Net Day

There are days when the Net news is just a charmer and today is one of them.

Flash: a lot of Hollywood films aren't being made because there is no one around to change scripts as shooting proceeds. Sad, really. Tom Cruise is the current head of United Artists and having a time of it, dealing with actors, writers, unions et al.

Holiday Food: Sympatico gives yummy recipes to get through the holidays and not gain weight. Le Figaro gives fattening recipes the way mama used to make them. They are, a few spices apart, the same recipes. There is only one possible conclusion. Drink!

Andrée Sarkosy, mother to the President of France, gave an interview in which she hopes "nobody gets married again". This contradicts current research in the U.S. that divorce is bad for the environment because seperate households use more hot water.

Experts on the Aging of the Population, meeting in Paris, think one might raise retirement age to 70. People live longer, and also stay healthy longer. The current age at which 'old age' sets in is approximately 75.

The medical net reports that maggots on a wound will help heal it because these creatures devour bacteria and toxins. Researchers studying addiction are learning to recognize genetic variability - differences between individuals in the strength of response - and claim this may be the clue future identification of individuals likely to get cancer and so on. Alcoholism researchers say the problem with advanced alcoholism is that the part of the brain capable of deciding to stop comes to be affected, which explains why AA works.

Great day, I say.

Oh, and someone quoted rocker Tommy Lee to the affect the purpose of life is to have a good time. The man has an eye for it!