...for xanadu...

or at least for sandy island.

so it now seems that a whole island we thought existed,

actually doesn't.

well, when i say 'we' i think i mean 'you' because until today i'd never heard of sandy island. and if i had i like to think i would have had enough about me to realise that even the name is clearly a giveaway to its fictitious status, 

it being rather too 'enid blyton' for my liking. 

apparently this south pacific non-island first appeared on google earth and google maps within the past few years, and has been replicated as other maps have lazily been produced.

once it appeared on a map its existence was confirmed. 

and unquestioned.

it seems terribly easy to invent an island.

perhaps it would even be possible to invent a whole country.

that would be a really neat trick.

although it could never really happen, because we're far too intelligent to let anyone get away with it.

wait a minute.

what about israel?

you can read more about sandy island by googling 'sandy island'

you can learn more about israel by googling 'historical region of palestine'

...for educational fulfillment...

i can hardly believe my good fortune.

this morning i received an email from a professor julius tumwebaze of the university of kampala, in which he has offered me a degree of my own for only $59.95.

how lovely.

now all i have to do is decide what i want it in,

 and where to hang it.

it makes me wonder why anyone would study for years to get one of their own when there are good people like professor julius around.

...for someone else to blame... (for 9/11)

saudi arabia is to be sued by a syndicate attached to london-based insurers lloyds of london in an effort to recover US$215million paid out by them following claims made subsequent to 9/11. 

the group alleges 'that the oil-rich middle eastern superpower bears primary responsibility for the atrocity because al-qa'ida was supported by banks and charities acting as "agents and alter egos" for the saudi state'.

their chance of winning the case?
zero.


their reason for bringing the case?
well, just because that's what insurers do - take a risk, take the premiums, and when they're asked pay they do their best to wriggle out of it. 9/11 being an emotive subject they probably think they'll get some support. 

just swallow it, parasites.