Here we go then, it's time for everyone to have some harsh words with North Korea. And I don't mean a brief ticking off and an instruction to go and sit on the naughty step, this is serious. A big nuclear bomb went off somewhere underground, and we know it's serious because the usually reticent China has declared itself "strongly opposed" to it. Japan said the test explosion was "unpardonable", and South Korea said they would "sternly respond". Ouch! Yeah, North Korea! You've been told! Busted. It will be very interesting to see how the good old US of A responds, considering that North Korea is on their 'Accident of Evil'. Or the 'Can We Bomb Them Parabola' as some like to call it.
It has been, just for a change, a bit of a musical weekend. On Friday I went down to the Jazz Cafe where four cantankerous old men played some suprisingly fantastic blues music, although their name was a bit naff - Talking Blues. They were quality though. For most of Saturday I was preparing for something which I haven't done for donkeys years. I was going to be playing the piano in church! Scary stuff. This forced me to blow the cobwebs off my keyboard and knuckle down to some proper practice. Everything was going well until, disaster, I burnt my finger. On... a parsnip. Damn you, hot root vegetables! This made the finger extremely sore whenever I put pressure on it.
So, the big day came, and I think it's fair to say that we should have rehearsed a bit more. I never seemed to be in time with the drummer, who was in a little rhythmical world of his own!
And finally, it's the leader of the Conservative Party's birthday today! Happy birthday, whoever you are.
