Recalculating Camping

Well, we have all heard the news. The end is nigh according to Harold Camping, it will hit us at midnight as the man-made timezones pass over the planet.

Actually the Rapture should already have started hitting in Japan, China, New Zealand, Australia and the Far East. The lifting of the holier-than-thou to heaven should already have started there and will hit Europe at midnight.

The rest of us heathens, gay and morally depraved unbelievers are going to experience a lot of earthquakes, brimstone rain, tsunamis and get to be turned into pillars of salt. All this will go on until the World as we know it finally comes to an end on October 21st.

I have been checking the Aussie on-line news papers - just in case - and there seems to be no reports of vanishing religious lunatics or any of the other signs.

Poor Harold Camping, now he must explain away - once again - how he got it all wrong. I think we can expect him to come up with a new date soon.

Czechs Test For Gayness

The European Union has slammed the Czech Republic's procedure of trying to measure the "gayness" of refugee claimants.

And just how does one measure someones "gayness"?

In the Czech Republic, officials force gay asylum seekers to watch straight porn while a doctor measures the movements of their penis. The goal is to prove that these refugees are actually "legitimately" gay.

This kind of procedure is not only indecent, it's a violation of human rights. Even the Czech Republic's human rights commissioner has called the practice "undignified.".

The Czech Embassy in Sweden tells the Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan that the Czech government admitted that phallometri has been conducted a dozen times, but only rarely as a "last resort" and not as a general application of the method.

"A purely medieval method and a major violation of the right of individuals" is how the EU Commissioner Cecilia Malmström describes the Czech authorities' methods in which gay men have undergone phallometric tests..

According to Cecilia Malmström, the EU is waiting for information from the Czech authorities to see if the issue can be pursued. She also notes that "We have a long way to go before we can say that we live in a completely tolerant Europe"

"Phallometry", refers to measurement of bloodflow to the male genital. The most commonly reported methods of conducting penile plethysmography involve the measurement of the circumference of the penis with a mercury-in-rubber strain gauge, or the volume of the penis with an airtight cylinder and inflatable cuff at the base of the penis.

I Owe You an Update

Well I whined publicly about my state of mind a few weeks ago so I guess I owe you an update now.

I saw my doctor today and we had a good long talk. The thing I like best about my doctor is that he really seems to listen to what I have to say. After listening to me he gives me his evaluation and his recommendations for the continued treatment, also taking into account the results of the biochemical blood work.

To sum it up he is pleased with my progress over the last year, the blood work has improved vastly and the chemical imbalances are mostly gone. He also tells me that it is not unusual that you experience a "plateau" after awhile with the medication I am on. All the same he recommends that I continue on the same treatment a while longer. He believes that a reason for my present emotional fatigue is a result of the burden I have experienced during the last year coupled with my heavy work load.

What I need is rest and a few weeks away from work to start feeling better again. I will see him again after the summer and then we will decide if changes are still needed.

Luckily I start my vacation of Friday, so I have five glorious weeks off from work!

I Love Norwegians!

I really do, but that doesn´t prevent me from making a little friendly fun of our "little rich brothers and sisters" on this day when they celebrate their 106th year as an independent nation!

Did I ever tell you all that my biggest crush as a young man in my early 20´s was a Norwegian guy named Rolf Erik, but alas he was only interested in American Jewish men - well for as long as I knew him.

Tillykke med dagen, norske venner! 



"Norway" the protest song (as translated by Bock McMillan)

It is said that one should not generalize,
and say for example that "Germany is not good"
One really shouldn´t do that, but this doesn´t apply 
to the country where Norwegians live. 

Norway, Norway,it is a rotten country. 
Norwegians, Norwegians, a fucking band of robbers. 
Norwegians, Norwegians, they fish bad cod.
So if you see a slob, and he stinks like rotten fish 
He is undoubtedly Norwegian. 

Yes, the Norwegians they are terrible,
so ugly and so small.
With ties that are disgusting with Norwegian flowers on. 
They fool around and fuss, and yodel and go on.
One wonders when one see´s them, how stupid can you be? 

