How does the world look if you are a nut, 40 years old, a poet at heart, and your best friend is best described as an orangutan, who cares only to eat, think about having sex, is capable of creating poetry with his hands and is kinder than you are?

Elling, the Norwegian Oscar Nominee, is the movie to watch for answers to such mysteries. Or just to buoy the mood on a day when every thing happens to be a disaster!

Anyway, like I was saying, I had a lot of company. My Momma always said you got to put the past behind you before you can move on. And I think that's what my running was all about. I had run for three years, two months, fourteen days, and sixteen hours.

• He was a lucky chap to be able to run.

May we never find space so vast, planets so cold, heart and mind so empty that we cannot fill them with love and warmth...

-Roll End Credits of Philadelphia, a beautiful movie about love, friendship, laugther and death. A good thought to end this day with.