Belge, gay marriage and the guy who shot himself in the balls

Been to Belge yesterday for the first time. I noticed the place when it first opened and decided to visit it sometime, but I don't get out much to restaurants now that I live in downtown, everyone just comes to my place usually. Belge turned out to be a very nice place, not very crowded or noisy, at least not on Tuesday night, and with a large non-smoking space which looked like it was primarily for eating but they did not mind us just drinking there. Eventually had some fries, which had a price tag of 4.50 but were quite worthy, pretty much the same quality as you usually get in Belgium, and a bit of chocolate cake with ice cream, which was too expensive, too small and generally Ville's and Lasu's fault (they were being a bad example). Belge is a nice place to be, but their selection of Belgian beers is quite poor in comparison to any decent beer restaurant.

US Senate is voting today on the proposed constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage. It's a procedural vote and they need 60 votes even to start really voting on the damn amendment. In order for them to approve the stupid thing they need 67 votes, and there's no way the fuckers are getting that. In order for an amendment to pass you need two-thirds of the Senate, two-thirds of the House, and ratification by 38 states. We might be a nation of homophobic fuckers, but that much of homophobic fuckers we hopefully ain't.

A British gentleman who accidentally shot himself in the testicles earlier this year has received a 5-year sentence for posession of an illegal firearm. The man had enjoyed 15 pints of lager in a local pub, argued with a friend about whose turn it was to buy the next beer, went home to get his sawed-off shotgun, stuffed it down his pants and accidentally discharged it on his way back to the bar.

5 years for owning an illegal firearm is a bit stiff in my opinion, especially in the absense of any previous firearm offences, but the man had been convicted for the posession of a screwdriver once. The article says it's unclear to what extent he'll recover, but other articles say his testicles have been removed, so I guess he qualities for a Darwin award.

That's what you get for drinking 15 pints of lager. Try ale next time.