2012/05/13 23:45
My father-in-law, Douglas (Dougie) Buchanan, passed away in the afternoon last Friday, the 11th of May.He had been diagnosed with cancer a year and a half ago and told he only had a few months to live, so making it past his 69th birthday was quite an achievement!Even so, we didn't expect his death so soon. He was out playing...
2012/05/02 20:07
Tomorrow (Thursday the 3rd of May 2012) there will be local elections in all council areas of Scotland.For the second time, it will be held using the Single Transferable Vote, which basically means we're being asked to rank the candidates.In East Renfrewshire, last time the result was Labour 7, Tory 7, SNP 3, LD 1 and Independents 2, and the...
2012/05/18 23:02
The funeral of my father-in-law, Dougie, took place today.
The ceremony was held at Linn Crematorium at noon and was conducted in a very nice and personal manner by a lady from the Humanist Society Scotland, just the way Dougie would have wanted it. He was always very insistent he didn’t want “any of that religious shite” at his funeral. 
Afterwards we went for refreshments at Cowglen Golf Club, where Dougie spent a very large part of his retirement, and the club had therefore put the flag at half mast in his honour.
There were lots of people at both events, as was fitting for a man as popular as Dougie.
In spite of the horrendous weather, I think the day was a beautiful tribute to the man and his life.
2012/05/06 20:36
The SNP did really well in Thursday's local elections, gaining 61 extra councillors (compared to 46 extra for Labour), with these gains mainly coming from the Tories and the Liberal Democrats.East Renfrewshire is actually quite typical in this regard: Labour 8 (+1), SNP 4 (+1), Tories 6 (-1), LibDems 0 (-1), Independents 2 (n/c).However, if you've been watching the BBC, you'd think the SNP actually had a bad election. To achieve this negative image, they've had to doctor the figures,...
2012/05/03 22:28
I've always enjoyed a game of Scrabble every now and then, but I must say it's much more enjoyable on a smartphone than in real life. :-)To be honest, it's not official Scrabble that I'm playing, but Wordfeud; however, for all practical purposes it's the same.In particular I like to play simultaneously in several languages. I'm struggling a bit with...
2012/04/30 23:30
Fraser Nelson has written two articles, one in The Telegraph and one in the Spectator Coffee House, about the way the UK is disintegrating politically.It's of course old news that the SNP are dominating Scotland politically, but England is also...
2012/04/29 23:16
I guess it was only a question of time before somebody would modify a normal 3D printer to print using chocolate: It looks like a fun machine, but I'm a bit disappointed by the chocolate designs created in this video...
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