening that a nation can be shown the heights of joy and the depths of dispair in such a short time, from the joy of live 8 and the success of our olympic bid team to the horrific events of last thursday. The minds of the persons who carried out this heinous crime against innocent people can not be fathomed by me the only feeling that i have for this type of person is a deep and unalterable hatred. I served my country as a soldier and as such knew that my life was at risk, any person who takes on a millitary role places their life and health at risk as a part of the job and accepts the chances,but ordinary folks should have the right to live their lives without this. I hope and pray that the perpetrators are brought to justice and my thoughts and sympathy go out to the victims and their families.Also at this time I worry for the safety of my freinds who live on the eastern coast of the U.S.A. and pray that none of them will be harmed by hurricane Dennis.

My Take

I think that you anoymous readers are probably now completely fed up with hearing about my health and would welcome something a little different so today I will give you a few thoughts that I have.
In a previous post I mentioned that I had some books in the queue. They have now been read and for anyone who has not I would thoroughly recommend that you read Dan Brown's
The Da Vinci Code, the author has researched his subject matter extremely well and produced a novel which is both compelling reading and thought provoking. The idea of the book is so feasible that it could be seen by some as almost factual. Make up your own minds. But I would rate it as a great read.

Live 8 dominated our t.v. screens for the whole of Saturday and while I did not watch every moment there were a few things which I found memorable. It seems to me that while there were some very good performances from many of the acts the real stars of the show were the oldest of the performers, Sir Paul Mc Cartney, The Who, and the incomparable Pink Floyd. The concert was worth watching for these alone. In some ways it makes me sad to see the heroes of my youth looking older but the magic is still there and their music is as good as it ever was. This year has seen Cream, Pink Floyd and the Who all performing after very long layoffs and they have not disappointed their fans and have gathered many new fans often from folks who were not even born when they were in their heydays. For example 2 sixteen year olds were interviewed on t.v. and asked what were their highlights of the day and the both replied The Who and Pink Floyd.

We have just this moment received a news report that there have been explosions in central London, at this time there is no clue as to the cause so I will sign off as I need to get more info.