nukelearfishing – the random and occasionally humorous musings of a Baptist Minister who is trying to be a free sample of Jesus and discover God in the ordinary.
(These musings don’t necessarily represent the views of the church I serve)
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The boss is watching, look buzzy
I have spent the morning sitting in the garden, reading a book as part of my sabbatical leave. Having been challenged by the content of the book I paused for a while to reflect. My gaze was drawn to some nearby flowers on which some bees were busy (and buzzy) foraging. I want to share…
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the appeal of Jesus
It was Friday. Mid-morning. The court had given its verdict, albeit following a trial that ‘stretched’ the rules. They had found the defendant guilty on all counts. And the Court of Appeal, one judge sitting on his own, had conceded that the verdict, albeit rather unsafe, was expedient. He too found the defendant guilty on…
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coin-cidentally speaking
Regular bloggites may have gathered that I like gadgets. I love to see and experience changes in technology, marvel at innovation and see how these change the way I carry out tasks. One of my favourite gadgets is very simple in concept, clever in the way it carries out the task and effective in achieving…
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thanks, thanks and thanks again
Greetings bloggites. I have now started my sabbatical leave and have decided that I will continue to post bloggerel here. There are two reasons: vanity and necessity. The vanity part comes from not wanting to lose any bloggites like you from my list of followers due to inactivity. I love to see the hit ticker…
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if they made answering machines for blogs…
Beep. “Hello “This is the blog for Nick Lear known as ‘nukelearfishing’. Thank you for visiting my blog. I am unable to come to the blog at this time, but please read some previous entries and if you feel like it leave a comment after the long beep and I will get back to you as…
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O God our help as age is passed
I am now an old geezer. A birthday has taken place that has moved me to a new status in life. It’s not my birthday: it’s the 18th birthday for number one offspring (aka Thomas). That means that I am now a parent of an adult. Eek! I can feel the life and energy draining…
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grinding away the grot
Today a very nice man is sorting out some rust on Sally’s car and some damaged paintwork (already there when I bought the car) on my car. I am confident that he will do a good job, but it is a little unnerving having someone take a sanding disc to your car and start making…
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whinge-o-matic 6000
Late in the afternoon I finally get around to putting fingers to keyboard to launch yet another bloggage onto the unsuspecting world. Today has been a very mixed day. It started with a pastoral visit / breakfast on the beach at Brightlingsea. Also featuring have been a number of different emails, phone calls and taking…
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beyond profound
Do you ever wish you could say something really profound? Something so astonishingly significant that it gets retweeted, forwarded on Facebook and becomes an internet phenomenon? I’d like to do that just once. I don’t think it’s eg0-driven. It’s more the excitement of being the originator of something that resonates with lots of other people.…
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Now that’s what I call amusing 16
These are the top jokes at this year’s Edinbugh Festival, based on a public vote on a selection of nominations by TV channel Dave: 1. Stewart Francis – “You know who really gives kids a bad name? Posh and Becks.” 2. Tim Vine – “Last night me and my girlfriend watched three DVDs back to…
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