This evening (29th November 2005), while I was touring the grand sites of Washington, I got a text message telling me that my flat in London had been burgled during the day. I'd just like to note my thanks to Tom for informing me of it and I'm thankful that he has dealt with it so well. Tom lost his laptop and camera. I lost my pda. Who knows what else would have gone if the front door hadn't been double locked and they hadn't been limitted to the tiny bathroom window through which they broke in.

It saddens me that someone has needed to break in. It shows how bad someone's life has become that they can no longer respect fellow citizens and their possessions. I guess, that events like this having been testing society, social order and the rule of law since the beginning of civilisation and will go on doing so...