Tia has Puppies

Whilst doing a spot of dogsitting for a friend I had an unexpected surprise. Tia decided to have her puppies the first night I was looking after her.

All the puppies are doing well. Here is a video I have uploaded to youtube.

(Bruno Mars) Just The Way You Are - Sungha Jung

Bob Dylan Quotes

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.

A lot of people can't stand touring but to me it's like breathing. I do it because I'm driven to do it.

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.

A mistake is to commit a misunderstanding.

A person is a success if they get up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

A poem is a naked person... Some people say that I am a poet.

A song is anything that can walk by itself.

All I can do is be me, whoever that is.

All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.

All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die.

At times in my life the only place I have been happy is when I am on stage.

Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be.

Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot.

Being on tour is like being in limbo. It's like going from nowhere to nowhere.

But even the President of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked.

Chaos is a friend of mine.

Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges.

Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I guess that's better left unsaid.

Don't matter how much money you got, there's only two kinds of people: there's saved people and there's lost people.

He not busy being born is busy dying.

I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it accepts me.

I am against nature. I don't dig nature at all. I think nature is very unnatural. I think the truly natural things are dreams, which nature can't touch with decay.

I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet.

I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.

I don't think the human mind can comprehend the past and the future. They are both just illusions that can manipulate you into thinking theres some kind of change.

I have dined with kings, I've been offered wings. And I've never been too impressed.

I like America, just as everybody else does. I love America, I gotta say that. But America will be judged.

I say there're no depressed words just depressed minds.

I think a poet is anybody who wouldn't call himself a poet.

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.

I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours.

I'm just glad to be feeling better. I really thought I'd be seeing Elvis soon.

I'm speaking for all of us. I'm the spokesman for a generation.

I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all that.

If I wasn't , I'd probably think that has a lot of answers myself.

In ceremonies of the horsemen, even the pawn must hold a grudge.

In the dime stores and bus stations, people talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations, draw conclusions on the wall.

Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything.

Money doesn't talk, it swears.

No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky.

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around - the music and the ideas.

Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them.

The radio makes hideous sounds.

There is nothing so stable as change.

This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway.

To live outside the law, you must be honest.

Well, the future for me is already a thing of the past.

What good are fans? You can't eat applause for breakfast. You can't sleep with it.

What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

When you cease to exist, then who will you blame?

Yesterday's just a memory, tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be.

You learn from a conglomeration of the incredible past - whatever experience gotten in any way whatsoever.

Julian Assange is arrested in London

Julian Assange has been arrested in London relating to allegations of sexual misconduct in Sweden. Depending on which websites you read you get different stories. Some sites accuse him of rape and others suggest that the charges are purely political and that he is merely accused of "Sex by Surprise" where the sex was consensual but unprotected.

Julian Assange the face of Wikileaks has come under increasing attack since releasing highly sensitive documents which have embarrassed political institutions and leaders the world over. These documents have outraged individuals on both sides with some people branding Mr Assange a terrorist and others expressing their anger at the classified documents leaked from the United States.

Having had a look on facebook I am unable to find any groups with a negative feelings toward Assange and hundreds of groups expressing their admiration for his cause.

I would be interested to know what my blog visitors think of Mr Assange and Wikileaks - you can complete my poll on the right hand side of this post.

Blog Traffic Spike.

Yesterday I checked my blog traffic and saw that I had had two of my best days ever. Traffic has almost trebled and stayed this way for a few days now. 

In addition to this, I have now had my first Chinese visitor and have had visitors from over half the countries of the world.

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