Uncategorized | Joe's Jottings https://joepritchard.me.uk Being the homepage and blog of Joe... Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:34:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 Lonely, alone and the tech bros https://joepritchard.me.uk/2026/01/lonely-alone-and-the-tech-bros/ Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:53:35 +0000 https://joepritchard.me.uk/?p=8561 I’m a member of the Church of England and occasionally lead the people in my church in what are called ‘Intercessionary Prayers’ – sometimes also called the ‘Prayers of the people’. These are prayers written and led by church members each week, and cover a variety of topics – prayers for the church, our leaders […]

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]]> Relevance https://joepritchard.me.uk/2026/01/relevance/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:40:22 +0000 https://joepritchard.me.uk/?p=8488 “The new year arrived and I realized i lived past my relevance…” A few weeks ago I came across the above quotation. Much to my embarrassment I didn’t note where it came from, but I get the feeling that it was the first line of a poem. The second part of this line – ‘…but […]

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]]> Waiting for Blog Posts https://joepritchard.me.uk/2025/12/waiting-for-blog-posts/ Sun, 14 Dec 2025 08:24:03 +0000 https://joepritchard.me.uk/?p=8419 OK – another few months have passed…. John Lennon is reputed to have said ‘Life is what happens when you’re making other plans‘. There is also the old saying ‘Man plans, God laughs‘. And then there’s ‘Joe is really an idle, easily distracted procrastinator.‘ You may choose your own reason why I haven’t posted. Today, […]

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]]> Normal Service Will (Hopefully) Be Resumed…Soon! https://joepritchard.me.uk/2025/07/normal-service-will-hopefully-be-resumedsoon/ Mon, 07 Jul 2025 23:04:40 +0000 https://joepritchard.me.uk/?p=8326 Well… it’s been a while. In fact, it’s been quite a while. The last time I hit ‘Publish’ on here was back in 2018 — which now feels like several lifetimes ago. Since then, the world has had a habit of throwing us all a few curveballs (understatement of the century?), and I’ve found myself […]

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]]> Ooooh…..squirrel! https://joepritchard.me.uk/2016/11/ooooh-squirrel/ Sat, 19 Nov 2016 09:33:34 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=7814 My biggest personal productivity shortcoming – and trust me, I have a few – is probably my ability to get easily distracted.  It used be procrastination, but I gradually managed to get that at least a little under control.  But focus is definitely an issue. I guess part of it is that I have something […]

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]]> RT @Sunset_Twilight: The Mayans never said that th… https://joepritchard.me.uk/2012/12/rt-sunset_twilight-the-mayans-never-said-that-th/ Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:38:41 +0000 http://twitter-281725305725546496-post RT @Sunset_Twilight: The Mayans never said that the calendar was the end of the world, merely an end to their current calendar cycle

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]]> RT @ProfBrianCox: Getting ready for The End of the… https://joepritchard.me.uk/2012/12/rt-profbriancox-getting-ready-for-the-end-of-the/ Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:38:08 +0000 http://twitter-281725167829413888-post RT @ProfBrianCox: Getting ready for The End of the World Show at Hammersmith tomorrow. I’ll be doing the Christmas shopping on Saturday.

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]]> RT @Zen_Moments: Now and then it’s good to pause i… https://joepritchard.me.uk/2012/12/rt-zen_moments-now-and-then-its-good-to-pause-i/ Fri, 14 Dec 2012 07:25:37 +0000 http://twitter-279487292505194496-post RT @Zen_Moments: Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. ~ Guillaume Apollinaire v.ht/av

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]]> RT @pomeranian99: Here’s @quinnnorton’s long, fasc… https://joepritchard.me.uk/2012/12/rt-pomeranian99-heres-quinnnortons-long-fasc/ Fri, 14 Dec 2012 06:34:54 +0000 http://twitter-279474525974970368-post RT @pomeranian99: Here’s @quinnnorton‘s long, fascinating, often sad piece describing her months covering the Occupy movement nationwide …

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]]> RT @ProfBrianCox: In fact I declare 22nd December… https://joepritchard.me.uk/2012/12/rt-profbriancox-in-fact-i-declare-22nd-december/ Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:44:25 +0000 http://twitter-278812544750194688-post RT @ProfBrianCox: In fact I declare 22nd December ‘international slap a pseudoscientific hippy with a text book day.’

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