you have to laugh, about an hour after the last post i was visited upon by invitation to an old friends 60th on the same day as i wish to be in canberra, can't be in two places at once. 

the angel of paradox, canberra or bust! that's my trajectory, what archangel michael giveth cannot be taken away by the angel of paradox! 

while all this was happening the angel of death turned up on the seven thirty report in the form of a doctor philip nitschke, i wasn't sure about my stance on euthanasia but i saw a very compassionate man and people who genuinely wanted an alternative exit strategy.