Brain Gravel

Lucy and I have been working on combining all the different proverbs relating to Rome. Something like "When in Rome, all roads lead to Nero fiddling in a day". I think it merits future thought.
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We had two baby seagulls trapped in our back garden that had evidently fallen from their nest. We were worried they might die, so we put out water and bits of bread. My dad ushered them out the back gate, though, so they're gone. I hope they're still alive, and don't resent being ousted. Maybe they are able to live life to the full now, getting in with the cool seagull crowd. I just hope that, years from now, if they see us passing below, they'll remember our kindness and not shit on our heads. That would be nice.
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I'm compiling a list of people that should be killed, blatantly ripping off of George Carlin. His list included people who say 'sounds like a plan!', which I found curiously amusing.
I would add the following:
- people who have been to 'the university of life'
- people who, when you say 'I'll try', respond by saying 'Don't try. Just do it'.
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If you're ever particularly bored, particularly at work if you can only visit certain sites (ie. no porn), it's always good to go to the BBC website's Have Your Say section (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/default.stm) and revel in the bigotry and ignorance of the British people. It really is quite entertaining, especially on issues such as smoking, imigration or gender inequality. I used to read these in a combination of anger and amusement, astonished by the world.
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I've realised that Americans don't like sports. They like the atmosphere of sports and the athleticism; the merchandise and the extra-curicular nonsense, but they don't really care about the action. That's why in baseball and American football (which I enjoy, by the way), the actual play lasts for a fraction of the time, and everything else takes ages. It's also why they don't like football (there must be a reason). I think it's something to do with a lack of attention span.
This is also why they're so good at athletics. It's the drama and beauty of a sport broken down into its constituent parts, short and isolated. They also probably like poetry better than prose for this reason. Of course, i have no reason to think this, and no evidence. Also, I HATE generalisations based on nationality.
I should have given this more thought.
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I'm sorry for rambling. Next time I'll be more consistent. Maybe I'll write a mini murder-mystery play based around the 'Live Earth' concerts. James Blunt can be killed. Tune in next time to find out. (Tune?)