No, me either. Considering my weekend started on Wednesday night thanks to a couple of days off I probably should have done a bit more. I have a good excuse though. He's six months old and between the feeds, changes and playtime takes up pretty much all of our spare time.
Then there was the cats visits to the vets (always a stressful time), the car service (always an even more stressful time) and the tumble dryer failure (a major catastrophe due to the aforementioned six month old and his daily quest to vomit and dribble over as many clean clothes as possible).
What I didn't do was clamber into a small metal capsule, float up 24 miles in the sky above New Mexico using a balloon the thickness of a carrier bag and then jump out of it with a parachute. I am fairly certain I will not be doing this again next week.
Felix Baumgartner did just that. Not only did he live to tell the tale but he claimed the record for the highest ever skydive and became the first person to break the speed of sound as he fell at speeds up to 833.9mph . And here is the proof - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19943132.
Brave? Stupid? Well, that's for you to decided. I know where I stand on quests for glory. But it did catch my interest for a while and it was the only 'happy' story on the news tonight in between all the death, destruction and dreadful revelations that packed the rest if its' running time so, if for no other reason than that, cheers Felix.
Meanwhile, I've just found a copy of Sleeping Dogs on the Playstation 3 for only £24.50. Now that's what I call a result !
Ade
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