(the J is for)

As some of you may know, Google launched Blogger Beta not too long ago. I have since decided to start blogging there. The ability to tag posts made the decision easy. So there'll be no more posts here for awhile. Time to update your bookmarks.

J Blogging in Beta

Sometimes an idea or topic gets stuck in my head and keeps popping into my consciousness. Generally they're happy, inane or despicably geeky. However, on occassion, they can be quite dark and I spend a few days with my personal Aunt Irma.

Well, from my profile, you can see that I'm based in Stellenbosch, ZA, as a pseudo-lecturer/full-time student. Recently I've heard of several horrible rapes around here. For some reason, this is the crime I most detest. When I heard one story in particular, I felt a strange urge or need to go out and help the victim. I just wanted to make everything alright for her. Make it better. But I can't.

Now it'd be easy for us to call out for justice; life imprisonment, castration or excution. Yet, (this may come as a surprise) I'm not actually one for capital punishment. In my early years, while viewing a cartoon (I think it was Prince Valiant) Merlin pointed out that it is far better to let a 1000 guilty men go than to punish an innocent - especially when it came to execution. This kinda stuck with me. The oddest things shape you, don't they?

Note it down now: July 4th 2007.

7.4.7.

Transformers the Movie

I finally got an Internet connection at my flat. Now, finally, I do not have to brave the outside, with its pollen death rays and the horrible gaze of the day star. Hopefully this will be good for my productivity. Must not buy Guild Wars... must not... MMORPGs bad!