Obama presentation coming along - just need to tweak the order of the ideas. I know I will not be able to include everything (that's the dilemma). We'll see how it goes.

Hard to concentrate with the garden and the swimming pool beckoning; also too much news about Michael Jackson etc. etc.

Enjoying Mandela's autobiography: a great brick of a book, but well written and a page-turner. Also Woody Allen's "new" movie - a few laughs and a few truths. . .