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Category: names

  • nick’s names

    When I was very little I was a massive fan of the Magic Roundabout. I was particularly interested in Dougal, the dog. When the Magic Roundabout was on TV (in the slot just before the evening news I think) apparently I used to crawl around and around like Dougal – always on the move. I…

  • name change

    This blog now has a new address. It is nukelear.me.uk – although there is still a link from the longer WordPress address if you use that. Pretentious? Moi?   I decided to make the change because the longer address seemed like a fair amount of effort to type, was perhaps not so memorable, and because the…

  • seamless links?

    If you didn’t know better you would think that this blog is planned. (It’s not – at least not by me). This morning I want to draw together some of the threads of the past few days. Early this morning (see ‘unwelcome epiphanies‘) I woke up with a thought running around in my head that…

  • what’s his name?

      I have been looking at some of the ‘names’ of God from the Bible, preparing for a new series in our evening services. I may reflect on some of the individual names but the thing that has struck me is just how many there are. It is difficult to put a precise number on…

  • commenting on commentators

    I have been listening to commentaries on World Cup matches (just about audible above the vuvuzelas) and am impressed by the ability of the commentators to identify the different players from around the world and (attempts to) pronounce their names. They must spend a long time practicing and seem to work on the same basis that…