Cav's Place

Got a brief little hug yesterday, when I met Andreea. Was too surprised and feeling too crappy to even get to return it, but it still counts. Since the last one I got was on June 8th, 2007, from Jen, it means a period without hugs of no less than 1138 days, or 1138 days […]

The European Parliament supports extending the minimum maternity leave to 20 weeks on full pay and one of the key reasons given in support of this decision is that it would encourage women to have more children and therefore alleviate Europe’s aging population problem. As if the world’s overpopulation problem and Europe’s overconsumption problem would […]

Didn’t feel sorry for myself on here since I turned 26, did I? I was actually trying to string a few non-personal posts together before trying something else and darting right back under that rock I’ve been living under for the past two and a half weeks or so, but that doesn’t seem to be […]

In their misguided fight against what they (as well as other governments and obviously those in the industry) wrongly call piracy, the French government has yet another plan, and this time they want to make it appear nice: People will be able to buy a card worth €50 for only €25, then use it to […]

Today is Blog Action Day and the issue is water. You know, the blood of the Earth, which should be clear but is in fact filled with most of humanity’s waste, spreading our poison far and wide just like any animal’s blood spreads a snake’s venom throughout its own body very quickly after it is […]