Brilliant leaders of the British government proposed, and then un-proposed and then kinda proposed that knife crime yobs should be brought to hospitals to see what damage they inflict on society. Then today a father of a stabbed and killed knife victim stated this was not harsh enough and the yobs should be taken to the morgue and shown the bodies of those they kill.

In both cases the belief is simple, shock the knife wielding yobs with the after results of their crimes to prevent the crime.

Here, HERE is my simple issue… to SUCCESSFULLY pull off the above, you need knife crime to occur to have something to demonstrate and take the yobs to. So basically you are not helping the situation… I rest my case

Below out close is a small storage area that we store the bikes and some garden supplies in. Our neighbors moved out not long ago and left a nice wooden wall organizer. I thought it would be nice to hand this on the brick wall of the storage area.

So, out comes my Bosch 18v Hammer Drill and some British purchased drill bits. The drill performed wonderfully, the drill bit bent in half 1/8″ into the brick turning at 1/4 speed.

Lesson learned… British items suck, German items do not.

The sun on the meadow is summery warm
The stag in the forest runs free
But gathered together to greet the storm
Tomorrow belongs to me

The branch on the linden is leafy and green
The Rhine gives its gold to the sea (Gold to the sea)
But somewhere a glory awaits unseen
Tomorrow belongs to me

Now Fatherland, Fatherland, show us the sign
Your children have waited to see
The morning will come
When the world is mine
Tomorrow belongs to me
Tomorrow belongs to me
Tomorrow belongs to me
Tomorrow belongs to me

The babe in his cradle is closing his eyes
The blossom embraces the bee
But soon says the whisper, arise, arise
Tomorrow belongs to me
Tomorrow belongs to me

We bought Cabaret to watch, what a fantastic movie.
Oh yes, and today is yet again June 6th, D-day to those who know military history.

Receiving an email this morning a good friend just wanted to remind me there are only 73 days left till wedding festivities and to be excited. To that… thank you, it is exactly the brain juice I need for this week

And people I know are afraid to go up on a ropes course 30 ft up in a tree! I wanna go here!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caminito_del_Rey

Looking at the state of affairs in the modern world, there is little promising news. For example:

1. Here in Scotland teachers are to implement the new Curriculum of Excellence in the Autumn. However, though being teachers and spending much time learning how to teach, some report they are incapable of teaching the new plan. I think in most jobs if I told my boss I could not do something and I refused I’d have a sore bottom.
2. American politics, will it ever end? Probably not but on the bright side I’d rather watch the Dems slog it out over Healthcare and the Economy rather than the dribble that is British politics where you can employ your wife at a salary equal to a Company Director for ‘general housekeeping’.
3. Oil and Energy. I’ve taken this into my own hands and this weekend will begin to construct my own private nuclear reactor in my back yard. This will provide cost effective power for my house for the next 100-200 years.
4. People… people have just gone nukin futs. If not moaning how they got themselves into the mess that is the modern world they are moaning that someone else isn’t doing enough to get them out. Personally for this, I blame the teachers in item 1 that always told you in school it was ok to screw up because the answers started on page 56 on the book. Luckily I was a rather bad child in school and probably had torn out page 56 onwards and ate it.

So how to survive the insanity which is the modern world. Well if you are a Mars lander you are quite safe. Sadly, NASA also goofed and never gave me that jet pack and space station near Pluto they always promised for my generation. I could go back to nature and live in a hut somewhere in Montana, but I’m sure those damn politicians will place a tax on those who decide to live green in the mountains, which of course pushes you to realize Ted Kaczynski wasn’t all that off the mark. 

Personally I’m tired of the massive circle that is modern insanity, also known as the modern world. So, being the warfare major and with very little else to do that is hard or a challenge (trust me I’ve tried people have failed to find anything that appropriately engages my brain). Give me 5 days, a handpicked team and proper authority and everything will be solved my way.

Reasons to enjoy my trips to Germany always are copious, however this rather busy trip was fantastic for many reasons. So now you get to hear all about it… lucky you huh?Firstly there was a fantastic train service direct to Riesa from the airport that was fast, clean quiet and super efficient and saved me cash on a car rental and did not require any driving, so yay for that. Secondly outside the airport I could have Currywurst and bought myself a ton of Military magazines in German to read while awaiting the train.We went to Meißen and had fanttastic ice cream sundays next to the castle. Also choose wedding cakes and took a look at the wedding and wedding toast locations. Managed some antique browsing as well.Did shopping when I could. Through Opa learnt to wood carve the old fashion way using amazing antique tools that only Opa would have. As an aside to that my favorite was his Luftwaffe Butter Knife converted to fantastic workshop knives he knicked from the airforce at the close of WWII from the local air base.Germany is also just wonderful for bread and foods. I ate (in one meal) a Thuringen Sausage hand made by butchers from there followed by fresh lamp cutlets marinated in herbs, spices and garlic and then followed by a 36oz Tbone steak cooked to perfection… I friggin love the food there.If all this is not enough to settle you there, my final item that always thrills me. The police have guns there… oddly the odds of getting a bottle over your head one night walking home or just randomly stabbed is quite low. 

Just because I am in a mood to remember exactly what I hate so much about consumer economies. 

Lets spell this out easily, because no one on Fox, MSNBC or CNN is smart enough to do so.

Why Clinton won’t drop out:

For the past 2 months or so Clinton and Obama have received nearly ALL nightly news coverage as they battle for the nomination. The longer Clinton stays in the longer this race is ABOUT the Democracts. The moment she drops out the race becomes Obama vs McCain. Hence, this is a subversive media blitz to concentrate on the message of the Democrats and absolutly drown out anything the GOP has to say, because who cares we know who will run and what his nessage is. Yes the Democracts are not playing with a single message but at least they have all the attention…. if true, it is a brilliant strategy.

When you think of it I suppose you could consider Nathalie and I something of Medical Miracles… and here is why…

8 1/2 weeks after a massive front end collision requiring us to be cut out of the car:

Naddy was 6 weeks in a cast and now out, ankle not broken through some miracle even the doctors cannot explain. Rather while still swelling it is perfectly fine and will recover.

For me.. well… ha ha
1. Fever of life threatening degree cleared up in the 3 days after the accident
2. A severely bruised kidney healed completely in 3 weeks
3. A lung with clearly apparent bruising and fluid cleared in 1 week
4. 4 completely fractured ribs healed in 4 weeks
5. Fractured clavicle healed in 6 weeks
7. Whiplash was the worst and longest to heal with memory loss, dizzy spells, loss of balance, blurred vision but now all gone.

Doctors, physio and all else cannot quite explain it but expect me to rock climb within a few weeks again and Naddy can be swimming and on a bike again already. Call it angles, luck or just a medical miracle… it takes far more to kill us I suppose.

That being said, I don’t wish to go through any of that again, but here’s a hint.. in such cases pain killers do nothing so don’t take em. And if anyone questions your state of mind afterwards laugh at them, you bounced back from something 10x worse and 10x faster than what most people will ever experience.