Tag Archives: religion

How strong is God? Really.

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Gary

Just to warn my regular readers (both of you) that I’m going to have a little rant today. So you may want to skip this post! At the moment in the UK we have the Leveson Inquiry into the culture, … Continue reading →

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Day-z today

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Gary

I’m getting quite keen on embedding video in blog posts. So, today, we have an odd little film about Day-z. I called her and then started filming. She came to me then turned straight back to Mirinda when she realised … Continue reading →

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“My apologies to any non-physicists in the room”

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Gary

I looked around the room. I didn’t see any obvious physicists. It was baffling. Tonight was our first Humanist meeting. We didn’t know what to expect and, seriously, how could we have expected what we sat through tonight. So, what … Continue reading →

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Reasons for Religion part 4

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Gary

As I sat in Starbucks this morning, merrily reading The Uses of Literacy by Hoggart (a book recommended by Prof Frank Webster, which looks at the sociological aspects of the working class of Britain in the early 1950s), an idea … Continue reading →

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One all

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Gary

In the Just Too Ridiculous box, I have found the following item. Apparently, a Christian group in America have organised to send hundreds of solar powered bibles to the people of Haiti. Now, apart from the bizarre, what really strikes … Continue reading →

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Ah, bliss…sort of

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Gary

It was a beautiful day today.  The skies were crystal clear blue and it didn’t get any hotter than 5 degrees.  All change for tomorrow though. Mirinda still sick.  She sleeps for three hours then wakes up for an hour.  … Continue reading →

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Medieval & Renaissance

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Gary

Lovely blue skies over snow white land and quite chilly.  Paths slippery! Today we were due to journey into London (Mirinda being off work over Christmas) to meet Karen and Nigel to see the new wing at the V&A.  Last … Continue reading →

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Bloody religion

Posted on June 13, 2003 by Gary

Gregory Peck died today aged 87. I didn’t sleep well. Kept waking up for some reason. At some stage Mirinda went down to sedate the dogs with anti-stress stuff and bar the doggie door but I wasn’t aware of them … Continue reading →

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