Donnerstag, 13. Februar 2003

Man held in grenade scare: The BBC is reporting on a man being held at Gatwick airport with a live hand-grenade.

Message from Germany: On Saturday, the influential "club" named Atlantikbrücke (Atlantic Bridge) will pay 140.000 $ to buy a page in the New York Times. Members of this club range from politicans from all parties, newspaper publishers and high-ranking board-members of firms such as Deutsche Bank. The club aims to detail the good relationship between the US and Germany (including thanks for freeing Germany from the Nazis, thanks for the trans-atlantic solidarity of NATO, thanks for support during reunification - you get the idea). Spiegel-Online has more (German). A pity superbowl was a few weeks ago - they could have done a spot.

Paranoid? Me? I live near a large British army base here in Germany and now and again I am treated to the sound of helicopters landing/taking off or tanks being moved around etc. Well, I notice that for the last day or so there has been a lot of noise and movement going on. Actually I use the level of security at the gate (which I pass every day) as my own personal "what's going on in the world" barometer. They step up security sometimes even before things "happen". You've been warned - and here comes another helicopter as I write.

Good thoughts: Although my man Steve gives a humorous account of his ordeal - I am sure it was all but funny. Send your good thoughts his way today. Thanks.

Link less: Make your links shorter - here. A simple but effective service. (via Ben's article here).

War against Geography: Schockwellenreiter points to Paolo who points to this interesting map of Europe from CNN. Can you spot the mistake? I certainly hope so.

Bowling: Watched Bowling for Columbine last night. A very insightful film and one of the best documentaries I have ever seen. Make sure you also read the faq.