You know the theory that people know if you've had sex recently cos you give of a vibe or a pheromone or there's something in your aura or whatever?

Well, according to some people, this vibe is a positive energy force. And if enough of us shag at the same time, we can change the world!

Global Orgasm

So you'll all know what I'll be doing come (fnarr) December 22nd!

They should make it at least weekly.

Let me get this straight, I am not anti-religion. A great number of people get a great deal of comfort and support from their religion. I personally get that comfort and support from my family and friends, and provide it in return.

There is a letter published in today's Independent. Page 38 if you're interested.

You report that "Ruth Kelly has yet to inform us if she thinks homosexuality is a sin" (25 January). The Catholic church has no problem with homosexual people and indeed welcomes them into their church. However, the consummation of a homosexual relationship is fundamentally against the teachings of this church. Please understand this distinction.

Ok... so it's ok to be gay as long as you don't want to have sex with the one you love. Tell that to all the priests molesting little boys.

I actually don't care what the Catholic church thinks about my lifestyle. Similarly, I don't give a toss about the fact that they don't want to let me adopt a child in their care.

I don't really know what I think about all this. On the one hand, an equality law should apply across the board. On the other hand, hyprocritical as it may be, I appreciate that homosexuality (amongst other things which they choose to completely ignore) is directly at odds with the teachings of the Catholic church, and who am I to say they must behave in a certain way because I don't agree with it? As another letter in The Independent states, should a muslim butcher sell pork just because his non-muslim customers want some?

You can extend that argument into absurdity - who am I to say that it's wrong to kill someone if that's what you want to do? - but at the end of the day, is it such a big thing if a few church administered adoption agencies don't want me to adopt a child in their care? Especially when there are many other agencies prepared to offer me that opportunity?

But then I'm back to it being one rule for some and another for everyone else - unfair in the extreme.

Personally, I feel like the law should apply, but as a gay man I would not even consider going to the Catholic church should I wish to adopt. And I am certain a great many gay men feel the same way I do - why should I have anything to do with an organisation who condemns my lifestyle? - so in effect, it will be as if the church has exemption anyway!

(Except of course some vindictive poofs might decide to go to the church to adopt just to piss them off!)

Incidentally, did you know Ruth Kelly was a member of Opus Dei? I didn't. Makes me wish I could sign that petition all over again.

...this is a nice idea.

Let's get rid of Ruth Kelly and have an equalities minister who is fit for the job, eh? Someone who is actually interested in equality for all, not just those she thinks deserve it.

CLICKY

You know that Mika who's number one in the charts this week? Well a while ago he had a song called "Billy Brown" which was iTunes' single of the week (free download). I listened to it at the time, but had just listened again and would like to share the opening lyrics with you all.

Oh Billy Brown had lived an ordinary life,
Two kids, a dog, and a cautionary wife.
While it was all going accordingly to plan,
Then Billy Brown fell in love with another man.

I'm in danger of becoming one of those youtube bloggers! You know, like Paddy! Just look at all the youtube stuff I've posted lately.

Well, here's another one.

On Graham's blog Mr ChrisGlos expressed his love for Prince. Which reminded me of Rock Profile! Couldn't find the Prince bit, but here is Graham Coxon from Blur:

Pppfffffffff!

See the post below if the title means nothing to you...

And if you're interested, this is what mine looks like.

Do oscars have teeth?

I don't mean people called Oscar. I mean the fish.

You see, we have one. I know they grow to enormous proportions, but I'm shocked at how quickly it's growing.

And how much it eats. It will eat as much as it can fit into it's not inconsiderably sized mouth. And more. It often has food sticking out of it's mouth.

And it's started to go for my fingers when I feed it.

Hence...do oscars have teeth?

I have spent the day outside in the lovely fresh cold sunshiney loveliness, and guess what?!

With the sun still out, it started snowing!

Teeny tiny snowflakes, but aaaaah love the lovely snow.

I have cleaned out the guttering. Well some of it. And I should have done it months years ago. Maybe now the porch will stop leaking. And I have had a general tidy up in the garden. Gonna have a fire to burn some rubbish tonight. What else. Didn't sweep cos I need to get a proper broom cos I'll get in trouble if I use the inside broom outside again. And started to make a cover for the pond.

I urge you to look but don't touch!

Go read this blog entry, but don't post on his blog. If you feel the need to respond, do it on your own blog, don't give him the satisfaction. Tag it with "gay adoption" so anyone who wants to read your opinion can do so.

