I saw in Gay Times a short report that Ahmet Yildiz, an openly gay 26 year old physics student was shot as he left a cafe near the Bosphorus Strait this week. He tried to flee from the attackers in his car, but lost control of the vehicle and crashed. Yildiz died shortly afterwards in […]
A recent news story tells of a Swedish research team’s conclusions about physical causes of homosexuality. According the study conducted at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm sexuality is a biologically fixed trait demonstrated in physical brain differences. The researchers, Ivanka Savic and Per Lindström, studied 90 persons, 25 heterosexual and 20 homosexual men and women […]
We wish you all Happy Holidays and New Year 2008!
This summer I have managed to pass my third dan (black belt) examination. I am very proud of this achievement that took lots of practise and preparation. It is also humbling experience as I realize how much more work I need to do to be able to progress any further.
This is the fourth incarnation of my website. I wanted to find an automtic tool for maintaining the web site. After some searching I decided on WordPress. Though my site is not exactly a blog, it is not much different either. I did some work to keep some part of the old look. But mainly […]
This year’s Holiday greeting has two straw goats. These are a traditional yule time decoration in scandinavia. The billygoat is a pagan fertility symbol. I and my partner Arto wish all our friends a very happy year 2007!
Gay Games VII were held in June 2006 in Chicago. There were about 12,000 athletes and 50,000 other gay visitors attending the Games. I took part in the Martial Arts tournamet for the second time. Besides competing I was judging for most of the time. The level of the competitors was very high. I competed […]