Time goes by.

It's Bratus Major's 11th birthday, he's currently into Doctor Who and a watch I'd bought him a couple of birthday's back has bust. Lightbulbs flash - a Doctor Who watch! Start with the monkey way; Woolworths - none, Argos - none. Ditch the physical go for the mental and the granddaddy of them all; Amazon - seven. Only three being available Time to head for the source; BBC - one. One! Okay back to Amazon

An interchangeable head version, where I can guarantee that at least one of the faces will disappear a hour after unwrapping, and look at the heads pathetic; a triangular Dalek one, which isn't the flashest of items; and a Talking Dalek version which I think is a little childish for an 11 year old.

Am I the only one who can see this for the missed opportunity it is? Anyway I got him a Tardis money box and a Sonic Screwdriver set for my parents.


Speaking of the Doctor we reach the season finale and what a waste of time that was. Deus ex machina, a by-the-way that was so tacked on as to be insulting, and an ending which had me echoing the Doctor's "What?" though I added "The Tardis doesn't work that way".


14:20 and 92.3, 14:29 and 92.6 so three-tenths of a mile in nine minutes or a whopping 2mph over the bridge into town on Saturday. Yee ha! This morning was a bit better although 'Those pretty yellow lights on the side of your car aren't optional extras'. Yep stopped for two cars going straight on at the island from York Street who promptly turned left. Then this afternoon we all got jammed when someone wanted to turn right and couldn't through the queue; my opposite number had a gap in front of her you could have parked a double-decker in, but wasn't inclined to move until her lights went green. Oh and yet another 'Walk past the crossing points at the end of Vale Road then try to run across three lanes' nice one lady seeing as you were going from lane one to three and I was doing the same you almost ended up squished.

I really don't get these people I really don't.


Onto the bombings or attempted bombings anyway, the news this morning seemed pretty coherent. None of the suspects were Asian or Muslim except two were Asian and they think it's Al-Qaeda related. One was Iranian or Jordanian, or possibly Lebanese. GMTV had two reporters in Glasgow, three in London and one is Staffordshire. Nobody seemed to have anyone in Liverpool - makes sense a remote van sent there would have its wheels gone before it stopped moving. I'm joking, I'm joking.

So seeing as all these attempts involved cars, the police are keeping them away from the boarding areas and trickling pedestrians into the airport. Of course this means large crowds of people forming outside the airports just ripe to be taken out by a lone suicide bomber.

So a new Prime Minister who happens to be Scottish and two car-bombs and an attempt on Glasgow airport - coincidence?