God is selfish.

Nice start for a) my first post in a while and b) my last post for a while.

I'm off for a couple of weeks to the (not) sunny UK for Christmas, and it was while I was thinking about the lack of weather, that I realised exactly how selfish and thoughtless our lord and master is.

Firstly, he selects Israel as the birthplace of his Messiah. Even at the time it was a bad idea due to the density of Romans in that area, and now look at it - chock full of dynamite belt toting headcases. Think you dropped the ball on that one God. OK I admit the nativity wouldn't quite be the same image if it was set in Nuneaton, but there's a hell of a lot less machine guns there.

The other point was the weather. I mean come on, Israel has pretty similar weather most of the year round, so why the fuck did he choose December, when it's ball-freezingly cold everywhere else? It would have been a lot nicer if he'd have arranged for the Immaculate Conception to be carried out in about October time, ensuring a clement birthday for all. It's not like he did it for the Australians is it?

Anyway enough of me inviting death-threats from the Christian right and the Catholics, and probably every other emotionally-sensitive religious fringe. I'm off now.

Have a great Christmas everybody, I'll be back just prior to New Year.

Happy holidays!