I wish I’d thought of that

Today is a sad day because we lost Dave Brubeck. He was almost 92, so I don’t think we can really complain. Today however there is a little gap in the continuum where one of the world’s greatest jazz pianists used to play. I saw him live once, about 15 years ago. He seemed old then, but he played a brilliant 2 hour set like a 20-year-old. I’m glad I got that chance.

It seems that a new celebrity gets himself arrested for sexual offences almost every day now. This week it’s the turn of Stuart Hall and Max Clifford. Looks like Showbiz is turning into a new Catholic Church pedo scandal.

I’m not having the greatest time at work. I’m a bit fed up.

Here is something lighter; apparently it’s OK to jog naked in New Zealand now. I may move there. I’ve read several versions of this story, but I like the one in the Daily Mail because it includes comments from mad Daily Mail readers. It seems that Andrew Lyall Pointon, 47, was arrested in August 2011 and charged with “offensive behaviour” after a complaint was made by a woman who saw him jogging naked. Police arrested him on a subsequent nude run.

Pointon made an appeal which was thrown out in June. But a second appeal at the high court was this month upheld by Justice Paul Heath, who made the memorable quote, “If it was [offensive] then God wouldn’t have given us genitals.” I”m not quite sure I follow the logic, but I wish I’d said it.

Steve Gough, the UK’s own Naked Rambler was arrested again this week in Warwickshire. There was bloody snow on the ground this morning. I wouldn’t want to be naked rambling at this time of year. The British authorities are not as strict about nudity as the Scots, and it seems that this charge is not going to land him in prison, though there will be a court case in Feb.

According to a recent survey, it would also appear that 10% of British people would pose nude to earn extra cash. I’m in that group. I wish I’d thought of that when I was at university.