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Wow, the reactionaries are really on the march lately. Californias Supreme Court rules that no more gay marriages can take place. For an accurate summary of this insanity see this Center For Inquiry post. Can anyone point to an argument against gay marriage not based on religion. I have looked and looked but can’t find […]

Fred Phelps and his very close knit family have garnered yet more publicity for claiming to be coming to Scotland. Considering he was banned from coming last month it’s highly unlikely he’ll get here, or buy a ticket, go to the airport or do anything more than putting out a press release. And what a […]

Just found out that my Uncles brother-in-law Ben died today. He had been ill for a few years and was one of the friendliest guys you could ever meet. He taught me to play Chess when I was 5 holidaying in Aviemore. It was something which really set the seeds for my interest in games, […]

There are two stories about Perth today in the papers – both of which are horrendous. The first has been overlooked by the national news: Woman beat for seven hours. A woman was beaten for seven hours by her partner, the neighbours at around midnight heard cries resembling shrieks from a horror film. Neighbours were […]

I am used to seeing all the scam letters from SEO companies guaranteeing first place on Google etc. Lately a friend has been getting pestered by phone calls. Today she had one from Google. Or at least a company impersonating Google. The company was First Search Consulting (). A bunch of snake-oil selling cowboys. I […]

Well I have just won my second competition in 6 months. On the SSP site there is a monthly competition run with philosophy football. I just won their Miners Strike t-shirt. The new competition is to win an International Brigader t-shirt. Edit – which I won too!

Not being on Facebook, posting this here is a little I can do to help. I would rant about moving into the 21st century, but it is a church we are talking about, moving out of the bronze age would be a good start. Please sign the online petition in favour of Scott Rennie the […]

Let the right one in is a Swedish vampire movie which has just been released in the UK. I had been interested in it since I read about it late last year and finally had the chance to see it when it was showing at DCA. Unusually for a vampire movie the vampire and main […]

I just finished reading two books I grabbed cheap in Virgin, Zavvi, Head. First up was Mark Thomas with As Used on the Famous Nelson Mandela: Underground Adventures in the Arms and Torture Trade. This was really interesting, funny and horrifying in equal doses. Some brilliant anecdotes of groups set up to take on arms […]

So the Inbetweeners has come to the end of series 2. After the disappointment of series 3 of Skins this was a breath of fresh air. Some really funny moments couple with some really cringe worthy moments. The final episode had Neil with the best quote of the series though. ghost stories like Harry Potter […]