Suddenly a whole lot of smoke appeared on the other side of the bridge, behind the church somewhere, about the same place the smoke comes from when a ship is leaving. But there's a whole lot of it and it stays much longer than any ship plus it's too late for any ship to leave isn't it?
And an ambulance and two fire trucks came with blue lights from this side of the bridge, which is weird since the fire station is on the other side. Hopefully it's nothing bad, smoke is white though, isn't smoke from fires dark? Sure is a whole lot of it.
I think I need a hobby.
Or a bed.
Saturday, March 12, 2005
Saturday, March 05, 2005
Ice in Inzell
Finally! Norwegian ice skaters are back! Even Wetten (who I'd never heard of) got the gold medal in the world championship in speed skating in Inzell today. The Dutch got the silver while another Norwegian got bronze. What's going on? I thought we sucked these days??
Also, allow me to add a comment that is very unlike me, but look at this picture of the gold medal winner, the article titled "A 22 year old dream", and you'll see why I'll want to point out the fact that he is simply ga-ga gorgeous!
Also, allow me to add a comment that is very unlike me, but look at this picture of the gold medal winner, the article titled "A 22 year old dream", and you'll see why I'll want to point out the fact that he is simply ga-ga gorgeous!
Asking Jeeves
Trying to find out how many people are killed in the US every year, I asked Jeeves a well meaning though perhaps badly phrased
"how many are killed in the US every year?"
The results on the first page included one
"14 year old asian girl getting tied up and fucked by 4 men "
and an address I have no intentions of posting.
I am speechless...
Not that that ever lasts long. What on earth... What... How... But...
Jeez.......
This is the world we don't want to know exists. This is the only kind of world I would ever want to pretend doesn't exist. But it does. And we can't close our eyes.
Also got some more results
"how to avoid being killed by your doctor" which I found to be.... interesting.
And the one that made me laugh so hard I thought I'd wake my neighbours:
The Worst of British
- Technical support helpline calls
- Insurance claims
- Complains to the council
check em out, you won't regret it
also check out the FBIs top 20 unusual deaths, that's how I got to that page
"how many are killed in the US every year?"
The results on the first page included one
"14 year old asian girl getting tied up and fucked by 4 men "
and an address I have no intentions of posting.
I am speechless...
Not that that ever lasts long. What on earth... What... How... But...
Jeez.......
This is the world we don't want to know exists. This is the only kind of world I would ever want to pretend doesn't exist. But it does. And we can't close our eyes.
Also got some more results
"how to avoid being killed by your doctor" which I found to be.... interesting.
And the one that made me laugh so hard I thought I'd wake my neighbours:
The Worst of British
- Technical support helpline calls
- Insurance claims
- Complains to the council
check em out, you won't regret it
also check out the FBIs top 20 unusual deaths, that's how I got to that page
Thursday, March 03, 2005
Sky News reports
SMELLY HUSBAND DUMPED
An Iranian woman is trying to divorce her husband - because he has not washed for a year.
The 36-year-old woman said her husband used to be one of cleanest persons she knew when they got married eight years ago.
But his personal hygiene has now gone to pot - and he does not even wash his face in the morning.
"My husband says he does not like water and does not want to take a shower... He doesn't even wash his face when he wakes up in the morning," the woman was quoted as saying in court by the state-run Iran newspaper.
"He (used to spend) hours taking showers three times a day and washed his hands every few minutes," said the woman, identified as Mina.
"But he suddenly changed... Now nobody, including me, my children and his colleagues, can stand him."
It is very difficult for women to divorce their husbands in Iran.
They normally have to prove that their husbands have sexually or physically abused them or are drug addicts.
Sky News
An Iranian woman is trying to divorce her husband - because he has not washed for a year.
The 36-year-old woman said her husband used to be one of cleanest persons she knew when they got married eight years ago.
But his personal hygiene has now gone to pot - and he does not even wash his face in the morning.
"My husband says he does not like water and does not want to take a shower... He doesn't even wash his face when he wakes up in the morning," the woman was quoted as saying in court by the state-run Iran newspaper.
"He (used to spend) hours taking showers three times a day and washed his hands every few minutes," said the woman, identified as Mina.
"But he suddenly changed... Now nobody, including me, my children and his colleagues, can stand him."
It is very difficult for women to divorce their husbands in Iran.
They normally have to prove that their husbands have sexually or physically abused them or are drug addicts.
Sky News
Long time ago in Bethlehem...
Did you know there were 21 places called Bethlehem in the United States? Well... there are.
Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Another rape?
Yet another girl has been raped here. This time it was on 'the hill', the area around the Uni that would have been our campus if we had one. A few months ago a 19 year old student was raped by a man she met on the bridge (yes, that bridge) and a couple days before, or after, a woman was attacked by a different man. He ripped her blouse but she was screaming and a guy came running and got the man off her, by then he was already lying on top of her on the ground.