Click for a laugh at someone who is hopefully part of a dying breed.

So what do I think of all this?

Well...

Anyone with a sense of normaility will know that this cannot be good for the child and to me this is leglised brain washing. I'd actually go one higher and say its sickening! What gay people do with each other is up to them but I pity any child who'll be raised and forced into thinking this is normal social behaviour and with a liberal attitude that this is normaility.

"A sense of normality." Normality is individual, fluid and subjective. What is normal for one person is not normal for another person. What is normal at one time is not normal at another time. What is normal for one group of people is not normal for another group. If you don't understand that then you have problems.

I appreciate that "the norm" is taken to be what is normal for the majority of society as a whole. But have you ever thought that people with your point of view might now be in the minority, and therefore "abnormal"? Surely if you had the majority, something would have been done about the "sickening" trends you are so bothered about?

Have you actually spoken to any children brought up by gay parents, whether biological or adoptive? From your post, I don't think you have. And yet you pity them? I'm sure they are so grateful that you find their lives pitiful.

"...forced into thinking this is normal social behaviour..." Who are you to say what is normal? My life seems pretty normal to me.

What gays do with each other is no one elses business, when kids are involved it is.

Good grief! Next they'll be sending kids to peadophilles because there ain't no one normal left but gays and peados once being a paedophile becomes legal too

I assume that when you say "what gays do with each other" means sex. What does that have to do with looking after kids? Why do you associate homosexuality with paedophilia? Do you assume that a straight couple will involve a child in their sex life? No. Despite your protestation, you have compared gays with paedophiles.

Where do you stand on the issue of gay men who have kids? Should their kids be taken away from them and given to "normal" couples to look after? Look at the shocking numbers of kids in the care system, all these straight couples are obviously doing such a great job. Parents are parents, some are good, some are bad, and who they choose to have sex with does not have anything to do with that.

I am a gay man and a foster carer. The two things have nothing to do with one another. I look after kids, I get them up for school, I cook their dinner, I help them with their homework, I play computer games with them. Sometimes, after the kids are in bed, my partner and I go to our bedroom and have sex. Where is the difference between us and a straight couple?

I am drawing to the fact that it was once illegal not so long ago to be a practising gay. Laws have liberalised and once again ask, where does liberalisation end?

Get a grip, look at how many laws from the past are no longer recognised. People weren't exactly encouraged to have relationships with black people not so long ago, does that mean mixed race couples shouldn't be able to adopt?

Just because there is an archaic law prohibiting something does not mean that law is right. Laws are amended and introduced all the time. It's not "liberalism", it's normal progress. If we didn't change things as we grew as a society we would be stuck burning witches and denying women the vote.

Why was homosexality illegal? Religion. The bible says it's bad.

Take a look at this. It' a letter supposedly written to Dr. Laura, a woman in America who thinks that homosexual people are aberations.

Dear Dr. Laura,

Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and I try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind him that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate.

I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some of the specific laws and how to best follow them.

a) When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord (Lev 1:9). The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?

b) I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?

c) I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness (Lev 15:19-24). The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.

d) Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?

e) I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself?

f) A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an Abomination (Lev 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this?

g) Lev 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?

h) Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev 19:27. How should they die?

i) I know from Lev 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?

j) My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev 19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? (Lev 24:10-16) Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14)

I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can help.

Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging.

So much for the bible shaping our laws, eh.

For more on ridiculous and outdated laws, take a look at this site: Dumb Laws. The law against homosexuality is one that has been repealed because people realised it was unfair. It's a like being born a man, or being born black. It's not a choice, it's a fact.

As for the numbers of gay people adopting, as far as I am concerned, if a person (or couple) has the inclination, the ability and the skills to be able to adopt, it is ridiculous for kids to lose out on a family environment because the adopters happen to be gay. If you had ever been through the adoption process you would know that it is quite stringent, and people are rejected as prospective adoptive parents all the time. If someone is not fit to adopt, they are not allowed to adopt. It is not a case of going along to the orphanage and picking out a kid (unless you are Madonna, apparently).

Also, your original post uses statistics, it says the number of gay couples adopting (and only in some areas, I note) is rising by 50% per year. OK, say there are 2 gay couples adopting. Next year, there are 3 couples adopting. Oh my God! That's a 50% increase! Statistics don't show anything but what the person who compiled them wants to say. The actual numbers quoted in that article are 47 in 3700. Hardly a significant figure in any case.

