Of interest to all of you Scottish Law buffs

A seven year old boy was at the centre of a courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him.

The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents and the sheriff initially awarded custody to his aunt, in keeping with the child custody law and regulations requiring that family unity be maintained to the degree possible.

The boy surprised the court when he proclaimed that his aunt beat him more than his parents and he adamantly refused to live with her. When the sheriff suggested that he live with his grandparents, the boy cried out that they also beat him.

After considering the remainder of the immediate family and learning that domestic violence was apparently a way of life among them, the sheriff took the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to propose who should have custody of him.

After two recesses to check legal references and confer with social services officials, the judge granted temporary custody to Glasgow Rangers, whom the boy firmly believes are not capable of beating anyone.

Yes it does!

If you haven't seen the piece on andyduckerlinks then you'll also want to know about the Peter Jackson/Guillermo Del Toro chat here where they talk about The Hobbit and "Film 2".

LJ Policy Update

Here - with interesting good changes. For instance, breast-feeding icons are now ok again!

Non-photographic images of minors are also now ok also.

Good Lord - a victory for sense!

Video roundup

Microwaving a cell-phone

More cool than you'd think.

Also:

From Kopps (says a_pawson).

First one thanks to jwz, second thanks to theweaselking.

It's the fucking future

Last post before I'm off to laserboy and 0olong's combined birthday party.

(cheers to drainboy for the link.)