Mat Bowles

New Orleans

I got in late tonight after Reading, stopped in Exeter to say hello to people and we ended up in the pub. Am exhausted so a proper update tomorrow with full Revelations report.

In the meantime, am still absolutely disgusted by the mess in Louisiana, as, it appears, are a lot of other people. has a statement from Viggo Mortensen, and has a copy of Micheal Moore’s open letter to Bush (which, as is usual with Mike, is a little full of hyperbole but the basic point is sound). Outside of LJ land, China (who’s new book is now out, so guess what I’ll be reading tomorrow morning) has been compiling details of the fuck ups made by those with money in power. Specifically this one, the Politics of Weather showing how the company contracted to plan the emergency recovery have now removed all mention of it from their website. Isn’t webarchive a wonderful thing?

Time to bed; it’s after midnight, meaning it’s 5th September. I’m thirty-one. That means I’m no longer “just turned thirty”, I’m “in my thirties”. But still, happy birthday me. Anyone in Exeter interested, and have set the time of 5.30pm in the Impy tomorrow, for general celebrations; wants to celebrate graduation, etc. Join us…

And now, to bed.

September 5th, 2005 Posted by MatGB | Uncategorized | 5 comments