Something to cheer about
The arrival of November signals the near end of the most dangerous period of the Atlantic hurricane season. The 2009 season has been the calmest in more than a decade, which is something to cheer about in these dismal times.

A parliament full of sheets
Parliamentarians throughout the world are often chided for exhibiting, while at their appointed or elected task, a childish obsession with the trivial and sexual. - Tony Deyal