Life really does imitate art.

Anyone who is a fan of Family Guy will probably remember the episode where Brian became the police sniffer dog, and consequently got a cocaine addiction. Well, it appears life really does imitate art, as shown by this story.
Police sniffer dog, Jazz, managed to successfully sniff out a bag of heroine, but while investigating it, managed to rip it with his teeth, spreading the heroine all over his gums, and swallowing some of it as well.
He was rushed to a vet, who, thankfully, (after some drastic measures like pumping his stomach!) managed to bring him back to full health.
Its a dangerous job, but someone has to do it.

Free Speech is the most important thing in the World.

We in the Western World, often take free speech for granted. Think of how many times in the last week you have criticised the government, in China, that would merit jail time. China seems to be the bastion of censorship, they have successfully lobbied Microsoft and other Internet providers (I would mention them, but I can't think of them offhand-that's not just a stab at Microsoft-I think AOL also, but I can't be sure) to prevent people from blogging, or taking part in forums, in order to prevent them from possibly planning a revolution (that wasn't mere hyperbole, it probably is a realistic threat within China's communist government). Also, Wikipedia has now been banned in China, because it documents Taiwan's push for independence neutrally.
In Britain, Free Speech continues to be eroded away at a frightening pace since Blair took his third office.
Legislation after legislation is put before the commons which is effectively turning the UK into a police state. Notable examples are that it is now legal for police to arrest anyone they suspect of being involved in a crime, and hold them for up to 28 days before charging them with anything.
(so, feasibly, you could be wearing the same jacket as a suspected terrorist, and be locked up for up to 28 days.)
In the US, Free Speech is a joke of a concept. While technically it does exist, in practice it is a very different story. Unless a musician seriously re-edits their lyrics, their song will not be picked up by radio, seriously stifling it's ability to make an impact on anyone. Look at the difference in lyrics between D12's popular 'Purple Hills' compared to the original 'Purple Pills'. Also, American media outlets are all-to-quick to ban something. After 9/11, many radio stations banned a lot of songs which may not sit well within the climate at the time. Songs with lyrics about crashing planes were held back, which is understandable, but John Lennon's Imagine, a song whish should have been played multi-fold over the period was also banned.
It's important to remember how important it is to have free speech protected, without it, Blair would already be ultimate dictator... now he'll have to wait a few years first.

Wikipedia's Trouble

The website, Wikipedia is the kind of thing the Internet was made for. It is basicaly a free encyclopedia, which is maintained by people creating entries for various subjects. The most prominent word there is 'free'. As anyone who might have wanted to research a topic on an online encyclopedia recently will have found, all the established names (Britannica, Encarta - once a mainstay in the 'research' (read; cut and paste) of any 2nd year's essays) have an extortionate fee to charge anyone who might want to use the service once .
However, while the people who genuinely maintain the site are to be congratulated, there are too many dickheads out there who try to ruin it. Some arsehole wanted to win a bet, so he changed the details of an entry to accuse somebody of the Assassination of John F Kennedy. And there are worse dicks, people who do it for no other reason than they have no lives beyond the 12-foot radius of their computer screen. This practice ruins Wikipedia's reputation as a source of information, and therefore forces students or academics to pay for good-but-not-worth-the-fee encrypted encyclopedias.

Possible Republic of Ireland Manager

Steve Staunton is lined up to be the next Rep Ireland manager....
DISGUST AND HORROR BEFALL ME.
He is currently an assisstant manager to Walsall, a team struggling in the old division 3... yet he has practically been confirmed as the manager of an international team, ranked among the top 25 in the world (Check the FIFA World rankings for this). That's quite a promotion. On a scale of a classroom assisstant being appointed Minister for Education.
(basically, The FAI, the people in charge of this sort of thing, tend to give less than a watery faecal material about how the team is playing football, and prefer to line their own pockets, and Staunton would be very cheap for four years...typical Paddywhackery from Irish Instutions.)
I urge anyone who likes football to email the FAI, (info@fai.ie, david.blood@fai.ie, john.delaney@fai.ie) informing them of your disgust at their blatant disregard for the national team's wellbeing on the pitch.
It was bad enough Roy Keane's debut for Celtic ended in disgrace, and Aston Villa only scraped past Hull in the FA cup.
Such a week!
Disgusting.