Ursine Defecation Habits Headline 2

For background on the notion of the UDHH, check here.

"'War on terror' has failed to deliver peace, study shows" - Irish Times

Really? Because I could have sworn that for the last few years we've all been living in a blissful utopia, and that planet Earth has been renamed "Happy Puppy Sun Land".

Landmark

A whim just moments ago caused me to look up the date of the first WAKE UP post, only to find that the one year anniversary of this blog passed two days ago. As such, here is a big picture of a cake:

Believe it or not, this was one of the first results when I Googled "cake".

 Also, here is a picture of Boris Johnson playing tennis, because I promised myself I would find a place for it:

I invited David Miliband to the WAKE UP anniversary party, but unfortunately I had forgotten about his crippling fear of confetti:

 

 

 

He's seeking help.

So here's to a good year gone by, and a better one to come. Oh, and I'll start counting down to Christmas soon, probably.

Branching Out

Just to confuse things, I have two YouTube channels. One, as I've been mentioning, is dedicated to the sketch-type Wake Up Investigates videos. The other is the YouTube account I've had for years, in which I've recently decided to take a more active role. It'll be used from now on for videos on various topics, possibly including some music. As such, I present the first video from this channel: a lecture-type... thing about whether or not song lyrics can be considered poetry (short answer: yes). Please enjoy.