TUESDAY 17th AUGUST 2010 08:05(BST)

THIS DAY IN WW2 (17.8.40)
In the Mediterranean... Admiral Cunningham leads three battleships and several other vessels of the British Mediterranean Fleet to bombard the Italian positions at Bardia and Fort Capuzzo. Air attacks on the ships are beaten off.

Over Germany... The RAF sends a raid against the armament works at Leuna. Although at this stage of the war the RAF intends to hit only military targets, it cannot achieve the necessary accuracy in night bombing.

In Greece... Following recently increased tension with Italy, the Greek armed forces are partially mobilized with a call-up in some districts. Among the provocations is the sinking of the Greek cruiser Helle by an Italian submarine.

Over Britain... There are no major German attacks even though the weather is reasonably good. In response to pleas from Dowding the Air Ministry agrees to give Fighter Command some extra pilots from other RAF branches and to shorten the training period for new pilots even though this has obvious disadvantages.

TODAY IN MY LIFE
Client and follow-up, blogging, seminar writing, business review

TODAY'S THOUGHT
The law of diminishing returns applies to both work and play - in all things be balanced.

TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Every wisdom I offer comes from first-hand experience of doing it WRONG!

TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Where do you want to be and why aren't you going there?

TODAY'S ONELINER
Why don't cannibals eat clowns?
They taste funny : D

GARY'S ALL TIME BOTTOM 100 HITS
7. BRIAN AND MICHAEL - Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs
The song is as ghastly as the title. This vid has a suitably hideous intro from Noel Edmonds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rczfvybq-2g&feature=related

TRIVIA
The base of the Great Pyramid of Egypt is large enough to cover 10 football fields.

TODAY'S AFFIRMATION
I will focus all my power through the lens of my concentration onto this present moment.