9/9/9 - we survived...

So, I thought I'd wait until 10/9/09 to find out whether the doomsayers would see the world end, once again. 9/9/09 was business as usual: Andy Murray started the day well (for Scotland, at least) by crashing out of the US Open in straight sets; then England somehow managed to crush the 'mighty' Croatia 5-1 to get through to next year's World Cup (football) in South Africa; as for England's Ashes-winning cricketers, they managaed another mediocre performance against the Aussies in the third cricket one-day series game.

Around town, men-in-frocks were being celebrated, with a tribute gig to the late Danny La Rue advertised, along with Dame Edna Everage's Last Night of the Poms (probably a fitting tribute by the time Ricky Ponting returns to rub salt into our one-day cricketing wounds). And, on our wonderful TV ('the best in the world'), illusionist, entertainer and all-round trickster Derren Brown conned us into believing he could predict the winning Lottery numbers - very clever trickery.

Just another day in paradise...