WOW! I never thaught I would see the day, but both Adsense and the Google SE where down just now. The SE still is actually, at least from where I'm looking. Adsense taking the websites that use it down with it, as my page gets stuck on loading adsense for ages. Who would have thought it possible, even for the briefest moments. Ah, and there is the SE again. Only lasted a few minutes, still, I'm shocked.
Working Ok from the UK- but then it is probably OK since you wrote the post Good to know they are only human too.......