In a week where all of Australia now knows what "turkey slapping" means, where politicians and conservative groups tried to go all Orwellian regarding Big Brother and where the Italians actually won a World Cup game fairly, I have decided to go all old school and have taken up the humble activity of knitting.

So far I've done two rows. I must, I must, I must keep going and not give up half-way and end up with a pathetic 30cm long "scarf". (Gawd, the amount of half-completed cross-stitch projects I own…)

Anyway, on a side note, I see that Billy Connelly, Tilda Swinton and Annie Lennox have been given honorary doctorates. I do realise that this is a good way for Universities to get publicity and I do realise that people who are awarded honorary doctorates have done a lot of
work in their fields.

But seriously, it really, really, really pisses off people who are getting doctorates the hard way – by actually doing one and by not earning shitloads of money while doing it. Grrrrr!