I’d never noticed before but hyper dictionary also has a dream dictionary.

“Sometimes, words have consequences you don’t intend them to mean,” Bush said Thursday. “‘Bring ’em on’ is the classic example, when I was really trying to rally the troops and make it clear to them that I fully understood, you know, what a great job they were doing. And those words had an unintended consequence. It kind of, some interpreted it to be defiance in the face of danger. That certainly wasn’t the case.'” (Guardian)

I’ve been amusing myself by googling for taken up The Oxo Tower.

“Arrests were made, including the quizmaster. The competition was so fierce the questions were taken to the police cells and the quiz continued behind bars. The lone member of my team who was arrested didn’t manage to win the contest for us. They were all released without charge later.” (BBC)
Maybe I won’t be going to pub quiz after all.

“Prince Harry has apologised for wearing a swastika armband to a friend’s fancy dress party.” (BBC)

Mascots, aye?

Who owns your e-mail after you die?
I don’t think my family would know where to start looking for all my accounts, but I certainly wouldn’t want them reading any of them.

“Iraqi detainees who were stacked naked on top of each other in a now infamous Baghdad jail were no worse off than performing cheerleaders, a US court heard yesterday
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The lawyer defending him at the court martial in Texas, Guy Womack, said: “Don’t cheerleaders all over America make pyramids every day?” He added: “It’s not torture.”” (Guardian)

Warning – Sydney-centric content. Check out Benelong Point ‘historic views’ from 1800 to 1993.

“Australia is expected to argue strongly against providing debt relief to tsunami-affected nations at a meeting of creditor countries in Paris tomorrow.
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Australia’s stance will place it at odds with most of the other 18 members of what is known as the Paris Club, an informal group of developed nations which meets monthly to consider payment difficulties of debtor nations.
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Aid advocates argue that the Government’s concerns with debt relief are misplaced. Development and trade consultant Jim Redden said yesterday Germany had pioneered “debt for aid swaps”, under which debt is forgiven provided the debtor country allocates a fixed amount of local currency to agreed aid projects. This allowed debt to be written off while ensuring aid was delivered.” (n.c.a)