The Patent Dragon's Zone of Soul Retraction

I'm recovering, gradually - in fact, I was expecting to be more exhausted today having walked more than ten miles yesterday. Had it not been for "The Wrong Step", I would probably be feeling pretty damn good about now, and not be taking tomorrow off to recuperate. Thankfully, no equipment was damaged beyond a scraped casing (yup, the new smartphone), and no bones were involved, so I should be thankful, and leave it at that... apart from writing to the local paper about the cyclist who just couldn't be bothered...

Okay... Ultima Online, and a "free-wheel" to bedtime. I feel that I'll be sleeping better tonight.

The exams are done. Good. Maybe I can start my year properly now.

Today started a whole bunch earlier than planned, as individuals I can only assume were students woke me up at 0400 with their running up and down the hill, bawling their heads off. As a result, several exam-attendees got some stern tellings-off for even momentary breach of regulations. It felt good.

Also approaching feeling good in general is me. I seem to have "broken the back" of my cold - or at least I hope so. Not a moment too soon, as I'm about to kick off an extended weekend that I very much hope, and INTEND to enjoy. I have a writing target to meet as well, time permitting...

And Finally... Prisoner Watch...

96 - Watch the original version of The Prisoner in its entirety (7/17)

Almost halfway!

I'm still in mid-seethe about these sodding students. No matter what they say about the police, the way events unfolded last night was all THEIR fault. Sorry if that offends anyone - no, actually, I'm NOT sorry. In fact, I have absolutely no sympathy left - the RIOTERS last night got off lightly, and they should be down on their knees thanking their respective deities for it.

I'm not a "Tory", or a "Royalist". I'm not trying to make excuses for ANYONE. I'm just sick of this current attitude of "fight makes right" - if you don't get what you want, smash up something that's someone else's. From "keying cars" to pissing on the Cenotaph - that's a jump FAR too far. In all honesty, the police aren't being anything like "heavy-handed" enough. "Heavy-handed" is what you get in Iran and Zimbabwe - do these "protesters" really want police dropping grenades into their midst from a helicopter, or something equally abominable?

I'm sick of these "student" scum crying foul, playing the "poor victim". You surrendered the moral high ground the moment one of your "anarchist" friends threw a fire extinguisher off the roof of Millbank, intending to hit the police several stories below.

Don't forget, my dears, that I can wield considerable power over you.

Ultimate power, however, is not mine to exercise - but it most definitely is in the possession of the special security detail travelling with the Royals who were accosted last night. Those "students" might have been seconds from getting bullets in their heads... and that's why these idiots aren't fit to earn degrees.