Ups and downs 2

I was rather sorry to hear about Steve Irwin. I didn't watch much of his stuff- I tend to prefer my documentaries about snakes focussing less on their dangerousness and more on their interestingness (so far I haven't seen a single one which actually meets these criteria) - but there's something tragic about people who spend their lives doing dangerous things and then actually die from it. And I think he must have been unlucky with the sting ray as well. I like the fact that he is reported in "UK news", presumably on the basis that he's white, speaks English (almost) and isn't an American.

Recovered from my 48 hours of feeling dire and now rather perky. Missing my phone though (and in particular my phonebook). Saw a kingfisher yesterday while I was out paddling.

I'm a bit baffled about the new legislation on violent porn.

"Material featuring violence that is, or appears to be, life-threatening or is likely to result in serious and disabling injury" would appear to cover about 75% of Hollywood's output. Maybe putting it in the context of a story, however thin, makes it acceptable. Interesting idea, that still images are more corrupting than moving ones.

and why are images more corrupting than words?

Spoke to my psychologist today; told her that I didn't consider myself particularly psychologically disturbed so I felt that therapy was unlikely to be useful. It appeared to be the first thing I'd ever said that she found reasonable! So we have parted on civil terms. Nothing left but the drugs now.

Clip on the radio yesterday- richard branson from rail privatisation days, promising a hostess in every carriage and cartoon network for the kiddies.