I have often maintained that Social Workers are the evil of society and have proof of this with my own high court battle won in london against Social Services in 1989.

Sounds like you had a bad experience. Not uncommon, unfortunately. But you are doing it again! Tarring all social workers with the same brush! Not all social workers are bad at their jobs, some are fucking excellent. And you won your high court battle in 1989, suggesting the events in question took place a while before that.

That was a long time ago now, and (possibly even due to your victory) things have changed for the better - society has moved on, it seems to have left you behind.

I just read your response to PaddyUK.

Gay people expect EVERYONE to agree with them.

Like you do, you mean? When you accuse people trying to debate the other side of the argument of trying to "brainwash" you? At the end of the day we are not condemning you as a person because of something you have no control over. I think we have a right to be a little indignant.

Kids haven't got a choice, Social Services take care of that.

All the kids that come to stay with us are aware of the situation. It is explained to them in an appropriate manner. All the kids have a say. Your experience of social services is obviously biased and coloured by your past. We have had a total of 1 child say he would rather not come to stay with us. He did not come to stay. Kids today are not as stupid as some adults, it seems.

I have the right to my opinion, like it or not. I don't agree, simple.

You do have a right to your opinion, but you would be more credible if you didn't just read one article and spout some reactionary bile.

So that makes me a Hitler you cretin.

It's not your opinion that makes you a Hitler, it's the way you put it accross. You cretin.

Jade Goody.

I got my nose pierced again last night. Paddy did it for me.

I thought it was a good time to highlight this site.

Black People Love Us!

I know it's not really related, but I think it's brilliant anyway. Especially some of the letters they have received from people too stupid to know what satire is.

I love some of the comments from their "friends"!

I been doing quizzes!

You Passed 8th Grade Math

Congratulations, you got 9/10 correct!

Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?

Somebody (that would be me) seems to have left the box of catnip where the cats could get at it last night. There is catnip everywhere!

Paddy woke me up to tell me that they are running round like they are on speed, and even now, two hours after that, one of them is dive-bombing the dogs. Oh dear.

Don't you just hate people who think they can win an argument by shouting louder than everyone else?

(Looks pointedly at Jade Pigface Goody)

She was too busy shouting to listen to what Shilpa was saying, and just ended up looking stupid, obsessing about a fucking stock cube. And when Shilpa finally snapped, her comeback was infinitely better than all of Jade's twaddle luped together. Shilpa is a film star. Jade is famous for crying about being ugly, not knowing where East Angular Anglia is, and giving PJ a blowjob.

And she didn't look pleased to be reminded of that fact.

Get her out, again, please.

Clicky!

First, one I have seen and loved. Pan's Labyrinth, in spanish with subtitles, has fantastic gorgeous imagery and special effects, is gross and gory in places, and well worth a look-see.

Secondly, I may be very sad but I am sooooo looking forward to this.

I just downloaded the HD trailer, woohoo!

Incidentally, I found out an easy way to save movies in Quicktime without paying for the "pro" version. Let the movie download fully, then do edit>cut to snip out a single frame. Then, quit Quicktime. It detects that the movie has changed, and lets you save it! Yay!

I've seen this on a few blogs but it was Helly I stole it from. As usual.

7 Deadly Sins

WRATH

1. Who did you last get angry with?
Nolly. But it never lasts long.

2. What is your weapon of choice?
My letter writing fingers. (I did actually write "my cock" but thought better of it).

3. Would you hit a member of the opposite sex?
Nope. Except my sister when I was younger.

4. How about of the same sex?
Not if I can help it.

5. Who was the last person who got really angry at you?
Probably Nolly again!

6. What is your pet peeve?
Leaving the bathroom in a mess!

7. Do you keep grudges, or can you let them go easily?
Live and let live.

SLOTH

1. What is one thing you're supposed to do daily that you don't?
Housework.

2. What is the latest you've ever woken up?
About 4 or 5pm

4. What is the last lame excuse you made?
I forgot.

5. Have you ever watched an infomercial all the way through?
All the time. Often ones I have seen before. I am in love with Jack LaLane's power juicer. And his wife's name is Elaine. Elaine LaLane! Just like thingy Cable's mom's name is Mabel.

6. When was the last time you got in a good workout?
Last night (wahey!).

7. How many times did you hit the snooze button on your alarm clock today?
None, Nolly kicked me out of bed cos he gets to lie in at the weekend. Normally lots though.

