I cannot help wondering what today might bring, both personally and on a world wide scale. It was my friend lee’s birthday, so I went over to Crewe to find him and wish him happy birthday. I know roughly where he lives, but decided to make a stop at Crewe campus library to look up his address and get a map. When I eventually got to his place, on totally the opposite side of town, Lee’s dad told me he’d gone out with a couple of mates. He told me where they were, but when I eventually found them (which was, incidentally, mostly by chance) they told me that they were about to go to a club in hanley. I couldn’t go, for a couple of reasons, but we did draw up a hazy plan to meet up in Crewe today and go to see donno and phil in winsford. This sounds crazy, but enjoyable, and I look forward to seeing if anything comes of it.

I’m also looking forward to Obama’s inauguration today; aren’t we all? In many respects, this is just another swearing in of an American president, albeit a somewhat brighter one than his predecessor. But from the vantage point of human history, this is quite phenomenal. Never before has there been a black leader of the ‘free world’. This is not a racist statement, but a simple fact. Conservatives say it is, because I think they don’t like being reminded that, if conservatism had had its way, no black person would ever have been elected. Anyway, enough of that.

The sky is bright and clear. I think I’m in for a very good day.