Monthly Archives: February 2007

Cameroon, China, Cuba, Pakistan, Russia, Senegal, Sudan, Zimbabwe, etc.

Posted on February 18, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Being gay is still a crime in 75 countries, and punishable by death in nine. If you’re reading this blog you’ll probably feel this is a bad thing and want to sign a petition for the international decriminalisation of homosexuality … Continue reading →

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Layered dog

Posted on February 18, 2007 by Charles Lambert

I just clicked on the next blog. It’s in Japanese (I think) and features fish, both fried and alive, and a rather beautiful dog. I couldn’t resist this photograph (actually, of two beautiful dogs). I know I have my own … Continue reading →

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Copernicus got it wrong…

Posted on February 17, 2007 by Charles Lambert

…according to Warren Chisum, the chairman of the Texas House Appropriations Committee. He has hard evidence of, you guessed it, a Jewish conspiracy to undermine the Old Testament by inventing the absurd notion that the earth goes round the sun. … Continue reading →

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Strained relationships

Posted on February 17, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Italian judges, particularly those in Milan, have been making themselves unpopular with the rich and powerful (read Berlusconi and his cronies/sponsors) for quite some time. But now they’re taking on the big bad wolf itself: The CIA. Along with the … Continue reading →

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DICO SI… with reservations

Posted on February 16, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Finally an acronym that has a sense to it. DICO (short for dichiarazione di convivenza, or ‘declaration of cohabitation’) looks set to replace PACS as the shorthand for civil unions in Italy. The word’s particularly appropriate because it means ‘I … Continue reading →

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"And the Day After That"

Posted on February 16, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Carolyn Steele Agosta has posted the first chapter of her novel “And the Day After That” here. It’s entered in an American Idol style competition for fiction. If you’d like any more information about how it works, visit her site. … Continue reading →

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Shades of Alan Turing (2)

Posted on February 16, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Well, he has replied, and I’m flattered. Mr. Lambert, Yes, the story is on the web site. As part of my computer security class, I teach different methods of encryption. My current programming assignment asks students to build a program … Continue reading →

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Shades of Alan Turing

Posted on February 15, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery but unacknowledged plagiarism can leave a slightly bitter taste in the first begetter’s mouth. In mine, at least. A story I wrote some years ago, called SOAP, has popped up in a … Continue reading →

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Fasten your seatbelts…

Posted on February 10, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Well, it’s better than nothing. The proposed new bill to regulate civil unions isn’t perfect, but compromise isn’t intended to produce perfection – what compromise is intended to produce is the illusion of perfectibility. The only people whose noses are … Continue reading →

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Blair yes, Zapatero no

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Charles Lambert

It’s odd that whenever people want to attack the idea of ‘gay marriage’ the stick they use to beat it with bears the smiling Bambi head of Zapatero. The fact that civil partnerships have also been introduced to England under … Continue reading →

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