General Stuff

I have had food poisoning which has thankfully cleared up less than 48 hours after it started, but it is not an experience I relish.

I have a trip to London booked for October.

I have a new phone, a pre-launch Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 which despite shortcomings (Windows Mobile 6.1) is a really really really really nice piece of kit.

I still haven't written up my trip to Space Camp, which I promise to do sooner rather than later.

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Dumb Things to Do

When booking a flight DO NOT BOOK IT FOR YOUR WIFE'S BIRTHDAY WHEN YOU HAD ALREADY AGREED TO TAKE HER AWAY...

Thankfully BA were able to correct my stupidity immediately.

Now I just have to work out how to handle the problem of having never ending return tickets from London to Seattle.

A One-Way London-Seattle Premium Economy fare is over $4000, compared to $2000 for the return.  Go Figure.

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How Bad is Bad?

One thing I have been pondering in my sometimes overly twisted head is what is the game plan here for McCain and, by extension, the Republican Party.

In the UK in 1992, the Conservative Party were _meant_ to lose the election, the events of the 16th September 1992 would probably have happened a few months earlier, forcing Neil Kinnock to probably lose a No Confidence Vote and see his Chancellor John Smith die of a massive MI at the dispatch box explaining it...  I exaggerate for effect.

On the other hand, in the years following Black Wednesday Major and Clarke actually did a lot of things right economically and that helped.

However, looking at the situation in the US I'm now struck that this is a poisoned challis for any party.  Whoever wins has a record deficit, financial markets in turmoil, a credit crunch biting (see the news about California today), unemployment rising etc...  Given the very real problems in the US fundamentals at the moment (Healthcare (lack thereof), Infrastructure (lack and need for repair thereof), economy (foreclosures, falling property prices, over reliance on credit etc...) the next government could well be screwed.

Is the McCain campaign, therefore, a Patsy?

Discuss.

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Also...

Did anybody else notice that Sarah Palin uses the word "also" as punctuation?