It keeps being unseasonably cool (certainly the coldest June I remember here and people who live here for over a decade say the same) with temperatures barely going above 30oC and it seems to be connected to unusually high amounts of rain. It's nowhere near the disaster level like in Central Europe earlier this month but with streams of rain water ( Read more... )

I decide it's time to change something. New Year is coming but I will be too busy then so this is part of my cleaning up before I leave. I decided to get a new theme. I've been thinking about updating it lately as it's started to look old. I usually have one for years (this is only my 3rd) so this is an important decision and I'm going to give ( Read more... )

So I woke up and learned Barack Obama is going to be next US president. So glad this is over, so happy Democrats won. And it's by more then twice the electoral votes. I, like most of the world, hoped it would turn this way. George W. Bush brought out (not-so) irrational hate and aggression. He destroyed all the good feelings we had towards USA and ( Read more... )