major hurry...

As often, I'm in a hurry, but instead of letting the thoughts pile up, I'll let them out of the bag in a somewhat chaotic fashion.

Under Reagan, the US lost two important principles:
- the Precautionary Principle (which simply states that if we don't know enough, we should be cautious)
- the principle of providing even air/tv time to politicians running for office. (France still has it. )

A bastard tried to steal my bike the other night. It's not worth much, but it looks nice, and unlike many bikes ('cycles' here), it's got a suspension and more than one gear. Thanks to a sturdy cable and lock and a beautiful tie job, he couldn't come away with more than the shafts for the seat and for the back wheel. Still, the bastard could've left all the pieces next to the bike when he realized at three in the morning that he couldn't walk away with either the seat, the wheel or the suspension system. Still, as this is England and the most CCTV wired country in the world, he didn't forget to smile for the camera.

I started rowing again (all the while taking great care of my low back cuz I don't want to go down the cycle of low-back pain for 6 years again). The first time was extremely frustrating, the second much better, and I've impressed the coach who wants me to stroke the boat *grin*grin*.
Plus I'm having fun giving yoga classes to the men's rowing team. Class #2 is coming up.

Tonight is election night (of course). Gotta bake a cake for a housemate's birthday; she's the one organizing the stay-up-all-night-to-watch-the-numbers-roll-in party. Keep fingers crossed.

And on a lighter note, my little brother is coming to visit with his girlfriend. First visitors of our new abode. We'll probably take them punting on the Cam.

Oh and we went for a countryside ride this weekend to an impressive Norman castle dating back to 1140. I feel so cultured ;).