How would I describe the expression on my face? Serenely contemplative with perhaps a hint of worry in the back of

How would I describe the expression on my face? Serenely contemplative, with perhaps a hint of worry in the back of the cranium. So I was extremely proud to be painted by the man who had produced this painting and whose work I admired. I went to his studio in Notting Hill for a number of sittings He was a very companionable person The conversation flowed and was very interesting He has a very animated mind. I knew Paul Benney’s work from a group portrait he did of the people responsible for building the Supreme Court in Jerusalem.

It hung for a while at the National Portrait Gallery and I had the good fortune of seeing a sketch of it in Paul’s studio, and bought a copy. It has great sentimental value for me: it includes the likes of Yitzak Rabin, Shimon Peres, Isaiah Berlin, President Herzog, and Lord Rothschild. The tone is brown sepia, which gives it a Rembrandt-esque feeling, and it’s a very dramatic painting, with everyone seated at a long table. In fact, you may want to consider unplugging everything before a storm. Four unwitting video-game players were reportedly struck by the bolt that hit their computer’s power source Doom, indeed 2.

Pipes, water, and electrical wiring are the paths of least resistance which lightning will follow. You should be fine inside a car, as long as the ignition is off, the windows are rolled up, and you’re not touching the metal frame.Be careful when wearing metal. Two women in London were killed by a bolt of lightning recently when the wire in one of their bras acted as a conductor.If you’re at home, get off the phone, out of the shower, and away from metal window and door frames. In South Africa last year, one soccer game ended prematurely when six players were jolted out of their sneakers by a single bolt of lightning.If you feel that your hair or clothes have become static, it may mean you’re in the middle of an electrical storm Make a run for the safest place. If you can’t count to 10 before you hear the thunderclap then you are a potential lightning conductor.Get off the playing field Golfers aren’t the only ones at risk. The odds of doing so and surviving and finding someone who will stick with you afterwards are a lot higher.MALES BETWEEN the ages of 10 and 35 constitute 84 per cent of all lightning victims.

Mistakenly thinking they’re perfectly safe, many don’t have the sense to come in from the storm But in fact, you even may be at risk in your own home. Most people think they should count one second for a mile, which gives them a dangerously false reading It’s actually five seconds per mile. Here are some things to consider before your life is ruined in a flash.Carefully count the seconds between the flash and the thunder. We’ve needed to make some big adjustments in our marriage, learn to be patient, and to communicate like most couples never do.”But aside from memory loss, strange photos and a suspicious medical and insurance community, in the end Steve Marshburn may be the luckiest man on the face of the earth The odds of getting struck by lightning are one in 600,000. This is because she has been doing it so long for Steve that “it’s become a habit.”She explains: “I know what he’s thinking and he just can’t get the words out That’s where I step in I know his frustrations, and I do what I can to help We were married for four years when he was hit.