Just went awandering, via Natalie Solent and a mention of an open letter, which I never got to) about Algeria. (Natalie says that it would have been better for the Algerian fundamentalists to have kept their election win and taken Algeria down the Iran trail, which eventually, if Iran itself is anything to go by, gets better. I think I agree.)
Anyway, what I actually found was this fascinating report about the recent huge forest fires in the USA. It turns out that the enviros may have severely contributed, by legally contesting every second scheme the foresters proposed for cutting back trees to make firebreaks, and such like. What’s more, local politicians are actually starting to say this. It would seem that the “noble ends justify any means” philosophy of the average green is backfiring. So to speak.
Changing the subject completely, when Perry was over here yesterday we invented, or probably re-invented, the word “blogule”, which is of course rehash of globule. Usually you already have the meaning and then devise the word. In this case we have the word, but what exactly does it mean? I think it may be a single blogged idea. A meme of the blogosphere, which only achieves blogular status if it gets circulated. If so, then this posting contains two definite blogules, and an attempt at a third. My spellchecker is getting very excited.
