Nonsenses, plural.

One annoyance:
Why can't politicians just answer the occasional question with a Yes or a No, if one of those will suffice? That party politics has obscured sense is quite evident when a question such as "Do you agree with this very common-sense and really quite true thing?" is answered with equivocation, evasion, and another question.
I wake up to the Today Programme, which is most definitely the best reportage around, but it also has the unusual ability to get me riled before 6.30am. Impressive.

On a completely different note:
You know it's a good beginning of term when the first academic emails you receive include instructions to (i) Read Lewis Carroll, and (ii) Write an essay on a subject that includes ducks in hats.
We have lift off!