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I think it’s great that people don’t change. Time passes, and yet people basically do the same stuff again and again. Sometimes, perceived wisdom fails to communicate across the expanses of one generation to the next.

My youngest son just came back from a French exchange trip. He took about 75€ with him and returned with 5€. What did all that money go on? Well, 10€ vanished buying a breakfast on the way out… but, the rest of the funds seem to have vanished on the same rubbish we all seem to return with from school trips. Sweets, for a start. Oh, and a little music box that plays the theme from ‘The Pink Panther’. Inspector Clouseau was, afterall, a typical French man, right?

Money sorts of evaporates on school trips. I recall buying a German version of a boardgame on my own, an item that, at best, received only cursory glances on my return to the UK. If only boardgamegeek.com had been around 20 years ago, then I doubtlessly could have had immediate access to an English translation of the rules.

Perhaps adults – specifically parents – need to consider a little more carefully the wisdom they pass on to the next generation. I know you can’t guarantee that they’ll listen, but at least you will have made an effort!

Seriously… Lost is either an act of pure insanity or utter genius. However, I may not be in the position to make a final decision until this time next year.

Almost as expected, watching the finale ended with cries of anguish as the screen went white and the logo appeared. I daresay we ended with yet more unanswered questions… Like who the survivors of the most recent plane really are, what Richard is, and why was Jacob ‘tagging’ people to come to the island. Also, what is so special about Hurley, who only seemed to get tagged to get him to return to the island?

Lock acquires a new layer of sinister significance, too – like he wasn’t a puzzle within a puzzle already! Is he some aspect of the island now – like Christian and Clare have become? Or is he just some weird vessel of that guy trapped on the island with Jacob in the past – and what exactly is the loophole he found?

Is (was) Jacob the Devil?