bbc world service......

ok, so the bbc was broadcasting a sunday morning show as the clock radio came on at 6:30 am......we do not touch the clock radio's alarm...it is set at 6:30 7 days a week to make sure that it is correct on work days......not only out of superstition.....but also to make sure that we get up in reasonable time to get things done on saturdays and sundays.....but i do not teach sunday school this morning....so rather than turn off the radio and go back to sleep...i opted to listen to the bbc world service weekend report and sports roundup.....here is the gist of what i remember........some guy won the melbourne formula one race for the 1st time...but the big news was that a racer from india placed well.....and the correspondent from the india times was very excited about this breakthrough.......taiwan will become an independent country over mainland china's dead body(s)......and the laundry list of strategies employed by mainland china to thwart acceptance of taiwan internationally were exposed.......chelsea will play barcelona for some big championship tuesday.....which appears to be big news because chelsea is ahead of machester united and barcelona is ahead of real madrid (where mr beckham now plays)...in the points....i was unaware that standings in european football are based on points scored.....not on wins......seems like a really good idea, actually........and the us davis cup team lost...i had never heard of the players interviewed for the story...but they seemed very bummed out by the loss........just thought you would want to know......