The goblins between my ears have been working overtime, which means I'm a nervous wreck. The coffee is especially strong this morning which on a taste level I'm enjoying, it means however that I'm even more jittery than normal.

Riots have broken out in Australia as well. These ones are driven by louts who feel compelled to push their racist yobbo views on everyone. As any regular reader of this column will attest, I have about as much patience for racism, as a kitten has for italian opera.

Bigorty seems to be one of these irrational things that people will try desperately to rationalize, like greed. It's also something that is taught. For every yahoo running around in Australia right now throwing a brick or bottle there should be two very ashamed parents.

Watching the leader's debate last night on television didn't make me feel much better about the world. Watching Stephen Harper twist in the wind, again trying to justify his homophobia I wanted to reach through the television screen to smack him. Having parliament twist and coil last spring over the issue of same sex marriage marriage was enough, he's pinched a page from the quebec seperatists and announced that another vote will be held. It's not democracy to keep having votes until you get the result you want. Admit it Stephen, you lost the vote and same sex marriage is here to stay. Society has evolved and you've been left behind.