Just had a look on interweb for things Minnesotan; looks like a grand place. Apparently 60% of them all live in Minneapolis and St Pauls; that's 3 of the 5 million. That must leave a lot of empty space, I wonder what's in there?

And the state bird?

The Common Loon; that just makes it a whole lot better

I am still chuckling at the two wonderful people who gate-crashed a White House party, that just rocks; yes it shows up massive holes in presidential security and is probably quite scary for whoever is responsible - hope they don't get sacked, no one spares a thought for the henchmen as Austin Powers says - but it is one of the truly great events in the history of democracy.

Just had a haircut, nothing interesting there, but the barber was from Kurdistan and very happy to chat about Kurdish independence; I must say I am in some agreement with him. Seems like Kurdistan is split into 4 bits looked after by Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. No idea how big the move for independence is in Kurdistan, might have to look into that, but he really is not fond of America, not fond at all.