Solemnity of Christ the King

This is really cute ... a chihuahua has qualified to be a police dog. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11804083

Meantime the unbelievable wave of tourists is finally showing signs of abating. Hopefully the crowds will die down by these two weeks and our lives can get back to normal. But we have been warned that next March will be another crush of tourists inundating our tiny city.

Now this is a really good idea ... bus police to maintain good manners on board - Israeli students tell passengers not to speak loudly on their cellphones, give up seats to the elderly, not to put their feet up on the opposite seat etc... http://www.haaretz.com/culture/arts-leisure/israeli-students-appoint-themselves-bus-police-to-enforce-manners-1.325294

Today is the Solemnity of Christ the King - His universal sovereignty over everyone and everything all the time and everywhere. In a world that peddles democracy, this feastday might be awkward. But then again the concept of an all powerful sovereign who loves and cares for his subjects to the point of giving up his life for them may just be that element that gives security and confidence that the democracies today have been failing to give us. He's king of kings and lord of lords. And I'm glad he is.