">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bEOrsJkijE]

I remember I went to a cricket match once - it was Pakistan Vs England in Headingley.

When pakistan were batting, this numpty called Alan Mulally decided to stand in my way and block my view.

I told him to sit down and he got offended or something.

About ten years ago around this time of the year, I can remember being gathered around a PC with 'ed and some other guy who I will pretend was called Abdul Alim. The occasion? 'Ed had this big idea that this new thing in the world called the internet would turn out to be pretty big. He had tasked the other guy to design something to put on the internet to give The Revival an online presence.

I have no idea when exactly the first page was put online, but it was around this time of the year, so by my reckoning, the site is now ten years old.

Ain't that something?

It has been a while since I talked about my phone.

Today, I got impatient with T-Mobile releasing the latest softweare update for my phone, so I debranded it to generic firmware and then updated it to the latest released version for my phone - Android 2.1 (Eclair - all the android versions are named after deserts) to get all the new goodies.

There is the live walpapers that other android phones have now had for yonks, updated web browser, and an updated lock screen that shows more information.

An unexpected thing is that the theme for the phone is slightly tweaked making the text size larger, and that will take some time getting used to.

The MoD is furious that wikileaks has released many documents about the Iraq War.

They are furious as incidents like this one where a British soldier murdered an 8 year old girl as she played in the street have a very slight chance of becoming public knowledge:

...Lawyer Phil Shiner said the murder happened while soldiers were handing out sweets to children.

He said: "The tank stopped at the end of the street, she's there in her yellow dress, a rifleman pops up and blows her away."...

So, to those that say "you should support our troops", I ask, do they support murder?

It has come to my attention that I focuss too much on the evils of Israel and the plight of the people in Gaza.

I think this needs to be rectified. First of all, I offer a little focus on Somalia.

">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSBoO4GzHaI]

I hope you have all learnt something.

There is nothing to fear apart from fear itself.

Or is that totally false? Surely fear is a survival instinct where people ignore it at their own peril?

The title and first like is an adaptation of something Dune, where the Bene Gesserit had a "Litany Against Fear":

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

I dont think I agree with the litany from a work of fiction. Fear needs to be respected and listened to, even if not always given in to.

Really. Ain't that all kinds of awesome? Naturally it has been added to the aggregator.

Now that does leave a question of if we want to categories the aggregator in any way... a simple separation could be between news sources and people/personalities...

Any ideas?

I have probably mentioned this before, but i will say it again: the current banking system in many countries in the UK is evil in a sense that is purer than most evils.

So how does the banking system work?

First, there is the theory - people put their money into banks, while that money is just sitting there, the banks use that money to invest into other enterprises in order to make a profit while making that money available to the savers when they want it.

The investment can be in business, in enterprises or as loans to individuals and firms in order to get them to do their jobs and make even more money.

That sounds benign enough.

But what really happens is not exactly that and over time the corruption of the system has balooned to take over.

The eye of providence as part of the Second Great Seal of the US, displayed in US currency on the one dollar bill.

This image was taken from Wikimedia Commons and is in the Public Domain.