Archive for July, 2007

 

Equal justice under law - ‘Scooter’ Libby and ‘Tookie’ Williams

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

A little while ago, I wrote about how Paris Hilton received a comparatively light sentence and initially seemed to be let out (as she was rich, white and famous) while Genarlow Wilson was sentenced to an inordinate sentence of a decade in prison for consensual oral sex with someone a couple of years his junior.
The [...]

 

Religious idiocy

Sunday, July 1st, 2007

I have various problems with organised religion. One is the problem most seem to have with homosexuality. The other is not doing something useful when there’s a good opportunity to and, instead, condemning homosexuality.
Enter stage left: the Bishop of Carlisle, the Right Reverend Graham Dow. It may be that Bishop Dow sincerely believes that homosexuality [...]

 

I have a Nintendo Wii

Sunday, July 1st, 2007

If you ask me, a Nintendo Wii is a pretty good way of spending your severance pay :). As it seems to cost about half the amount that the other consoles do, it’s even better. Best of all is that it’s fantastic. I’m sure I should marvel at the technology but it’s fantastic. You get [...]

 

Stats for June

Sunday, July 1st, 2007

I am quite pleased to have had, according to the Tracksy widget on my blog, 862 hits for June. Given the relative infrequency with which I update and that ‘unoriginalname38.blogspot.com’ hardly trips off the tongue, I think that’s not bad.
I have a couple of weeks off as I change jobs, so I’m going to try [...]