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Perhaps I should have added a category for the Church of England, where I’m sure the church wardens would leave the broken bulb in place for 6 months before a parishioner decided to change it themselves. Though that’s probably just where I come from.

How many Christians does it take to change a light bulb? Charismatic : Only 1 Hands are already in the air. Pentecostal : 10 One to change the bulb, and nine to pray against the spirit of darkness. Presbyterians : None Lights will go on and off at predestined times. Roman Catholic : None Candles […]

Recently I’ve been involved in auditioning candidates for scholarships, based on organ-playing or singing abilities. Before I start, I’d like to point out that my views are nothing to do with Cambridge University, or Robinson College. Why is it that I’m so nervous, when I’m the one doing the interviewing? Could it be that I’m […]

One of the interesting things happening in the Church of England at the moment is the wave of alternative forms of worship which have been spreading across the country. Many people (including myself) still swear by the 1662 Book of Common Prayer (revised 19 hundred and something). Since then it has been (a fair bit) […]

A quite well-reasoned post from a messageboard: You know, not to be insensitive, but I wondered at the time if some of the horrors coming out of both places was (atleast partially) bullshiat. I mean, so you get a story of some 9 year old being raped and having her throat cut at the Superdome… […]

One of the things that struck me about the coverage of hurricane Katrina was the enormous death tolls reported from the “Superdome” in New Orleans. Tracking this via. the BBC, we hear detailed tales of suicides, rapes, murder, gangland violence… I’ve searched out several articles which may prove illuminating. The first consists of eyewitness accounts […]

I’m sure someone will write in to complain about this, but here goes… I was slightly uneasy when I first heard, on BBC News, comparisons being drawn between hurricane Katrina in America, and the Asian Tsunami disaster of Boxing Day (26th September for non-UK people) 2004. I was at first just unsettled at the concept […]

Firstly I’d like to apologise for not saying anything for a while. My dial-up connection has shredded any hopes I may have had to keep up-to-date. To break the silence, I thought I’d open with an observation on life in Cambridge: The residents hate the students.They in turn hate the tourists.Everybody hates the beggars.

OK, let’s just gather our breath for one second here. 100,000 people? That’s a lot. I wonder where it came from? According to Anthony Cox at Black Triangle, it comes from the Lancet, an established medical journal. So it must be true!!! Kill the Government!!! Hmm. Let’s have a look at the report itself. Findings […]

It turns out the Michael Jackson was innocent after all. Hmm, I don’t exactly believe that statement, but it’s certainly true that a jury has judged him not guilty of child molestation. Could this be because there was very little evidence against him, and that all the witnesses were there for the money? Probably. It’s […]

I’ve always used Yahoo! Mail for all my email needs, but just lately they’ve decided to try and wind me up. For some reason, every time I send an email I’m having to fill in one of those silly “Anti-spam” boxes on a web form, giving me a skewed picture with some letters hidden in […]

Well, it’s all over, another Labour victory for the UK. It was a slight surprise given all the media reporting and all the people I know voting for something else. Looking at the results, it doesn’t look as though anyone else had a real chance.Locally, the Cambridge results were somewhat interesting, with a major shift […]

With the forthcoming UK election, I thought I’d add some comments to those already floating around the web. My father is currently in soapbox mode, ranting every time the news comes on, which is always entertaining to watch, even if it hampers rational debate. It’s struck me that the fundamental decision for most voters will […]

Wiki:A sort of online community scheme system device webpage which creates data and allows the whole community to edit it. Thus eventually an end product is produced which everyone is happy with. Examples include http://en.wikipedia.org .

In Cambridge I frequently get an opportunity to mull over the impact of evangelical Christianity. This sounds like a completely random statement, but it’s truth lies in the way the University Christian Union insists on forcing its agenda down everyone’s throats. I have a certain respect for them as a Christian myself, and a certain […]

I don’t mean to be anti-American at all, I’ve just come across both of these issues recently and thought I’d mention them. Doctor CBB at CodeBlueBlog produced the following article about breast cancer screening in Britain. Having read this Blog for a while, I’ve realised how the author passionately believes in the US healthcare system, […]

Reading http://www.fark.com I came across the folllowing news: http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=1000639&tw=wn_wire_story It’s nice to see that perhaps somebody will profit from the deaths of thousands. We expect a hearing within 30 days,” Austrian lawyer Gerhard Podovsovnik told Reuters. “We don’t earn any money on the lawsuit. We want to help people,” he said. “We are suing to […]

Besides being an epic choral work by Copland, it’s the first post of this…