Oscar Pistorius is a man who I suspect has spent a lot of his life fighting to be treated like everyone else. He was born with fibular hemimelia in both legs, meaning he had no fibula in either. Before he was a year old his lower legs were amputated. But he was an athlete. He played rugby at school, he actually played water polo and tennis not just at school but at a regional level, before turning to running. And he can run. He qualified to compete not just in the Paralympics but also the Olympics.
In 1996, there was a shooting at a primary school in Scotland. 16 children ages 5-6 were killed, along with one teacher. The following year, the UK banned the private ownership of all cartridge ammunition handguns, regardless of caliber. There have been no school shootings since.
A manic day today so a flying visit to remind you all that the world needs more cake! Cake is wonderful, even posh French women eat cake. All kinds of wonderful cake - chocolate cake, lemon drizzle cake, sponge cake, fruit cake, have I mentioned chocolate cake? But of course at this time of year nothing beats "Xmas Cake"! (It's less than half the fat of Christmas cake so caution can be thrown out of the window Ms Bran.) Yep, join myself and Rilo Kiley (who I found out officially broke up last year) in some cake!
The Christmas party season has started here (Seriously, how did you all beat me?) I had my first party last night! It was great - the beer flowed, the sausage rolls were delicious, the quiche was a bit meh but the chocolate orange crisp thing more than made up for it... We rocked the night away to festive hits like "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" and "Hero"... Okay the music maybe wasn't festive, it left me asking "Is this Christmas?" A question also asked into today's tune by The Wombats!
Parts of the UK have snow, we just have rain here. Which is why the roads were wet when I took my motorised sled out. Such fun, especially I had two different people try to drive into me on one short stretch of country road. All good fun. Luckily they're not killers and I arrived safe and sound. But as The Killers joined up with Toni Halliday to sing about "A Great Big Sled" I thought I'd share that one today.
I am half asleep this weekend, which is why today's compilation seems to make too much sense (and amuses me in a gentle Sunday morning way). So here's the mojo - there's a couple of funny guys on the Interneck called Rhett & Link. One of the things they do sometimes is use YouTube to write their videos, but they also have comedy songs too, so they make a Christmas carol medley written by YouTube!
This morning the world is abuzz with Samuel L. Jackson's video for the forthcoming US elections. Not seen it yet? Thanks to the magic of YouTube I'll put it here.
Nifty huh? Watch from 1:47 again.
I hate to break it to you sis, but all politicians are the same.
Some of you will know I'm not a big fan of online petitions, so the fact that I'm going to talk to you about one will hopefully help show it's a topic I feel shouldn't be dismissed. So brace yourself, I'm going to talk about the NHS.
