Jun
30
And Of Course: Spain
June 30, 2005 | Comments Off
Everyone’s at it these days.
Good on the Spanish parliament.
Jun
30
Travelling/Returning/Big Brother
June 30, 2005 | Comments Off
Just back from a trip to Germany made thoroughly annoying by the flight back being cancelled and having to come via a ninety minute taxi ride, a different departure airport and a different arrival airport. Not, truthfully, in the greatest frame of mind just at the moment.
En route out there on Tuesday, I spotted […]
Jun
29
An Early “Happy Canada Day”
June 29, 2005 | Comments Off
Canada Day is actually on Friday, but I feel like celebrating The Joy of Canada, as that fine nation, in which I’ve spent so much good time, has now become the third in the world to make gay marriage legal.
Ladies and gentlemen, please now be upstanding for the National Anthem:
O Canada!
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Jun
28
Heh
June 28, 2005 | Comments Off
David and I caught a bit of Big Brother last night, and I felt his comment at the outset was bloggable.
Before the programme started, they did a Channel 4 standard “This programme contains nudity and strong language” warning.
David’s response was “Really? With this crowd? What a shock. It would be more noteworthy […]
Jun
27
The Face Of Channel Four
June 27, 2005 | Comments Off
I daresay that these days others could legitimately be given the title. The Divine Davina is an obvious candidate, and maybe Jon Snow would be an option.
But basically, the first face on screen on day one of Channel 4, the man whose slightly disturbing banter with Carol Vorderman made an entire generation of viewers […]
Jun
26
Party Party Party
June 26, 2005 | Comments Off
More or less this time last year, I posted under this same title, having been to a ‘house party’ for the first time in living memory. I’ve now been to one for the second time in living memory, and it was the same party. That is, it was this year’s version of the […]
Jun
23
Schism Is A Great Word
June 23, 2005 | 1 Comment
Seriously, it’s one of those words that always sounds so dramatic.
It’s been in my mind today as a result of having heard the news about ‘liberal’ US and Canadian churches being excluded from the Anglican Consultative Council. Regular readers will be aware that I’ve followed the situation in the Anglican Church with some interest […]
Jun
22
Not My Type
June 22, 2005 | Comments Off
Courtesy of John at Sore Eyes, I found a link to Me(ish), in which some extensions to the limited range of personality types allowed by the standard Myers-Briggs psychometric test are provided.
My own favourites are:
SPQR
Thinks in straight lines. Tendency to invade and occupy projects. Looks good in sandals.
IMHO
Opinionated about everything. Shares opinion even when unwelcome. […]
Jun
20
Wimbledon Watch
June 20, 2005 | 4 Comments
Here we go again I guess. How typical is it that at 6am this morning with yet another gorgeous day in prospect the BBC radio people were chatting about how great it was that this year’s championship is going to have such a brilliant start, weather-wise, and by 10am the rain was lashing down […]
Jun
19
Warm, Isn’t It?
June 19, 2005 | Comments Off
So what better day is there likely to be to walk ten kilometres with a couple of thousand other people along a central London route that offered shade for perhaps a quarter of the distance than the hottest, sunniest day of the year so far?
I’ve sweated what feels like *gallons* today.
Still, we did the walk […]