more from the Department of Pointless Surveys

Survey finds that young people do not trust the Gardaí (that's the Irish police). Well, duh. Aside from this being, as best I can tell, a pretty standard attitude the world over, there's also the minor consideration of the Gardaí who were videotaped beating the crap out of May Day protestors, having first removed their identification tags; despite said video being broadcast on national television, there were no repercussions worth talking about among the responsible Gardaí. In fact, at the inquiry into the incident, none of the Gardaí present saw anything of the events that were taped and broadcast. Or so they said, anyway.

rearranging furniture

Just spent the last hour or so moving furniture around. Specifically, squeezing the double bed into the small room in place of the single, which now shares the master bedroom with the futon. End result: the small room is more cramped, but still usable as a place to put up guests, particularly if they arrive in couples; the master bedroom now has enough room for me to set up my little workout bench. Of course, whether I use it or not is an entirely other matter...