I just read an article on the BBC News site, here I’ll cut and paste it;
Multi-million pound pay deals for the BBC’s biggest stars are “extremely unlikely” in the future, the controller of BBC One, Jay Hunt, has said. 
She told the Daily Telegraph she could not see herself agreeing to the sort of contracts that see Jonathan Ross earn a reported £6m per year.
“My reputation in this industry… is as one of the stingiest women in television,” she said.
You’re not kidding!! Have you seen the state of the BBC1 channel? it’s like something out of the dark ages. I’m not joking when I say that even ‘I’ could do a better job at BBC 1 than the crap the channel has turned into. Frankly, she should learn to spend the money on programming quality entertainment – not shoving every viable show on to the 6 million other BBC channels.
Other stuff;
The battle for the Taj is over.
Apparently it was Thanksgiving in the US over the last few days, I know it’s a big deal for th
em but I still don’t get why it’s such a big thing to be honest – but what do I know. However, it seems several people lost their lives in the ensuing ‘Black Friday’ shopping rush – amazing!
My
Facebook is officially dead and for now I can’t see myself returning to it.
Twitter, I’m so not sure about this thing. It’s kind of weird. Yet it turned out to be one of the single most useful tools during the Mumbai thing – who would have thought!
Obviously we’re moving into 
a more seasonal part of the year and I’m guessing that the pubs of this once great isle are gearing up for the whole thing. I haven’t actually had a ‘Chri
stmas’ as such for several years due to work commitments. It would be nice to change that this year, but alas it is not to happen. I should get New Year off though. That said, I had my first Mince Pie of the year last night – alright, there were three, steaming hot and eaten with single cream.
I found myself staring into a bowel of Cheerios this morning, I think I have bridled my restlessness too much this past year. I need to sort a few things out and get on to complete any and all outstanding commitments and promises to friends and mates and get on to treading new ground.
Fenny seem
s to have returned from the dead, this is miraculous to say the very least. She is also sounding much better, but sadly her laptop is not in such a good way. Hope an image format will work wonders.
Had an inbox full of emails today. There were the usual Africans begging to allegedly give me millions because of some terrible banking issue with an ailing family member, advertising, a handful from friends, some trade stuff and the millionth email from PMI – but also someone calling herself Brittany who loved some profile of mine and thought I was hot – huh? then she must either be blind and/or grotesque!! 3 of the emails from friends were almost devoid of sense which would be fair enough if they’d sent them while drinking. Anyway as my brain wasn’t working after just getting up, I selected option ’2′ and promptly deleted them. I’m sure that if they were important, they will write again – but please take your time, think and take a breath before doing so.
Last but not least, if I hear of any more stupid things done by our present government – i’ll take up politics.
Thanksgiving is the 4th thursday of november. Its a Big Deal here in the USA. Argueably, more important than any other holiday. Its the holiday that everyone can agree on, no matter what race, creed, ethnic background, etc. the country virtually shuts down. Only essential services running. Its the holiday where family and friends get together most often. Its the holiday freely shared by all. If someone doesn’t have a Thanksgiving dinner to attend, its easy to find an invitation as almost everyone is willing to set an extra plate or three.
Thanksgiving is quasi-religious, to give thanks to God, but its not specificially any one religion or sect. Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, etc etc can all agree on this point. no one has any particular religious problem with eating turkey, except vegans, I suppose. and even they celebrate with tofurkeys. There are many stories as to how Thanksgiving started, but there is no doubt that Thanksgiving pre-dates the founding of the union.
Traditionally, turkey is the main dish. Even vegans try to substitute “tofurkey”. Other traditional dishes are cranberries, sweet potatos and pie – lots of pie, pumpkin pie, apple pie, blueberry pie, sweet potato pie, pecan pie, all kinds of pie. Of course that is not all that is served. At Thanksgiving we feast, multiple dishes, sometime mulitple main courses.
Excellent write up BD
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