Ryan Paul

Use of the death penalty

I read a few days ago one method of executing people in Iran is to bury those sentenced to death in the ground; men up to their waists, and women up to their neck.   Then people throw specially selected rocks at their head – big enough to cause pain and suffering, but not big enough to kill them outright.

This punishment would be perfect for this woman convicted of killing her one-month old daughter by microwaving her.   If anyone ever deserved to die a painful and horrible death, it’s this woman.

Observations on Forum Regulars

There’s a small core group of people on a support forum I frequent whose attitude when it comes to disputes or difficult discussions I despise.   I get into heated debates a lot on the forum… and a lot of it comes mainly from some of the flunkies on the forum who like to ridicule and insult other forum members who choose to voice their negative opinions about Hostgator in a way that person wouldn’t. Read more...

No Respect For The Russians

I’ve always had a respect for Russia since Vladimir Putin was President. He made the country strong and respected throughout the world again.

I even emailed President Medvedev and said something like although I think Russia’s assassination of Alexandar Litvnenko with nuclear material was a nuclear attack on Britain, I admired Vladimir Putin for making Russia strong.

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Mauritius at the Olympics

Although Team Mauritius hadn’t ever won a medal at the Olympics up till 2008, we’ve still some splendid athletes.   This was our Olympics and we finally won a medal – in Bantamweight Boxing, when the Mauritian Magician, the Creole Crusher Bruno Julie handed a huge serving of knuckle sandwich to Hector Manzanilla Rangel of Venezuela to win the Bronze medal.


Contributing Factors for Rape

I was doing some general web browsing for nothing in particular when I came across a story on BBC News about a female rape victim who successfully had a ruling overturned that reduced her compensation because she had been consuming alcohol before the attack. That got me to thinking… about whether provocative clothing is one of the causes of rape. Read more...

An Awesome Rendition of Last Christmas

Friends and Nazis

Lately I’ve pretty much lost contact with two of my friends.   I think one is about to get back with her husband who she was going to divorce, and the other just got a boyfriend who I despise.   They’re both being distant and kind of cold and I’m not really sure why.   I think I’m going to lose them both as friends – what will be, will be.

The reason matters not, and I hate it when I don’t get to talk regularly to my mates… so it really sucks when things like this happens.

Someone recently made a very   unabashed comment on the article I have on my website about the .   It was actually quite funny – check out the comment by Caroline on July 29th.

Incidently she is the second person to deny the statement that Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is a grandson of Queen Victoria.   For all of you doubters out there… as you can read on the ,   Prince Philip’s mother was Princess Alice of Battenburg, who was the daughter of Princess Victoria of Hesse, whose mother was another Princess Alice, Victoria’s second daughter and third child.

Andy Mckee – For My Father

The Latest

I finally met an internet buddy at Dalles Pow Wow this weekend. She showed me her tattoo and I was hooked… it was the best work I’d ever seen, and I’m going to get her friend to do a tattoo down my entire right arm, with a turtle on my shoulder covering up my current tattoo. Read more...

Music n’ Car Stuff

Last week I was searching Wikipedia for something, which I cannot recall presently, and I came across one of a series of pages on British music in the 90′s.   So obviously the next logical step would be to spend five days and nights scouring Limewire for all those songs that struck a chord way back from 1990 onwards.

I’ve started a post series about it, so you can view some of the music I listen to entitled ‘‘.

I recently hit 96,000km on my Toyota Matrix and so had to get an oil change.   They also inspected the fuel system, replaced the air filter, engine coolant, transmission fluid, differential fluid, transfer case fluid, and cabin air filter.   That all cost $371.   Upon inspection they also found that my front rotors were COMPLETELY   rusted and had grooves in them, and my front brake pads were worn down 95% and so I had to spend another $374 getting those replaced.   I don’t mind, because my car is one of my babies so I have to take good care of it… I just wish it was cheaper hahahaha.   Turns out I can’t buy a new 2009 Toyota Matrix XR AWD because I can’t prove what I earn – it’s too early to do a tax return and bank statements showing deposits aren’t admissible.   That sucks.