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Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:52:00 -0800

Lost and a brief thought about evil
I re-watched the last two episodes of Lost last night, prior to the new series coming back in February, and I was very struck...
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Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:31:00 -0800

Tumble
So: when I got up yesterday to take the dog to Morning Prayer there had been no snow overnight and it wasn't snowing when I...
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Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:21:00 -0800

Bullying and the clergy
Just some links to discussions on a current topic:Mad PriestDoug ChaplinTim Chesterton who links to this.Maggi twiceDavid...
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Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:43:00 -0800

TBTE20100103

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Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:52:00 -0800

Temptation
Every so often I look at the Church Times job adverts, and I see a dream job come up...NB I have no plans to apply for this or...
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Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:34:00 -0800

Some James Bond novels
Just a note that I've been re-reading some James Bond novels, which I haven't read since I was a teenager. They are much,...
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Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:31:00 -0800

Killing Monsters (Gerard Jones)
A very interesting polemic against all the scare stories saying (eg) 'video games make children violent'. Jones' argument,...
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Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:10:00 -0800

TBTM20100103
Some glorious music.Jim Kunstler's 2010 forecast.Living without money - some lessons there for all of us.Transition culture...
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Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:55:00 -0800

Avatar
Highly enjoyable with a lot of great visuals, but I'm not sure it'll go down in history as a great film. I think 3D is...
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Elizaphanian posted a blog entry

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:52:00 -0800

Movie notes
Chaos 3/5 Statham was woefully miscast; it needed someone much older like Brian Cox.Halloween (2007) 4/5 Much better than I had...
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Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:20:00 -0800

So that was 2009
2009 will undoubtedly go down in the memory as dominated by the consequences of a particular decision I made in the parish,...
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Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:25:00 -0800

Is it possible....
...to be in a position of institutional authority in the church and also to be holy?Just something I'm thinking about at the...
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Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:28:00 -0800

Hauerwas on Leadership
Found here; two key quotes:"It was a bad innovation when the revivalistic structure overtook the church’s primary liturgical...
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Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:51:00 -0800

TBTM20091228
Ten reasons to leave the EU.How do I know China wrecked Cophenhagen?How will football tactics develop over the next decade?The...
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:09:00 -0800

Happy Christmas
May you each have an angel in your home this Christmas time.
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:14:00 -0800

TBTM20091223
Some links:Obama's big sellout (long Rolling Stone article, very good)Why Britain faces a bleak food future - by the...
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Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:41:00 -0800

Where does our energy go?
Just doing a little research on how much energy the UK uses, and where it goes - with a view to wondering what we are going to...
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Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:08:00 -0800

Copenhagen was (mostly) irrelevant
I know I said I wasn't going to post anything further about AGW – and, really, this isn't - at least not in the same way....
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Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:05:00 -0800

TBTM20091219
Some links:A good THES article on AGW.A high-powered video on climategate including Richard Lindzen and other academics...
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Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:39:00 -0800

The Church this morning
What a gorgeous morning, and the kids are SO happy that the holidays have now begun.
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Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:17:00 -0800

The nature of New Testament Criticism?

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Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:42:00 -0800

Stephen Toulmin 1922-2009
Not many philosophers whose death would elicit an 'oh no' from me, but he's definitely one. Obituary here. Cosmopolis is the...
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Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:11:00 -0800

TBTM20091216
So: yesterday I got a CROS hearing aid, from the lovely people at Addenbrooke's (though, as always, it was a bit hellish to...
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Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:32:00 -0800

TBTM20091211
First day back at work.Plug the phone back in.First phone call: 'Hello sir, this is Kwik-Fit car insurance....'
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Elizaphanian posted a blog entry

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:48:00 -0800

On deciding about socio-political engagement
Paul asked a challenging and intriguing question in this comment thread, which I felt deserved a longer response: How do I, as...
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