This photo has been bugging me ever since I saw it on bbc.co.uk.  Sometimes when I see it I think it's funny; other times it makes me bite my lip hard and want to cry.

The caption read:  A US soldier goes window-shopping at a local shop in Karada, Baghdad.'

The paper today said that, not counting the daily bombings, 3000 homicides occur in Baghdad ( Read more... )

Sooo, I'm still currently debating over whether I should actually use the thongs given to me by my friends for my bday. They're quite pretty - black lace and ribbons and all - but they're rather, er,  insubstantial as well.

It's not like anyone is going to see me wearing them, anyway.  Though they've already been given the thumbs up by various ( Read more... )