Nixta Sinks

Continuing my theme of BBC News front page articles (I'm a very busy man and a very slow reader), this spurious court-case in Russia will achieve 3 things:

• Make an ass of the Russian legal system.
• A half-life of 2 minutes.
• Give Astrology a bad name. I blame MTV.

Better news to come here at Nixta Sinks after the break.

Ahhh. That's better.

Mad cat action

My mother, already proud owner of 2 houses, 2 deadbeat sons, 4 cats and a ridiculous accent has just taken delivery of another 4 cats (size XXS). Hot on the heels of Dr. R's, the cats arrived 4 days ago wrapped in one of the existing cats and have been stretching and eating (and discovering other bodily functions) ever since. On my bed. Nice one, new cats. Welcome to the lair.

I am assured by my rapidly crazing cat-mother that these new members of the family will be distributed around the village. My prediction is that they won't go anywhere and will terrorize big old Harry, our current Cat Number 2 and pretender to Charles' throne (Charles, I should add, like the Queen, refuses to die) before taking over the whole village in a Cardinal Guzmanesque manner.