Matador

A man has come out of retirement to return to the bullring as a matador. I heard that this was a success on his first day. Less successful for the bulls of course. Bully for him.

Hot Spot

It is good to know that people can come up with the appropriate form of words for any eventuality. Take the alleged incident reported recently when a young Greek woman threw sambuca at a young man's sensitve region and then ignited it. His father reported that after a short stay in hospital his son was "in good spirits".

Back with the Sticklebacks

It has been a long time since my last post, due to a multitude of factors that are not particularly interesting. Of interest is the finding reported this week that sticklebacks are more intelligent than previously supposed. It is good to know that at least the piscine educational system seems to be working well - it must be all those schools.