GLUTTONY

1. What is your overpriced yuppie beverage of choice?
Innocent Smoothies. Fucking ridiculously priced little pots of gorgeousness.

2. Meat eaters: white meat or dark meat??
Mostly white, but do like a steak.

3. What is the greatest amount of alcohol you've had in one sitting/outing/event?
Quite a bit.

4. Have you ever used a professional diet company?
Nope.

5. Do you have an issue with your weight?
Would rather have the body I had 8 years ago, but not unhappy with the way I look now.

6. Do you prefer sweets, salty foods, or spicy?
Dunno about salty, but savoury all the way.

7. Have you ever looked at a small house pet or child and thought "lunch"?
What a bizarre question...no!

LUST

1. How many people have you seen naked (not counting movies/family):
Ummmm... jeezy creezy... lots I suppose. Friends and exes...strippers...random drunk people...Just think of all the people in the changing rooms at the swimming baths and things like that.

2. How many people have seen YOU naked (not counting physicians/family):
Probably a similar number to the above question, minus strippers.

3. Have you ever caught yourself staring at the chest/crotch of a member of the opposite gender during a normal conversation?
Not the opposite sex, no ;P

4. Have you ever kissed two people in one night?
Yup.

5. What is your favorite body part on a person of your gender of choice?
Chest. But I do love eyes too.

6. Have you ever been propositioned by a prostitute?
Yeah, and they never believe that I'm gay. Most irritating.

GREED

1. How many credit cards do you own?
None any more, I am not sensible with credit cards.

2. What's your guilty pleasure store?
Anywhere that sells books or DVDs.

3. Would you rather be rich, or famous?
Rich! Who wants millions of people looking at you all the time?

4. Would you accept a boring job if it meant you would make megabucks?
For a little while, yes.

5. Have you ever stolen anything?
Probably, but I can't think of anything right now. But the other day I bought a plant and a pot from Au Naturale and they didn't scan the plant, just the pot, and I pointed it out. See how honest I am!

6. How many MP3s are on your hard drive?
6265. That's 29.2 gig, or over 17 days.

PRIDE

1. What's one thing you have done that you're most proud of?
Hmmm a painting? Oh, no, I know, a nice meal.

2. What one thing have you done that your parents are most proud of?
Not sure... exam results? How lame is that?!

3. What things would you like to accomplish in your life?
To be financially comfortable, healthy, happy. Just the first one to go, then

4. Do you get annoyed by coming in second place?
Nope.

5. Have you ever entered a contest of skill, knowing you were of much higher skill than all the other competitors?
Probably, but why would that stop you?

6. Have you ever cheated on something to get a higher score?
Computer games.

7. What did you do today that you're proud of?
Made yummy cheeseburgers.

ENVY

1. What item of your friends would you most want to have for your own?
Vick and Knees' TomTom One.

2. Who would you want to go on "Trading Spaces" with?
?! Que ?!

3. If you could be anyone else in the world, who would you be?
Someone in the international space station. Would love to see earth from space.

4. Have you ever been cheated on?
I don't think so. But you never know with some people.

5. Have you ever wished you had a physical feature different from your own?
Yeah, my nose used to annoy me.

6. What inborn trait do you see in others that you wish you had for yourself?
My brother seems to be good at anything he tries, that must be handy.

It's a shame the "recipe" category is not in the bloscars this year, cos thanks to my mate Helen I would have won it this year.

Irish Fruitcake Recipe

Ingredients:
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
4 large eggs
2 cups dried fruit
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup brown sugar
lemon juice
nuts
1 gallon Irish Whiskey

Preparation:
Sample the Irish Whiskey to check for quality. Take a large bowl. Check the whiskey again to be sure it is of the highest quality. Pour one level cup and drink. Repeat.

Turn on the electric mixer; beat 1 cup butter in a large, fluffy bowl. Add 1 teaspoon sugar and beat again. Make sure the whiskey is still OK.

Cry another tup. Turn off mixer.

Break 2 legs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit. Mix on the turner. If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers, pry it loose with a drewscriver.

Sample the whiskey to check for tonsisticity. Next, sift 2 cups of salt. Or something. Who cares? Check the whiskey.

Now sift the lemon juice and strain your nuts. Add one table. Spoon. Of sugar or something. Whatever you can find. Grease the oven. Turn the cake tin to 350 degrees. Don't forget to beat off the turner. Throw the bowl out of the window. Check the whiskey again. Go to the pub. Who the hell likes fruitcake anyway?