Questions

Why when I ought to be in bed am I troubled by questions?


If you buy say a film from iTunes I take it you can watch it on both the MAC and the iPOD Touch?

Same format? Not two separate purchases?

If you have a bought film on it can you then play it through your TV? If so how and at what quality?

Watched a couple of fascinating programmes on BBC 4 tonight. The first was about “feasts” in Mexico. It detailed the coming of age ceremony at 15 for girls and all that goes with it - the church, the dress, the party. I much admired it, I know there were several times during our girls childhood that I thought it would have been good to celebrate the arrival in the adult world of a new young woman. 18th birthday parties don’t really cut it here. The second part of it was about the three day festival of the dead that happens around All Saint’s Day. It was riveting and moving and I felt how far away from the real world our society has become. When I think of the rituals of death on Islay 30 years ago and compare that to the factory process in cities and the way it is swept under the carpet as a taboo topic I am sad.

The church seemed much involved with this I felt it was a pity they hadn’t interviewed the priest for his point of view as they did over the first feast.

This was followed by an excellent programme showing some of the films made by the government to promote Britain abroad but never shown in this country. This was done from 1950 to 80. Oh my word as L would say was it a hoot and very embarrassing.

Then because the momentous events unfolding today I watch BBC News at 11 pm and all the papers seem to suggest by this time next week Brown will have been consigned to history. I would find this fascinating normally but I am in despair about it all.