Bit depressed today. Woke up feeling fine - thought I'd shaken off my cold at last. Now, after a trying day tracking down new performance problems on two different production databases, I'm not so sure.

Also very irritated by our government's wimpy response to the fighting in Israel/Palestine. Talk about double standards! The Israelis are fighting exactly the same war that UK troops are preparing to fight in Afghanistan alongside the US - the fight against the fanatical suicide bombers of Islamo-fascism. They deserve our fullest support.