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25 Apr

Disappearing for a few days

Circumstances. Lets just say that all the women in my life are ganging up on me, though they don’t know it. Just when everything seemed to be going so well for a change…

ETA: To which I add, never try to help people who haven’t asked for it, because you will always screw things up even […]

24 Apr

The irony of St Alban

A while back there was a bit of a controversy over the suggestion that St George should be replaced with St Alban, who is seen as more “inclusive”.

There’s an irony at the end of this particular farce, though.

Saint Alban was a pagan soldier in the Roman Army stationed in Britain. His exact background is unknown, […]

21 Mar

It isn’t rememberance day…

Nevertheless…

In Flanders field the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe: To […]

15 Jan

Why is it never “Muslims insult Christian scriptures”?

Via USS Neverdock, OUTCRY AS MUSLIM M&S WORKER REFUSES TO SELL ‘UNCLEAN’ BIBLE BOOK [Daily Express]

A MUSLIM store worker refused to serve a customer buying a children’s book on Christianity because she said it was “unclean”.

Shopper Sally Friday felt publicly humiliated at a branch of Marks & Spencer when she tried to pay for First […]

21 Dec

The Saviour’s Day

A Cliff Richards song that hit #1 at Christmas a few years ago. Somehow I prefer it to Mistletoe and Wine.

Well that’s me done for the year now. Assuming I don’t die from gluttony over christmas, I’ll be back in the new year with more… um… whatever it is I do around here. Merry christmas […]

18 Dec

Indignation!

Update

I spoke too soon! Charles has another post up, imaginatively titled Answering the Vlaams Belang Apologists, where he again claims that VB, others et al are extremists based on the words of, an, um… marxist. Yes. Because they’re so trustworthy in identifying “right wing extremism”.

It is obvious that VB has had a shady past. Every […]

19 Sep

A little fantasy…

I’ve been hearing a lot about scotland wanting to be independent again, the most recent being a link from a comment on this post at BBC-Biased.

Flags are a vague sort of hobby for me. I’ve done the EUSSR and I’ve done a few others. They speak about a country. It was an interesting exercise to […]

14 Sep

Philosophy, Life and God

I recently read a prediction that this generation would be the first to attain extreme longevity, if not immortality, and that some people reading the article in question would still be alive in a thousand years. I personally think that’s pretty cool, but at the same time I face something of a philosophical quandry. Many […]

25 Aug

Occasional Whisky Review

I’ve decided to put this under spiritual stuff as well as general, because… hey, it’s a spirit. Besides…

No longer drink water exclusively, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach - 1 Timothy 5:23

Alcohol played a large part in the life of the early church and, protestations of certain denominations and other […]

09 Aug

Tagging - I’m a real spoil-sport.

I got “tagged” recently by Canker (whom I think I’ll start reading) but I must confess I don’t normally take part in such games. It’s not that I’m one of those dreadful people who thinks anything fun or entertaining is “populist” and therefore beneath them. Far from it. U used to be pretty good at […]

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