Yesterday was the company picnic. I got really paranoid being around loads of people that I didn't know and consequently sat silently and the left early. I went home and felt unhappy and too hot.

:-(

This morning I'm off down to sunny Southend. I should probably set off soon.

BIRD FLU IS HERE!

You need this.

One swan does not a pandemic make...

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1788038.html?menu= - Safer in America? Let's just compare death rates, terrorist or otherwise. Top quote:

"What happens if kids get on a train that blows up? We don't have trains blowing up in America," he told the Fort Myers News-Press.

To be fair... This guy is from Florida but even by so...

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http://survivalbox.co.uk/acatalog/Emergency_Kits.html#a23 - It's the commuter survival kit! Designed so that it "fits unobtrusively in a back-pack"... Back-pack you say? Just make sure you're not running...

http://massdestraction.com/1166-Welcome_to_the_USA_poor_china_guy.html - Not taking any chances the police move in and blow up the man's luggage. Nice holiday! (Requires sound)