Category: prayer
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man vs machine
I would like to talk with a person. I believe that most people think this and loathe the automated phone systems that pretend to be interested in you but in reality are just a series of choice-generated recorded messages that don’t tell you what you need to know. I really dislike it when I get…
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>dabbling in dark arts
>I have been dabbling in the dark arts this week. No, not those dark arts. I have been trying to understand the vagaries and mysteries of email. I have been setting up the email system on our new computer at church and thought I had won, until I had a phone call from the office this…
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>that came out wrong…
>I am watching my back.Last week Sally and I went for a walk together. Just us. The children were away. We were walking along a path beside a field. A lady was walking her dog ahead of us.Out of the blue Sally said, “When I am on my own, I think I will get a…
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incommunicado
Yesterday evening I thought I had broken the internet. We could not get any connection from our house and I wondered if somehow I had pressed the wrong button and deleted the whole of the World Wide Web. Oops! On reflection, however, it seems that nobody else suffered the same problems and it is likely that…
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7 and counting
dom de de de de dom de de de de dom de de de de… (continue for about another 24 seconds, pitch gradually getting higher) ba dum ba dum diddly um boh! That’s a very poor attempt at describing the Countdown clock from the TV show. If you have never seen it (where have you…
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circular blogging
There is a risk that I may create some sort of vortex of mutual appreciation that sucks in the whole Universe, but here goes anyway. I was stunned this morning to see that my ickle blog was mentioned in the Baptist Union’s daily E-news sweep email. If you came here as a result of that, bless…
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Of printers and prayers
Following the Pob speculation yesterday I feel the need to come back to something vaguely representing normality. I have just realised that my printer is almost out of paper and I have none with which to replenish it. You can’t get much more normal and mundane than that! The printer in my study is networked…
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Bob is contagious
My car is called ‘Shrek’. That is because when you look at its shadow when the sun is behind you the sticky-out wing mirrors and bulky body shell make it look like the animated character Shrek’s head. The observant among you will have noticed that while the car in the picture bears a strong resemblance to…
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>Pachydermatitis
>To keep things fresh, this entry starts with lots of jokes rather than ending with one:Q: Where do you find elephants?A: It depends on where you lost them. Q: Why do elephants wear blue tennis shoes?A: Because the white ones get dirty too fast. Q: Why do elephants live in herds?A: To get a wholesale…
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