I’ve Moved!

November 20, 2008

So I’m sure that most people have noticed that the site has been offline for a few days. There’s a reason for that, which I will get to shortly. But first, let me just say this:

I AM NO LONGER BLOGGING HERE

In fact, I am blogging at a new site I have just finished setting up: kennethhynek.net. A full explanation for the reasons behind the move can be found here.

That said, this is not the end of . My wife has expressed interest in taking over blogging at this domain, and I am working to make sure that she gets set up here as soon as possible.

Also, my profound apologies for the modification to the site face; the move was not as seamless as I would have hoped, and many of the image files for this theme, and in the gallery, were corrupted during the course of their evacuation from my previous web host’s servers. Until such time as I have repaired them, I’ve put a clean-looking template in place of the previous one.

Update: for the purposes of further traffic shaping, new posts from kennethhynek.net will be excerpted below. Full articles can be read at the new blog.

And throw away the key!

August 29, 2008

Ryan Huppie thought he could get away with it, too. Now he’s up for classification as a “dangerous offender,” which is about the harshest punishment we hand out in anymore. It’s basically just what the post title says: indefinite incarceration.

Huppie deserves it:

An man who claimed he was in a drug-induced psychosis when he d and viciously slashed a school vice-principal he had a crush on, has been convicted.

And now the 24-year-old faces being locked up indefinitely as the Crown told the judge it will be seeking to have him declared a dangerous offender. Court of Queen’s Bench Justice ruled yesterday he did not accept that is not criminally responsible as a result of a mental disorder for the Feb. 17, 2004, attack at a downtown condo.

“There is every reason to believe that the accused was intoxicated on the night in question,” said Clackson in his 18-page written decision.

“However, the events described by (the victim) compel me to the conclusion that the accused knew what he was about and intended to end her life,” wrote Clackson.

“I am satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that he had the necessary murderous intent.”

Huppie, as I understand it, had previously bragged to a friend that he could get away with the crime by pleading psychosis due to intoxication. It’s good to see that he ended up in front of a judge with no taste for that sort of B.S.