NopePope!

So are we broke or are we not?

http://www.secularism.org.uk/protests-planned-for-pope-visit.html

I don't want to pay for the pope to visit. Even if he wasn't anti-gay, anti-womens rights, anti-contraception, even if he wasn't the champion of an institution with a conscious policy of keeping mankind in in servile ignorance for hundreds of years, while I would never stop him coming to Britain, I see no reason to pay for him. Cos apparently, we have no money. He has lots.

Don't get me wrong - I don't think we should be paying for Brenda pick-nose either, or HRH the man who would be tampon - but at least they don't spout. Or if they do, it's not (excuse the pun) treated as gospel. I'm not discriminating against him particularly - I would feel the same of any iman who wanted to talk about forcing women behind the veil, any hindu who suggested that suttee was a fine idea, any buddhist who claimed that Gautama was perfect because he was neither crippled, nor a woman*. I'm all for free speech. You can say what you want to say, let me pay what I want to pay - absolutely nothing.

*I've come across every single one of these views, this last in a very sacred and respected gompah in Nepal. The major religions of the world really don't like girls.

Grimness

Evil tooth, evil tooth!

Evil tooth lives at the back of my mouth. Lives, throbs, hurts, plans revenge. I got in touch with my local dental surgery, where I was told that as a needlephobe (is there a proper name for that?) I could get my tooth taken out at Kings College, without need for a frightening jab, how cool is that? And it would be free of charge. I told them to refer me, and they appear to have forgotten. Now my toothache has slowly spread to the base of my inner ear and under my jaw. But no worries! They referred me last week and my appointment turned up today - for the 5th of March.
As far as I can see, this is not to have the tooth ganked. It is merely so that someone new can get to prod it about. Hurty hurty hurty.

How does one create a video diary, preferably one that you can travel around with? I want to do some exploring...