Norway, Norway, it never rises "frem".
Norway, Norway, with the thousand "hjem".
Norway, Norway, you stain on our earth. 
We can feel the stench all the way down to the Dogger Bank 
from your Norwegian smorgasbord. 

We should give a real blow to Norway as a nation,
because they have so ugly mountains and have bad pensions too. 
They don´t make cars and the bikes they make are lousy 
and their only great poet, he is named Peter Dass. (Note: Dass is slang for toilet in Swedish) 

Norway, Norway, is the world's worst country. 
Norwegians, Norwegians, they should be taken care of.
Norwegians, Norwegians, the people that the Lord gave 
a hopeless mind and a forehead that is so low 
so that the hat keeps falling off"

Modern Tecnology

There is this amazing thing called "modern technology". Among other things it makes it possible for you to communicate with others electronically with the use of something called "email". It´s something like a digitally produced letter that get´s sent from your computer to the recipients computer instantly.

It would be a really wonderful invention if it weren't for the fact we have humans using it. Sometimes they forget to check, other times they forget to answer and then there are times that they mean to answer but forget about it.

Of course we mustn't forget there are also the times when they just don´t feel like answering or may even have blocked you or marked you as spam.

I sent a mail over a month ago to someone I thought cared and still have received an answer. And two days ago I sent one to my darling friend Millimina - and would you believe it - she actually hasn't answered yet!

We should start digitizing humans so they at least send out auto-responses "Thanks for your mail. I am not in the office right now but will get back to you a.s.a.p!"

Millimina, You´ve Got Mail!

UPDATE: Now I feel really guilty, because shortly after I had published this post I got a response from dearest Milli, she must have been writing it while I was posting. Sorry darling, ILY-A!

IDAHO

May 17th is IDAHO day and events are taking place around both in the real world and in-world to draw attention to Homophobia and Transphobia. From bullying at school or work to discrimination in healthcare, prejudice works on many levels, often resulting in physical attack, self-harm, suicide and murder.

EVENTS SCHEDULED ON MAY 17th 

DRAMA QUEEN THEATRE (click for SLurl)
12pm = GINS ALLEN

Gins Allen plays acoustic and electric guitars and harmonicas. He sings love songs, ballads and folk songs.

He started to play in SL in june 2008. He loves to sing in many languages such as English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Yiddish, Catalan or even Czech and Russian... His gigs are only live music, no soundtracks, and of high quality sound on profesionnals devices.

DRAMA QUEEN THEATRE (click for SLurl)
01pm = LOLLO STRING

Lollo String (Alessandro Lollobrigida) is a composer, author, professional arranger. He has experienced many musical genres, before testing them “on the road ", then consolidated at singing school.

His experience in vocal technique includes many different musical genres through the years: Jazz, Swing, Blues, Rock, Pop, R'n'B, Rock'n'Roll, Jive... and of course the classic, melodic and light Italian.

EXHIBITIONS SCHEDULED FROM MAY 13th TO MAY 18th

Gay Rights Awareness Center-Figh, Brokeback (99, 221, 23) (click for SLurl)
=> "Born that way" (Zack Preminger)
=> "Transgenders and Homophobia" (Jenelle Levenque)
=> "Civil Rights and Equality" (Brokeback Forum)
=> "United to be Stronger" (Intersim work)

Iendis Transistor

Today I got an e-mail from the beautiful and innovative Ms. Iendi Laville informing me that "Iendis Transistor" will be premiering Monday May 16th, 2011.

Iendis Transistor is a radio channel for all Swedes in SecondLife - and all non-Swedes who want to plug in too I am guessing. 

According to Ms Laville there will be music and programs mixed all around the clock! The first programs will be transmitted on May 16th, but the music is already rolling on the channel.
 
The URL of the radio is http://allmusic.dyndns.info:8000/
Schedule and other information on programs can be found at Iendis Transistor.
 
There is a SecondLife-group for Iendi´s transistor in which information on live broadcasts and contests will be announced. The group can be found in Ms. Iendi Laville´s profile, everyone is welcome to join.