French porn director Cadinot dead

I am not a big fan of porn. I think I have never watched a porn movie from beginning to end, I don't own a single porn movie, I hardly ever look for porn on the Internet (really!), and when I visit friends who like to watch porn to "get into the mood" I often grab a newspaper to kill the time.....
Having said the above, I have good memories of the films directed by Jean-Daniel Cadinot, the French director who passed away last week. His films had a story-line, we could see the models get to know each other, there was some romance and the sex scenes were not too long. Perhaps I should reacquaint myself with his films.

Another night in hospital

Yesterday OS came back to Amsterdam from Colombia and I was quite shocked to see the result of the infection in his arm. I told him to go to the hospital today, but OS was afraid they might keep him there which would mean he'd miss Queen's Day, so he didn't go. After I came home tonight I just took him to the hospital where they put a drain in his arm and gave instructions how to treat the wound. The doctor was quite relaxed about the whole thing which was a big relief for OS and myself. We can both do without frequent visits to the hospital.
In other news, SI from Hong Kong wrote me an e-mail in which he wrote: "I am suffering in Koh Samui on a work trip." And he is serious! He must be the first person in the world to complain about a business trip to Koh Samui.
And finally, TO from Moscow sent an SMS announcing his 3rd visit to Amsterdam for mid-May. Our gang should receive the "Best Ambassador Award" from the Amsterdam Tourist Board.

Only in America: 5 year old girl handcuffed by police

And around the same time, 3 New York City policemen who killed an unarmed man in cold blood on his wedding day are acquitted. Has common sense and the rule of law disappeared from America?

Russian Christians and Tartar Muslims living in harmony

 

No points for guessing which restaurant this is

 

Kazan: the largest mosque in Russia

 

Who said Singapore doesn't enforce anti-gay laws?

Wasn't it Lee Hsien Loong himself who said that yes, Singapore would keep its anti-gay laws, but no, they wouldn't be enforced? Can somebody please remind him and tell him to repeat his message, because the over-active bigots in various governmental agencies seem to not to have heard him.
The news today: A Singapore television station has been fined for airing a show that depicted a gay couple and their baby in a way that "promotes a gay lifestyle," the city-state's media regulator said Thursday. The Media Development Authority fined MediaCorp TV Channel 5 $11,000, it said in a statement on its Web site. The station aired an episode of a home and decor series called "Find and Design" that featured a gay couple wanting to transform their game room into a new nursery for their adopted baby. The authority said the episode contained scenes of the gay couple with their baby and the presenter's congratulations and acknowledgment of them as a family unit "in a way which normalizes their gay lifestyle and unconventional family setup."