And so in to 2017
My attitude towards New Year's Eve this year was summed up rather well when I went to Asda this afternoon to buy 'the boys' - our 2 cats, Jarvis and Marvin - some cooked chicken. They like this as a t…
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Today you, tomorrow me
The first thing I do when I get up in the morning is feed the cats, then make tea, then sit and allow some of my higher brain functions to come online, usually whilst browsing Facebook. There then co…
The knees...a Friday afternoon design....
When I started coding, over 30 years ago, the backup and restore code in one version of Microsoft DOS was quite grim. In particular, it would allow you to backup your massive 10Mb hard disc (yes, 10 …
To Peace....
...and before everyone leaps up, glasses and coffee mugs in hands, and shouts 'To Peace' back to me, I'm not offering a toast here! I'm thinking that it's about time we made 'peace' a verb. Henri Nouw…
Due Diligence....
My reading habits - OK, I tend to read everything that's put in front of me, from books to the backs of toothpaste tubes - lead me in to all sorts of places. As part of my daily spiritual development…
Single Sex Marriage....
Well, you know what they say about fools rushing in where angels fear to tread....here I go. Normally I don't post too much on social issues, but this grew out of a Facebook post I made on a friend's…
Johnny Cash and me.
An early memory of mine is listening to my Uncle Idris play Johnny Cash songs on his guitar. Particularly he did a great rendition of 'Ring of Fire', though without the Mexican trumpets, Mexican trum…
Liberals and 'acceptable' bigotry
The last visit from a Pope to the UK before the most recent one was back in 1982 - I'm old enough to remember that one. I was just finishing university at the time, and I remember doing some revision…
All things
A Facebook friend of mine (and an author whose work I've admired for over years) Jessica Lipnack shared this article – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ron-currie-jr/things-i-learned-while-wr_b_659568.ht…
A millstone around their necks
Easter is the holiest time of the year for Christians - this year has been special for all the wrong reasons as well, though. The recent stories around what appears to be institutionalised failings i…