I was in a bad place last night and I don't mean Milton Keynes, but the one thing that did make me smile briefly was seeing that the Finland metal outfit, Lordi had won the Eurovision Song Contest. Sometimes the world looks like it may be improving, sometimes there is a flicker of hope that everything isn't just a string of random uncontrollable events that lead to great amounts of pain, maybe the world has a sense of humour after all.

I'm at work, listening to Aretha Franklin as rain lashes down outside....feeling tired, jaded and poetic. Hope everyone else is happy.