I don't normally set out to put the boot into the Christians, as it's the politicians and our social democracy which is the problem. However, I can't pass this one up.

There's no Goblin, just gobbly-gook.

We had some friends coming up to stay with us in the Sounds next week, however, one of them has been having heart trouble, so probably can't make it. He actually died twice over 1996, first when his heart stopped while giving a speech - luckily a doctor in the audience kept him going until the ambulance arrived - and then again in hospital. Since then he's had a defibrillator implanted to kick start his heart when it goes out of rhythm, which has just happened again.

But that's all by the by. The interesting bit is in the email his partner has just sent:

I got an important fact wrong, the defib had kicked in after only 7 seconds, also the heart had not stopped it had simply got totally out of rhythm after which it usually stops never to go again so to speak.. without the defib it would have stopped... Xxx says there is nothing on the otherside cos he went there briefly twice in 1996.

Oh dear.