A little controversy

Posted on Fri 24 March 2006 in general

Given I was making a point about Christian fundamentalists earlier this week I should perhaps add a little balance. My mind boggled reading this article as I tried to correlate the statements:

"Islam is a religion of peace, tolerance, kindness and integrity"
with
"those who convert from Islam should be …

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Jason Webley

Posted on Fri 24 March 2006 in general

Just got a mail to say Jason Webley (previous mention) is playing Manchester on Thursday the 6th of April at the Thirsty Scholar. Should be fun, who's with me?


Mild Peril to those who Insult Opera

Posted on Fri 24 March 2006 in general

Last night I exercised my democratic right to protest at the Manchester premiere of Jerry Springer: The Opera. We were actually a counter protest against the fundamentalist Christians that wanted to use our outmoded blasphemy laws to ban the show. I'm not well known for demonstrating against stuff but free …


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Looming Deadlines

Posted on Fri 24 March 2006 in general

Sam reminded me last night that the Great Manchester Run is only 7 weeks away. I'm still not running although I'm going to test the waters tomorrow. Not all is lost though as I'm not totally out of shape however I'm not sure I'll be beating any of my records …


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Hans Blix

Posted on Sun 19 March 2006 in general

Timed the beer just right so I was finishing my last Bodingtons as we pulled into Stretford. Came in to find the house clean so have proceeded to loaf for the rest of the day. Robot's proved to be a very odd film and I doubt I'll make it in …


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