Someone recently, in conversation, accused me of being opinionated on this blog. Yes, me! Imagine it!

Anyway, in order to restore the balance, allow me to update you with clippings of interest from developments on the global newswire.

The formidable Rudi Giuliani has started his shot at the presidency. Much as I would like to see an Italian president, he won't make it. There is no way through to the Republican nomination for a New York liberal with progressive views about human relationships.

Al Jazeera's new network is nearly ready to launch. Looking forward to this. We get most of our TV news now from the BBC, CNN and Euronews - respectively, news for the pompous, news for the dumb and news for bureaucrats. Possibly we are all three. I wish we could see more attitude in television news. French talk programmes are wall to wall and there is something for every taste, but I can't follow it well enough. Al Jazeera is another tributary flowing into the great lake.

These kooks are no relation. Just sayin'...

Not that I want to laugh at the misfortune of an over-hyped, brown gadget or anything...but the world's biggest tech blog, Engadget, tried to install a Zune for a test.

HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA.

Ahhh, feeling the Microsoft love, that special, special love. Especially loving that 'restart the machine when you uninstall'. And the app crashes. Ah, the memories. [Wipes tear from eye]. When I used Windows...Good times. And handing over your phone number to make the software go. You've got to love Windows, don't you? No. No you don't.

Meanwhile Super Frenchie discovers t-shirts that say 'Texas is bigger than France'. Read his outstanding return of serve.