This time it was a 24 year old woman who was pulled into the toilets at the HF-faculty (History and Philosophy). No one seems to be quite sure if it was a 'rape' or a 'sexual assault' or something in between, the girl has left the city and hasn't reported it, but the police has started their own investigations.
I don't know what's going on but I know I don't like it.
Is this what living in the city is supposed to be like?
Scary either way.
This time it was a 24 year old woman who was pulled into the toilets at the HF-faculty (History and Philosophy). No one seems to be quite sure if it was a 'rape' or a 'sexual assault' or something in between, the girl has left the city and hasn't reported it, but the police has started their own investigations.
I don't know what's going on but I know I don't like it.
Is this what living in the city is supposed to be like?
Scary either way.
Death penalty - two posts in one
High court: Juvenile death penalty unconstitutional. (CNN.com)
Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty for Youths Unconstitutional. (FoxNews.com)
US bans death penalty for juveniles. (Ananova.com)
High Court Ends Death Penalty for Youths. (NYPost.com)
La Cour suprême des Etats-Unis a aboli la peine de mort à l'encontre des mineurs. (LeMonde.fr)
JUVENILE EXECUTION BAN (Sky.com)
Höchstes US-Gericht verbietet Todesstrafe für Jugendliche. (Spiegel.de)
El Supremo deEE UU anula la pena de muerte para los menores. (ElPais.es)
Forbyr henrettelser av barn. (Adressa.no)
About bloody time!
I don't like the death penalty. I don't agree with it. It's not ok to kill no matter how you do it. I don't think you can have laws that say you can't kill, but if you do, then we can kill you. The law should be the same for everyone - even the state, government, the president or whoever. You might say killers go to prison and live comfortably, get an education and then they might get out and lead a good life.
Do I think a murderer can change? Depends what kind of person he or she is. Someone who kills children "just because I can"... some people just don't feel guilt. They don't understand why they shouldn't do it and I'm not talking about being... what's the correct term here... mentally challenged? Is that a term? I'm not talking about that, with some people there's just something in their brain that doesn't connect - they don't understand that this is bad. Like some people can't feel heat or cold. Something isn't like it should be.
They're dangerous to society. But should we kill them? I know that if someone I knew and love were killed, I might have changed my mind. But then I would let my emotions judge and that usually isn't very smart. Maybe that would be a better way though... Let the family of the victim do what they want to the killer for an hour. Or better yet, let's do to the killer what he/she did to his/her victim(s). Or isn't that what we're doing now?
I think someone who is capable of killing must somehow be capable of justifying it to themselves. There are lots of reasons why people kill and I don't know what is worse. To plan it and do it then get rid of the body and all evidence or just randomly pick someone on the street. I've always thought the second is worse, you don't have a reason. But do you have a reason just because you plan it?
Looking for something on the Supreme Court's decision I came across the page murdervictims.com. On a link I found this passage (don't read if you're feeling nauseaus);
"For the next hour or so, these beautiful, innocent young girls were subjected to the most brutal gang rapes that most of the investigating officers had ever encountered. The confessions of the gang members that were used at trial indicated that there was never less than 2 men on each of the girls at any one time and that the girls were repeatedly raped orally, anally and vaginally for the entire hour. One of the gang members later said during the brag session that by the time he got to one of the girls, "she was loose and sloppy." One of the boys boasted of having 'virgin blood' on him."
Now... I just have to repeat this sentence;
"there was never less than 2 men on each of the girls at any time and that the girls were repeatadly raped (...) for the entire hour".
This is when I wanna puke (and I don't do that a lot). There were six of them, five were sentenced to death. The sixth was 14 years old. He wasn't there for the murders, he was sent away because he was "too little to watch". The girls were 14 and 16. Too young to watch but not too young to die.
So what's the answer? What's the solution that should be written and read and printed and learned? There isn't one. You won't stop crime by punishing. Not in our society. Do people not kill anymore because they fear getting caught? I don't know, do they? If only people, all people, could realize everybody has the same right to life then it wouldn't be a problem. If only...
Send em all to Mars. Beam me up, Scotty!
Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty for Youths Unconstitutional. (FoxNews.com)
US bans death penalty for juveniles. (Ananova.com)
High Court Ends Death Penalty for Youths. (NYPost.com)
La Cour suprême des Etats-Unis a aboli la peine de mort à l'encontre des mineurs. (LeMonde.fr)
JUVENILE EXECUTION BAN (Sky.com)
Höchstes US-Gericht verbietet Todesstrafe für Jugendliche. (Spiegel.de)
El Supremo deEE UU anula la pena de muerte para los menores. (ElPais.es)
Forbyr henrettelser av barn. (Adressa.no)
About bloody time!
I don't like the death penalty. I don't agree with it. It's not ok to kill no matter how you do it. I don't think you can have laws that say you can't kill, but if you do, then we can kill you. The law should be the same for everyone - even the state, government, the president or whoever. You might say killers go to prison and live comfortably, get an education and then they might get out and lead a good life.
