Category: Politics

Um, I guess that would be a “No”, then?

Hints of many things, not all of which are true
I’ve spent a fair bit of this week sorting out UK visa stuff for our sabbatical, and the (on-line!) application contained these two gems:

Have you ever been concerned in the commission‚ preparation‚ organisation or support of acts of terrorism‚ either within or outside the United Kingdom or have you ever been a member of an organisation which has been involved in or advocated terrorism in furtherance of its aims?

Have you ever been concerned in the commission‚ preparation or organisation of genocide or crimes‚ including crimes against humanity and war crimes‚ committed in the course of armed conflict?

Let me think…

This is standard stuff (“Have you ever been arrested?” on a job app), and WeatherGirl had piles of it when she applied for permanent resident status here in the U.S. back in the late 80’s. Terrorism wasn’t the evil du jour back then, and there was more about commies, nazis, mental instability, and her (no doubt vast) experiences in the various sex trades and industries. Still, the thought’s the same (such as there is one). Presumably this gives them the ability to summarily boot your ass if they find out that you lied, because apparently having committed acts of genocide isn’t by itself sufficient!

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The paper crane project



The man on the world holding a crane, originally uploaded by Azchael.

I just stumbled across this cool project that eshu is running over on Flickr. She agreed to send 1,000 paper cranes to different volunteer Flickrites in return for them sending back one or more cool photos of said cranes. It’s a cool idea, and has resulted in some very nice shots (this included). She’s got her full allotment of 1,000 volunteers, which saves me having to remind myself that I don’t have time for this :-).

This was particularly timely since the three of us spent part of Thursday evening folding paper cranes. The PRCA had a reception connected to their current “Bird” exhibit (which contains work by both moi and Sub-Evil Boy). Ferrolyn brought some very cool paper and showed everyone how to fold paper cranes; I think we made five between the three of us. There was also a short presentation by wildlife biologist Sara Vacek on a program to reintroduce prairie chickens into some grasslands a bit south of here. It would be very cool to go out and take photos of their mating behavior (“booming”) in the spring, but that’ll have to wait since we’ve missed this year’s fun.

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