April: Excuses, explanations etc

April: Excuses, explanations etc

Hello. As you can see I forgot to blog here during April. Here is why (warning: pretty dull). I have been: Blogging from the G20 Blogging from Spring Harvest (You can find both of these via Church Times blog: April) Finishing my 2010 calendar . This nearly killed me, as it always does. Posting on…

Workshop sweepings

I was searching online for a small bicycle thingummy-whathaveyou, and came across this on a bicycle shop website: Workshop sweepings approx 250g bag (£4.99). It is described thus: A 1/2lb (approx) mixed bag of nuts, bolts, washers and other bits that have fallen onto our workshop floor during bike builds/repairs. I was wondering whether there…

Taking a bit of a break

Well, the Lambeth Conference has been and gone. I had hoped to write more about it, but time has run out and I’m now taking a bit of a break from the blog for a couple of weeks. Welcome, by the way, to readers of the Echo (local paper for south Essex): ‘Cartoonist raises bishops’…

Danny Wallace: New World Order

Danny Wallace: New World Order

On Friday we went to see the Radio 4 comedy show New World Order being recorded. It is by Danny Wallace and was very entertaining… and free. Before we went into the actual studio-sort-of-area we had to write a question to ask the ruler of the world. Ten or so people were selected to read…

Lambeth responses – thank you

Just to say thank you to a number of people who have responded thus far to my request for helpers at Lambeth. I may not get back to everyone before Thursday as I’m out of the office today and still waiting to hear from one or two people. Thank you. Dave

Note about comments etc

Note about comments etc

A word about comments on this site. I appreciate the comments that are posted here, I really do. I’d like this to be a place where there is room for debate and even disagreement. However, there are a few things I need to say. First of all, rules. These need to be posted somewhere more…

What I really do all day

My real day job has been revealed by a kind commenter who sent me the following link: Patch Man To quote the site: Yellow is the color of manliness in this shawl-collared, saddle-shouldered, patch-elbowed pullover. Ann Budd added ribbing at the shoulders and patches in a contrasting yarn. Warm and fabulous. Made in Tahki Donegal…

End-of-Tuesday links

It is late, and I have been at Deanery Synod even though I am not a member of Deanery Synod. Suspicious. Here are some end-of-Tuesday links for you: An open letter to Subway about their cheese, from ‘Left handed toons by right handed people’. (Scroll down the page to see the September 10th blog entry…

Miscellaneous ‘lucky dip’ post selection

Miscellaneous ‘lucky dip’ post selection

This is a mishmash of posts that I will not have time to make before we leave for Greenbelt and various other places. Vegetables This is to show what can be grown in fairly small plastic pots in a garden in Essex by people who usually remember to do the watering but not always. Prayer…

Miscellaneous 'lucky dip' post selection

Miscellaneous 'lucky dip' post selection

This is a mishmash of posts that I will not have time to make before we leave for Greenbelt and various other places. Vegetables This is to show what can be grown in fairly small plastic pots in a garden in Essex by people who usually remember to do the watering but not always. Prayer…

My hypochondria is keeping me awake

My hypochondria is keeping me awake

I’m aware that this is a rain cartoon, not a hypochondria cartoon, but I cannot find the hypochondria one and it is too late to scan as it will wake the neighbours. “It is that blessed cartoonist and his 2am scanning again”, they will exclaim as they are awakened from their slumber. 2am typing is…

Twitter

I have signed up to Twitter, the service that allows anyone to make their own version of the dullest blog in the world (which, incidentally, will come back. In the fullness of time). All over the world people are sending text-message-length messages to Twitter saying what they are doing. Which is not terribly interesting, but…