Do I think a murderer can change? Depends what kind of person he or she is. Someone who kills children "just because I can"... some people just don't feel guilt. They don't understand why they shouldn't do it and I'm not talking about being... what's the correct term here... mentally challenged? Is that a term? I'm not talking about that, with some people there's just something in their brain that doesn't connect - they don't understand that this is bad. Like some people can't feel heat or cold. Something isn't like it should be.
They're dangerous to society. But should we kill them? I know that if someone I knew and love were killed, I might have changed my mind. But then I would let my emotions judge and that usually isn't very smart. Maybe that would be a better way though... Let the family of the victim do what they want to the killer for an hour. Or better yet, let's do to the killer what he/she did to his/her victim(s). Or isn't that what we're doing now?
I think someone who is capable of killing must somehow be capable of justifying it to themselves. There are lots of reasons why people kill and I don't know what is worse. To plan it and do it then get rid of the body and all evidence or just randomly pick someone on the street. I've always thought the second is worse, you don't have a reason. But do you have a reason just because you plan it?
Looking for something on the Supreme Court's decision I came across the page murdervictims.com. On a link I found this passage (don't read if you're feeling nauseaus);
"For the next hour or so, these beautiful, innocent young girls were subjected to the most brutal gang rapes that most of the investigating officers had ever encountered. The confessions of the gang members that were used at trial indicated that there was never less than 2 men on each of the girls at any one time and that the girls were repeatedly raped orally, anally and vaginally for the entire hour. One of the gang members later said during the brag session that by the time he got to one of the girls, "she was loose and sloppy." One of the boys boasted of having 'virgin blood' on him."
Now... I just have to repeat this sentence;
"there was never less than 2 men on each of the girls at any time and that the girls were repeatadly raped (...) for the entire hour".
This is when I wanna puke (and I don't do that a lot). There were six of them, five were sentenced to death. The sixth was 14 years old. He wasn't there for the murders, he was sent away because he was "too little to watch". The girls were 14 and 16. Too young to watch but not too young to die.
So what's the answer? What's the solution that should be written and read and printed and learned? There isn't one. You won't stop crime by punishing. Not in our society. Do people not kill anymore because they fear getting caught? I don't know, do they? If only people, all people, could realize everybody has the same right to life then it wouldn't be a problem. If only...
Send em all to Mars. Beam me up, Scotty!
Galliano
The pictures you don't want to miss of the clothes you might (not) want to wear.
Trust me, you want to see these.
Autumn coloured dress (pretty dress but...)
An oops dress (love the lipstick!)
If you still haven't looked, you should.
Would you wear this?
Was it intentional?
Are there ever any coincidences in fashion shows in Paris?
I'm just asking...
Trust me, you want to see these.
Autumn coloured dress (pretty dress but...)
An oops dress (love the lipstick!)
If you still haven't looked, you should.
Would you wear this?
Was it intentional?
Are there ever any coincidences in fashion shows in Paris?
I'm just asking...
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Internet marriage?
Man is internet bigamist
A Chinese woman has sued her husband for bigamy after he married another woman on the internet.
Lin, from Harbin city, Heilongjiang province, noticed her husband, Zhang, spending an increased amount of time on the internet.
After becoming suspicious she discovered that he had 'married' another woman on the Internet and even had a virtual child.
Lin sued her husband for bigamy and was granted a divorce.
The judge turned down her plea for emotional damage, since the marriage was not legal.
ananova.com
I'm sorry sweetie... I meant to tell you... I've been internet engaged. Never tied the knot but it's been close. Was for the best, it would have ended in a terribly untying...
A Chinese woman has sued her husband for bigamy after he married another woman on the internet.
Lin, from Harbin city, Heilongjiang province, noticed her husband, Zhang, spending an increased amount of time on the internet.
After becoming suspicious she discovered that he had 'married' another woman on the Internet and even had a virtual child.
Lin sued her husband for bigamy and was granted a divorce.
The judge turned down her plea for emotional damage, since the marriage was not legal.
ananova.com
I'm sorry sweetie... I meant to tell you... I've been internet engaged. Never tied the knot but it's been close. Was for the best, it would have ended in a terribly untying...
This landed in my inbox today;
A man and his wife, now in their 60's, were celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary. On their special day a good fairy came to them and said that because they had been such a devoted couple she would grant each of them a very special wish. The wife wished for a trip around the world with her husband. Whoosh! Immediately she had airline/cruise tickets in her hands. The man wished for a female companion 30 years younger.. Whoosh...immediately he turned ninety!!!
Gotta love that fairy!
A man and his wife, now in their 60's, were celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary. On their special day a good fairy came to them and said that because they had been such a devoted couple she would grant each of them a very special wish. The wife wished for a trip around the world with her husband. Whoosh! Immediately she had airline/cruise tickets in her hands. The man wished for a female companion 30 years younger.. Whoosh...immediately he turned ninety!!!
Gotta love that fairy!
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