And keep your karaoke versions of "Guns of Brixton" on the q.t.

So it's been a little while. Possibly this has something to do with the fact that work has been very busy lately. For example, I have to admit that I was awake this morning when the clock hit 01:02:03 on 4/5/06 (and for a while after). I would much rather have observed that temporal oddity in my dreams.

Unfortunately, I had to work both days last weekend, which prevented me from a) fully enjoying the weekend spent with friends visiting from out of town, and b) going for a bike ride. Lame. The weekend before that, I rode a little over 50 miles. During the week in between, I managed to get out twice for about 20 miles each time.

The good news is that Daylight Saving Time has begun! And Pittsburgh being on the far western edge of the eastern time zone, it almost feels like London (in the summer) here in the evenings.

OK, enough whining! It's time to rock!

LONDON (Reuters) - Anti-terrorism detectives escorted a man from a plane after a taxi driver had earlier become suspicious when he started singing along to a track by punk band The Clash, police said on Wednesday.

Detectives halted the London-bound flight at Durham Tees Valley Airport and Harraj Mann, 24, was taken off.

The taxi driver had become worried on the way to the airport because Mann had been singing along to The Clash's 1979 anthem "London Calling," which features the lyrics "Now war is declared -- and battle come down" while other lines warn of a "meltdown expected".

Mann told newspapers the taxi had been fitted with a music system which allowed him to plug in his MP3 player and he had been playing The Clash, Procol Harum, Led Zeppelin and the Beatles to the driver.

"He didn't like Led Zeppelin or The Clash but I don't think there was any need to tell the police," Mann told the Daily Mirror.

A Durham police spokeswoman said Mann had been released after questioning -- but had missed his flight.

"The report was made with the best of intentions and we wouldn't want to discourage people from contacting us with genuine concerns," she said.