Following the French tradition

yes the bloody French - the real reason they didn't want to get involved with Iraq is they could see it would interfere with the August holidays - well the Odtaa Files are going to close down until sometime in September - probably later - as after the holiday I'll be house sitting for the last week of the Edinburgh festival and then another week.

A few things have happened since I last posted - the house next door got attacked by a mob of 14 year olds throwing eggs - yes Mr Blunkett - your perspective and my perspective of your crime statistics differ - I think things are getting worse but we're less inclined to report them.

I was proud of myself that I went to intervene - but relieved that they had run away before I could put my shoes on. It seems its some ongoing problem with the gang and one of next doors kids.

My daughter has passed her first year at university - hip - hip - horray.

The rubbish in the garden has finally gone - and I'm probably about to be assinated by the local green group for destroying important nature habit - I'm still chasing the insect life out of my car. I need to find a body to fill the whole.

Mother is till giving me grief. She won't let me update her apartment in mallorca and as a result we've lost some bookings. I'm going to have to - s p e l l - the situation out to her slowly. She's put me in the position - I'm in charge - except when I want to do anything - its her way of giving me a lot of grief.

Seen some good films - Divided We Fall - was about some people in an occupied town during the war. It was about compromise and the ending - OK contrived - had collaborators - cowards - an escaped Jew and a member of the militia all together - gathered together around the birth of a baby - the message forget the past and get on with your lives. In a Hollywood film most would have had to die.

Oh and the cat threw up over my new academic diploma.

Mostly I have been working on writing proposals and a couple of web projects.

I plan to completely redevelop the Odtaa Files site - I am not so happy with Blogger and Google seems to have gone off the site. C'est La Guerre - as they say.

Enjoy