The BBC reports today that a paedophile has been battered to death in his home here in the UK. Not in some scary country where the rule of law doesn’t exist, but right here in this land in 2003. What’s the moral position there, do you think? Obviously, paedophilia is inexcusable but is murder an [...]
Oh, the pain, the pain. Everyone says that the first couple of days of snowboarding are the worst, so I guess the first hour was always gonna hurt. Yesterday, I went to Milton Keynes for a snowboarding lesson at the Snowdome. This is a warm-up for a snowboarding holiday we’ve got booked for early January. [...]
So, I’ve just finished building a website for a friend. A few finishing touches need to be added, but it’s essentially there and it’s live at www.nakedtranslations.com. Céline is a good friend of mine (mentioned in other posts and in the pictures) but by day she’s a translator. The interesting thing about her site is [...]
Well, I handed in my notice at work on Monday. It’s been a while coming, but was still quite a shock to the system. A few weeks ago Sarah and I had a long talk about what we’re doing with our lives. It came down to the fact that despite having this lovely flat in [...]
Sarah just made we watch xXx. It’s terrible! Sarah thought it might be that bad on purpose, as a spoof, but sadly I don’t think that’s the case. The plot is non-existent, the script is astonishingly bad, and the acting is embarrassing. Avoid!
There was a man on the tube today who was wearing a skirt. So, here’s what went through my mind: It’s quite cold weather for a skirt. Those aren’t very nice legs. Is that a man? It is a man! Is he wearing that for a dare? He doesn’t look at all self-concious so this [...]
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