In other news, it was MLK day today. I don't think we have many, if any, national holidays dedicated to historical figures in the UK. Anyway, I was watching the 'I Have A Dream Speech' and really listened, perhaps for the first time, to the content of it today. It was quite depressing to consider how little has really changed since the early 60s and how little King's Dream has been realised.
A couple of weeks ago a fourteen year old African American boy, who I briefly worked with, was shot in the head. He was shot in the mouth and the bullet never exited his skull. When the police found him, blood was gushing from his mouth and he was still alive. He later died in hospital.
So while I was worrying about getting good waves, in a neighbourhood a few miles north of me, kids were worrying about making it through the day alive.
Rip D.L.