Friday night gear change

"A moment like this", here performed by Leona Lewis, is the sort of song that screams 'gearchange!' right from the opening bars; it's just a question of 'when?'. At 2 minutes 50 seconds, up a full tone, as it happens. So bad it's good.

And she hasn't been attacked by a love sick horse for over a year either...

The Curse Of Blogging ...

... is that you end up reading every single newspaper you can get your hands on as raw material.

One or two stories merit a direct mention, the vast majority are either pulp or you know that other 'bloggers are going to cover them to death anyway; but then there are a few stories that stick in your mind, which aren't, taken in isolation, particularly interesting or deserving of any particular comment or narrative or new angle. However, sooner or later, you build up a whole queue of seemingly unrelated and half-remembered stories that you somehow have to link together.

So, maybe it was always thus, and I've only just started noticing; maybe these incidents previously went reported; maybe it's a coincidence; or, maybe, just maybe, European cattle have become self-aware, like Skynet in the Terminator films, and decided to start fighting back:

23 April 2009: Leona Lewis head-butted by horse*

Spring 2009: From Ask The Experts: I was attacked by a herd of cows while out walking my dog on a public footpath and bridleway. I escaped with cuts and bruises, but felt badly shaken. Should I report this to prevent a serious incident occurring to someone else? Jacqui Scott

29 May 2009: Matador gored by bull as fight goes wrong

8 June 2009: David Blunkett injured protecting guide dog Sadie from charging cow

23 June 2009: Woman trampled to death by cattle as she walked her two dogs was a vet

24 June 2009: Farmer speaks of cow attack horror

10 July 2009: Man gored to death in Pamplona

Geek points to the first person who can explain why Climate Change is causing this abnormal behaviour.

* OK, technically a horse is not a cow, and that particular incident happened in the USA. Details, details ...

Just horsin' around

Don't get me wrong, I love and admire Britain's Got Celebrity X-Pop Factor Talent finalist Leona Lewis as much as the next God-fearing citizen...
... but isn't it ironic that she was attacked in the face. By a horse?