Really.

This is for you, Winter.

Seriously, I've had it with the freezing cold and the random bursts of snow. I don't know how you people from where it's colder than this for half a year deal with it. I am truly a child of the sun-kissed beaches of southern Australia.

Some booze will warm me up though - and tonight will be a booze-laden affair at the Sports Bar as it shuts its doors.

Some interesting stuff that grabbed my attention...

I'm not the only person who thinks Australia is a good place to go.

With the Iraq quagmire getting worse day by day, here was some good analysis of how insurgencies have faired through the ages - pretty darn well!

In case you haven't noticed, but the world's economies are in a pretty chaotic state of late. With the US sphere falling out of favour, Asia is poised to become ascendant - with some potentially interesting, if not traumatic results...

Analysis seems to be the order of the day, with a good summary of how a European/North African union could shake things up globally.

Scary Quote of the Day: "They propose the first use of nuclear weapons must remain "in the quiver of escalation as the ultimate instrument to prevent the use of weapons of mass destruction" Gotcha. Using nuclear weapons prevents the use of weapons of mass destruction. Wuh?

The good news is we will all likely live longer. The bad news is, why?

And we're not going to live longer because they've found a cure for AIDS by the looks of it. Rubber up boys and girls!

I have to admit, for a right-wing nutjob, this makes surprisingly good sense... kinda... Another reason to rubber up.

Yay Japan! Drunk men? Check! Naked drunk men? Check! Naked drunk men running through the streets? Check! Naked drunk men running through the streets of Tokyo at 9am on a weekday? Check!

Catchyas tomorrow when I announce my stunning hangover.