Three

They say these things happen in threes, well after a crash and a minor (unrelated) operation I had number three this morning. Actually, I sense it was related to the crash a week and a half ago. One of the wires attaching my headlight to my generator has broken. It should be a fairly simple and reasonably quick repair -- I've sent it back to St Kilda Cycles express post today, although having it back in time for this weekend is unlikely. I do, however, have enough spares to cover that and everything in between. Hopefully this is now the end of my run of back luck.

It says a lot about the way we now spend "money" that I have acquired a rather useless piece of stationery that I'm unlikely to ever use. The problem relates to the fact that sending a package "express post" costs $8.40, and for some reason I couldn't use EFTPOS under $10. I ended up buying some of that correction tape that does the job of liquid paper for another $2. I figured it might come in handy, but I have no idea when.

In other news, this story is further proof that one can never be too cynical. Just when I thought I'd seen the height of human stupidity (and there are plenty of contenders in this part of the world), someone goes and surpasses it. Personally, I think it would ahve been better if someone's mother had declared a Jihad on their unborn fetus with a coat hanger.