New news is bad news

Has been a long, busy day. Sat down, well pleased with all I had achieved only to discover, once again , the world had gone mad. I should know by now. There was heart warming stuff about the progress being made in the tsunami stricken nations inspite of the overwhelming destruction. Human endurance, co operation and goodwill are all helping that juggernaut turn around. As for the rest of the news, well, where shall I start? The American guy with a great huge nail lodged in his cheek just missing his eye. He'd gone to hospital with a huge headache and found out he had a nail in his face. The X- Ray was impressive. The the bush fires in Western Australia. Lit by a teenager to all accounts. I've said my piece about people deliberately lighting fires in this country. It has turned into a huge fire , hard to fight for the same reasons as the Eyre Peninsula one - hot , dry weather and then a wind which suddenly changed course. They said the same as they said about the Eyre Peninsula one - the conditions were unusual. Then there was the Adelaide rock thrower. We have a person running around in a car heaving great rocks into people's car windows. One of the victims is very ill in hospital. It is becoming extremely serious because it is happening so often. This used to be a quiet place. Who gets up in the morning and has an urge to chuck huge rocks into car windscreens while they are driving around ?? Then there was the 67 year old university lady in Roumania who has just given birth. The best bit about that was the comment at the end from the person giving the story: " The new baby will give her a new lease on life and she may well need it." I nearly choked on my cup of tea. We don't get news presenters like that. They are usually very calm in Adelaide. That was priceless.