Justice?

I have to admit my complete lack of understanding of the Scottish legal system.

This week the trial of a convicted murderer and rapist was thrown out due to lack of evidence. Forensic evidence linked the accused, both victims and his vehicle at the time. The key element in the dismissal of this case appears to be the failure of the prosecution to present any evidence showing a forensic link between the accused and the ligatures used to murder the two young women.

A couple of years ago a 16 year old boy was found guilty of murdering his girlfriend when he was just 14 in a "savage knife attack". There was no forensic evidence linking the boy to the crime, nor any witnesses placing him at the scene.

I just don't get how this works...

Oh, The Glamour

Legotivity

I have a print of M.C. Escher's Relativity on my wall, so I just loved this Lego version...

General Knowless

Some of the answers to the simple questions posed here beggar belief.

Whilst it is easy to poke fun at some American citizens who appear to have little knowledge of anything outwith their country, I know that this type of video could just as easily have been made in the UK.

Ignorance is a worldwide problem, and it appears to be growing...

Jock Rock #2 : Otherworldly Sounds From Grangemouth

The Cocteau Twins with Heaven or Las Vegas from the album of the same name.

This is especially for Big Rab who thinks that the Cocteaus are art school pish... nothing could be further from the truth...I don't think they went to art school...

The truth is that The Cocteau Twins have turned out to be extremely influencial. You can hear echoes of their atmospheric soundscapes allied with strange vocalisations in the work of many other bands to this day.



The Cocteaus on Wikipedia.

Rock, Paper, Sciss...owww!

Offshore Europe Traffic Chaos

It took me an hour longer than normal to drive to work this morning.

Yep, Offshore Europe is back. You can't get a hotel room in Aberdeen for love nor money and traffic chaos reigns once more.

Having sat for ages in a traffic jam that was moving as slowly as a snail with a limp it cheered me up no end to see that Grumpyans friendly boys in blue were doing their bit to ease the situation - by having a bunch of bobbies on the beach esplanade with hand held speed cameras busting all the harassed commuters trying desperately not to be late to work... Bastards.

Aberdeen is pretty mental when Offshore Europe is on but there is no denying that it brings in a lot of money, even the girls who ply their trade outside my lovely office traditionally make a bundle - perhaps they could invest in some more clothing, they are going to catch their death standing about by the roadside, at night, with no simmet on...

Anyway, with things being quiet here, I will probably visit OE this afternoon. There's nothing quite like wandering aimlessly round a huge, crowded, exhibition hall looking at bits of equipment that you have no idea about and gathering huge amounts of free tat that will be binned once safely home...

ho hum...