No rain still

Dark rain clouds

A couple of days of cold and humidity. The skies tend to get heavy with dark rainy clouds that never rain; but by noon the sun shines brightly and the temp. rises to 20 degrees. By night time it falls to 4 degrees.

It hasn't rained since the last snowstorm. Everyone is remarking how dry it will be this year. We dread a drought. Water prices will rise like crazy. it will make life unbearable.

Just received news that pig heads were sent to the synagogue in Rome. Now that's crossing the line. There are certain limits that even religious wars should respect - especially when it deals with the divine and sacred. I find it appalling that people would stoop so low ... they denigrate themselves, not the jews nor their synagogue. But likewise I utterly condemn those jews who throughout these 2 years have been vandalising and burning our churches here and spraying on our churchdoors "Mary is a whore" and "Jesus is a bastard". Jewish hatred for christians is no less a crime than anti-semitism is.

So the Chinese New Year is round the corner. It's going to be another working day for me. I was hoping for a couple of days off but it looks very unlikely. No Chinese New Year cookies, fireworks, banners and other kitschy stuff. Just another day.