All things
A Facebook friend of mine (and an author whose work I've admired for over years) Jessica Lipnack shared this article – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ron-currie-jr/things-i-learned-while-wr_b_659568.ht…
Tagged: psychology
Chasing Cars
'Chasing Cars' is the name of a song by the band 'Snow Patrol'. I quite like it - I'm a sucker for sad songs and this is a fine example of the genre. However, it has a little bit of 'back story'. A…
The world's messy - get used to it
One of the great things about Twitter is that it brings articles to my attention that I wouldn't otherwise have read. This blog post originated in one of those articles. It's here- in it, the writer n…
Tweeting in meetings....
I came across this ratherinteresting article from the personal blog of a Pastor in the US recently in which he suggests that Tweeting in Church might be a good idea. Now, I have to admit that I was s…
Politically Correctly Dead
This story is desperately, tragically sad on a number of levels, and also makes me pretty angry. Read the story - unless you've had a very sheltered life (oh, working in the public sector or the hall…
Dr Who - lazy writing or social engineering?
And so the new incarnation of Dr Who has his first adventure on BBC One, with 27 year old Matt Smith as the latest actor to portray the eponymous Time Lord. The one thing about Doctors these days is …
I sometimes wonder....
As some of you will know, I'm what's best described as an (occasionally) practising Christian. Just to get the joke out of the way early, I'll keep practising and one day I hope to get it right! Yes…
New Media, Old Manners
This post is based on some comments I made on another blog recently - dealing with the question of whether using Social media turns us in to rude bumpkins. Whilst it's true that the decision to parti…
If this is being a Man, I bagsy being a Penguin...
I have a thing for penguins. I have no idea why, but they appeal to me. It all started 20 odd years ago when I saw the 'Bloom County' cartoon strip that featured Opus the penguin (he who features wh…
Just for today...
This is something I came across many moons ago, and is one of the most useful 'secular prayers' that I've ever come across. It originated with Alcoholics Anonymous and it's a most useful approach to …