...sigh. And sigh again.

No, not that sigh this time (well not out loud anyway). This one is for my yo-yo experience with my tv and recently acquired set top box.

I wasnt going to do it. I tried to resist, thoughts of a return to huge stomach and lazy me were keeping it at (chubby) arms length. But I gave in, I felt strong enough to not become a junky to the glowing screen.

So, with the carrot dangled in front of me, and a measly extra £1.00 per month to pay for it, I succumbed to adding a set top box to my broadband. After all, I figure I could do with keeping up to speed with Discovery and such like - all part of my research, you see ahem.

Setback one: They decided to deliver the package in the ten minutes I wasnt in the house. Typical.

Setback two: On Saturday, my TV decided it was going to stop working. Brilliant - new cable services, no screen to display the pretty pictures.

Woo hoo one: TV started working again Sunday.
Woo hoo two: Nice big spangly package waiting for me when I got home, which I wasnt expecting until a few days later.

BOO HOO: Tried to connect it up earlier (result! I did it!). Rang them to activate it....arse, nothing happened.

"We'll send another signal and ring you back in a few minutes"

Twenty minutes later. I ring them. Get bombarded with questions about account and security word (erm, I havent set up the account yet).

"Hello, you said you'd ring me back and nobody has - nothing is happening" (bottom lip quivers)

"Turn it off and try again"

"ooh, ooh, the numbers are flashing and moving. Awwww, theyve stopped."

Arse, arse, and, what was the next thing? arse. Gonna have to wait for an engineer to come out now.

And on top of everything else, its not improved my mood

Im like shit velcro at the moment.

Right, off to Sainsburys to check out the bargain bins.

Is it me or is this a bit hypocritical?

"Demonstrators in Mumbai (Bombay) set light to effigies of the Hollywood star, while protesters in other cities shouted "death to Shilpa Shetty".

Public displays of affection and sex are still largely taboo in India."

Fair enough, if the culture is such that public affection is deemed inappropriate, thats the way it should be respected.

BUT, if thats the case, then what about this:

"The kissing scenes were regularly played on Indian TV, with some viewers commenting on Gere's actions, while Indian newspapers carried the picture on their front pages."

Erm, surely thats breaking the same taboo, in replaying it publicly over and over? Or am I being a bit facetious?

Delara Darabi and her 19-year-old boyfriend Amir Hossein reportedly went to a woman’s house in 2003, where Amir Hossein allegedly killed the woman. Delara initially confessed to the murder, but subsequently retracted her confession. Delara says that Amir Hossein asked her to admit responsibility for the murder to protect him from execution, believing that as she was under the age of 18, she could not be sentenced to death.

Delara Derabi maintains her innocence, and has claimed that she was under the influence of sedatives during the burglary.

Amir Hossein has reportedly received a prison sentence of 10 years for his involvement in the crime.

Amnesty members around the world are urgently campaigning to stop Delara’s execution. (See Press Release)

Amnesty International are asking people to go to their website and to write to the Iranian authorities, imploring them to stop the execution of Delara Darabi, who was just 17 at the time of her alleged crime.

Iran executes more known child offenders than any other country, and, in 2006, Iran and Pakistan were the only countries in the world to continue to execute child offenders. At least 28 child offenders remain on death row in Iran and the country is known to have executed four child offenders last year.

"In the past, Iran has commuted death sentences after international outcry, so we think this campaign could really make a difference. Hope you can help in any way you can – we’ll let you know if we hear any developments."