Christian Voice Man let off for handing out anti-gay leaflets at Cardiff Mardi Gras
I've actually got one of the leaflets at home. It's *completely bonkers* and whilst I found it personally enormously insulting and offensive, you couldn't really describe it as threatening violence.
It spent a lot of time explaining how homosexuality was actually incest, as gay people call each other "brother".
Yeah. Now, there's an arugment that homosexuality is bestiality, as gay people do spend a lot of time calling each other "bitch".
But, by they time the author had finished explaining the whole incest thing, there was very little space left over for "God Says: Bum and Burn".
Ah well. The woman who gave it to me was very nice, and had a lovely smile and an Iceland bag full of cake.
Friday, September 29, 2006
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
War on Terror Lego
Yes, that is a Scud missile - discover more at http://www.best-lock.com/. Their slogan? "Works with other brands." But only after overthrowing their leader, destroying their infrastructure and stealing their resources.
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Loss of perspective
I've just turned down the kind offer of a shag so that I can stay in and play Bejewelled.
Saturday, September 23, 2006
I heart New York
Out drinking with the New Yorkers. Including the one with the largest arms.
ME: I'm off.
LARGEST ARMED-ONE: Hey! No.
ME: But yes. Walk me to the end of the road.
LARGEST ARMED-ONE: Sure. Why?
ME: In case you can persuade me to come back.
And he did. Up against a small family hatchback.
ME: I'm off.
LARGEST ARMED-ONE: Hey! No.
ME: But yes. Walk me to the end of the road.
LARGEST ARMED-ONE: Sure. Why?
ME: In case you can persuade me to come back.
And he did. Up against a small family hatchback.
Friday, September 22, 2006
New Addiction
Bejewelled - how come this was on my Freeview box for a year and I never discovered it? It's like an autism factory - there's filing and colours and shapes and Everything Had To Be Ordered.
Suddenly I'm no longer worried by problems at work or that my only serious relationship is with Marlboro Lights. I have this. And it does nicely.
New York State of Princess
Imagine what happens when you take four New York Queens to an Italian restuarant in Cardiff Bay.
No, really, imagine.
It was worse.
The combination of "hey, bitch!" pickiness with uniquely Italo-Welsh service was terrifying.
It began easily enough. Sliding slopes leading to crocodile pits are usually fairly gentle.
"Excuse me - what meat is in those meatballs? I just need to check that it's all beef?"
"Okay, now - these olives. What's the pickle exactly? Hmmn. Okay. Can we change that?"
"Now - so if there is pork in these meatballs, can I cancel them? I just don't do pork."
"This ciabatta - okay - now what wheatgerm is here?"
"Right. Now I've cancelled the meatballs, I'd like to change my main. Thing is, I've been to the gym, so there's not really a protein hit in ravioli, so it'd be great if we switched that to the chicken breast?"
I swear, they started taking away plates before we'd finished eating.
The advantage: Going clubbing later, and watching them "put their gay on" - as they swept off their shirts, revealing sleeveless t-shirts and arms made out of girders.
It's not often you see an entire nightclub take one step back. And whimper.
But it was Thursday night, so we're talking about 12 people. Including a lesbian barmaid with a donkey jacket and an open wound.
No, really, imagine.
It was worse.
The combination of "hey, bitch!" pickiness with uniquely Italo-Welsh service was terrifying.
It began easily enough. Sliding slopes leading to crocodile pits are usually fairly gentle.
"Excuse me - what meat is in those meatballs? I just need to check that it's all beef?"
"Okay, now - these olives. What's the pickle exactly? Hmmn. Okay. Can we change that?"
"Now - so if there is pork in these meatballs, can I cancel them? I just don't do pork."
"This ciabatta - okay - now what wheatgerm is here?"
"Right. Now I've cancelled the meatballs, I'd like to change my main. Thing is, I've been to the gym, so there's not really a protein hit in ravioli, so it'd be great if we switched that to the chicken breast?"
I swear, they started taking away plates before we'd finished eating.
The advantage: Going clubbing later, and watching them "put their gay on" - as they swept off their shirts, revealing sleeveless t-shirts and arms made out of girders.
It's not often you see an entire nightclub take one step back. And whimper.
But it was Thursday night, so we're talking about 12 people. Including a lesbian barmaid with a donkey jacket and an open wound.
Thursday, September 21, 2006
My mother's language
As parents get older, they start substituting words. Years ago my mother swapped "Specific" with "Pacific", and "Art Nouveau" has pretty much always been "Art No View".
Someone clever just told me this is called "Mummification".
Her latest trick is to replace "Yank" with "Wank".
I first heard her say "oh, just wank it over the washing line".
I found this boggling. Later, when Dad finished a bottle of wine she told him, "Just wank it out the window. I'll scrape it up later."
My mum's gone all salty. She's never been exactly prim, but when Dad offered her a crisp, she yelled "Aw, stuff it in my gob, big boy."
In 20 years, she's going to be the terror of the retirement home.
Someone clever just told me this is called "Mummification".
Her latest trick is to replace "Yank" with "Wank".
I first heard her say "oh, just wank it over the washing line".
I found this boggling. Later, when Dad finished a bottle of wine she told him, "Just wank it out the window. I'll scrape it up later."
My mum's gone all salty. She's never been exactly prim, but when Dad offered her a crisp, she yelled "Aw, stuff it in my gob, big boy."
In 20 years, she's going to be the terror of the retirement home.
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Missed me
Got the following email from a dear friend:
There I was browsing the internet for information about Noel Coward, when I stumbled upon an advert for a splendid DVD set called "Hot Nude Yoga"
- and it made me think of you.
The link is (just about) work safe, although you may need to blink a couple of times before you realise this.
There I was browsing the internet for information about Noel Coward, when I stumbled upon an advert for a splendid DVD set called "Hot Nude Yoga"
- and it made me think of you.
The link is (just about) work safe, although you may need to blink a couple of times before you realise this.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Email of the week
How pleasant it is to be copied in on an email exchange about video file types, which starts off wonderfully sensibly and then results in emails like the following?
"... encoding of mp4 content... what are the consequences of specifying these choices of mimetype and extension... For example, the differentiation of content subtypes by extension... ITMS DRM ... Using m4v ... without an aac-encoded audio stream may cause difficulties as iTunes ... has trouble rendering mp4 files with an mpeg layer 3 audio stream ... as per the differentiations in RFC4337?"
I read it four times. And can still only hear "I don't wanna. I don't wanna" ringing in my head.
"... encoding of mp4 content... what are the consequences of specifying these choices of mimetype and extension... For example, the differentiation of content subtypes by extension... ITMS DRM ... Using m4v ... without an aac-encoded audio stream may cause difficulties as iTunes ... has trouble rendering mp4 files with an mpeg layer 3 audio stream ... as per the differentiations in RFC4337?"
I read it four times. And can still only hear "I don't wanna. I don't wanna" ringing in my head.
Sunday, September 17, 2006
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