Stuffed Possum

Amongst all the flotsam and jetsam about 2-bit film and pop stars and titillating sex tales for the dimmer reader, there are certainly some thought provoking news stories out there. This one caught my eye: Tsutomu Yamaguchi was unlucky enough to be visiting Hiroshima on business on August 6 1945, and was badly burned. He returned home to Nagasaki - just in time for the second atomic bomb on 9th August!

He has died this month at the age of 93. Full details from the NY times. I am not sure if he would be classed as unlucky to attend both or lucky to survive - he and his family suffered a lot of radiation illness but 93 is a good innings by any standard.