Spaghetti Monster

From the blog of Russell Brown...a spaghetti monster created the universe...and, why not? It does indeed create a useful T-shirt logo: I was touched by His noodly appendage, hmmm. Oh, also a useful theory of the link between the decline of pirates during the 1800s and global warming. Well, how about that then, aye? Certainly lends some credibility to the above blog's entry on pirates.

Drinks are bad

Uh-oh, while attending a gathering at the pub I expressed my desire to do something a little bit different mid-2007 for 6-12 months, the grand plan: trek (on horseback) around Chile, Argentina and Brazil. Interesting...I can now add that to my list...Gandhi's salt march across India, the World Social Forum (and something else that I can't remember...)

(The other option would be to sail around the world, but that would require me learning a whole new skill).

As Jude says, 'I figure the more people that know the less likely I am to chicken out'. (How is that going BTW?;).

Anyone know anything about horseback riding around South America? Now what colour sombrero and poncho...

If this is Argentinian music I better start saving

Working late (ish) in the office with some loud, inspiring sounds (no-one else is here:). A recommendation I wanted to share is Frederico Aubele "Gran Hotel Buenos Aires". If you do speak Spanish please don't translate this for me, part of the charm is because it sounds so 'sexy'.

Invisible Children

A friend has just told me about a moving film on children in war and Uganda, I don't think it will be here for a while but keep an eye out and if anyone gets to see it, let me know. In my friend's friend's words:

I don't normally like to send forwards or advertisements, but last night I went to see a film called 'Invisible Children', a documentary about child soldiers in the north of Uganda and I'd like to urge you to see it or read about it. The film is a deeply moving, horribly true account of the attrocities going on in the north of this country, that seem, for the most part, to be largely unknown outside of the region. We saw the film last night, and spoke to the three young American guys who had put it together. Although their ideas don't touch on the political efforts or ramificiations of dealing with the problem in the north of the country, it does a great job of promoting awareness of the 1.6million displaced people about 4 hours from where Nik and I live (Kampala). It's quite startling to contrast the peace and safety of Kampala with the horrors of the children who are abducted and trained to kill for the crazed LRA in the north. The guys who put together the film are trying to raise awareness to help the children there, who live in fear, and without schooling, sufficient food, or parental care. The idea is that people who watch the film let others know about it. My work with refugees here exposes me to many people who have suffered similar attrocities, and I feel an obligation to do something for these people in a dependent situation. Please spare a moment to check out Invisible Children The film promotes international awareness of a situation that has been ongoing for 17 years, and continues to affect the lives of so many 'invisible children'.