SATURDAY 21st AUGUST 2010 08:45(BST)

THIS DAY IN WW2 (21.8.40)
In Mexico... Leon Trotsky is assassinated in Mexico City, stabbed in the back by an ice-pick. Trotsky has been an enemy of Stalin throughout the latter's career, and it seems that the assassin had been working on Soviet orders.

TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging then all-domestic

TODAY'S THOUGHT
Your attitude to obstacles is crucial. Respond like they're direction-improvers and you'll arrive at your destination stronger. Respond like they're the end and they are.

TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Remembering who I really am rather than the role I'm playing is a continual struggle.

TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you doing what you want or what everyone else says you should?

TODAY'S ONELINER
Did you hear about the red ship and the blue ship that collided?
Both crews were marooned : D

GARY'S ALL TIME BOTTOM 100 HITS
10. CHARLENE - I've Never Been To Me
A singularly awful preachy ballad. Excruciating listening!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMDKDAfnNFs

TRIVIA
In Star Trek, Captain Kirk never once said "Beam me up Scotty"

TODAY'S AFFIRMATION
I will NEVER stop getting up!