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Stupidity is much the same all the world over.

Here is a dog, not to be confused with a cat. This dog can often be spotted skulking around the Salamanca waterfront each morning. I hope that it doesn’t like in one of these high rise apartments – although I suspect that it does – as life in the inner city is no life for a breed as active as the Border Collie. I’m not a dog man though; I’m more a cat man. Truth be told, I’m more a crocodile or great white shark man but good breeders can be so hard to find these days. Anyway, I thought that I might leverage off a little discussion that I had on the artistic commune of clusterflock , and share a tale from the murky belly of history. Like all good stories, it involves a romantic entanglement with a sharp tongued woman, a murder and a dark and stormy night. It also involves a cat, hence the somewhat convoluted segue. As any cat owner will know, rats are ruthless and efficient killers. If you current have a cat on staff, or have ever had one, you will no doubt be familiar with the inevita...

Sad, deluded fools

I've been thinking about the extensive coverage given to the Virginia Tech killer's home movie. I appreciate the line that if you've got the video, why not show it and demonstrate what sort of character could perform such acts. However, I think that the continuing loops of this guy's ranting and posing seem gratuitous and unnecessary. I'm not sure how much it really contributes to understanding the story in greater depth. Really, it would have been enough to perhaps describe the content of the video, and establish that the man was in an obvious state of mental illness. To broadcast it merely publicises the killer, and sends very much the wrong message to other sad, deluded individuals who seek to achieve fame or publicise their (however confused) message. It also has the potential to prolong the grieving of the families of victims.