Whoosh!

A busy, enjoyable day. Such mist all day long.

Spent the morning at Our Dynamic Earth for a fabulous seminar by Jean Kilbourne about the depiction and objectification of women in advertising and the subsequent consequences in society - fascinating! I used to read about these things ages ago and I hadn't realised how much worse things have become (plus, I purposely try to avoid advertising). So much food for thought and incentive to get education right for our children and young people.

I then went to the Russian Consulate for the protest led by a bunch of fabulous comics - Mark Thomas, Susan Calman, Stephen K Amos, Zoe Lyons, Dana Alexander, Chris Coltraine and Joe Lycett. It was great to run into another blipper who got a much better shot than me (as per usual). I was particularly moved when Susan Calman spoke about growing up as a lesbian in Glasgow and about how a teacher told her it was ok to be gay. Another reason to get things right for our children and young people.

Please sign this petition to stand against Russia's brutal crackdown on LGBT rights. If the link doesn't work, the petition is at www.change.org

Then went to meet up with a dear old friend, Verb, and his lovely wife and playful son. Verb lives in Toronto and I don't get to see much of him but when I do we slip right back into the great friendship we started nearly 20 years ago in Ottawa as Parliamentary Interns. What a great guy.

Finished off the evening by going over the Panel papers again, for good measure. The day was a bit of a blur!