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... take from our souls the strain and stress ...
I’ve no great appreciation for poetry or paintings. High arts aren’t my thing. I’m inspired by people, ideas, events, but rarely blocks of words prin…
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Things I didn't know this time yesterday ...
* If a car battery even loses only a few volts - say 9V instead of its normal 12V - it can be unable to start the car's engine . * Leaving an int…
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Dwight Eisenhower – planning and leadership
A five-star General who became the 34th President of the United States, Dwight Eisenhower had a thing or two to say about planning and leadership. …
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And Frank sent this … light from any quarter?
Although “ and Frank sent this ” is the poor punch line of a child’s joke (or a dodgy playwright’s sense of humour), there’s a big challenge to the C…
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GNER - took 3 months, but I eventually got a refund
Back at the end of June, I journeyed up from London to Newcastle (upon Tyne) on the train. It was the first of this summer's English floods (fash…
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Going the extra mile for outsiders
Naomi, her husband and sons moved away from their country to Moab when their own land was experiencing famine. Her sons married local Moabite women. …
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Resolutions … one month on
Time flies like an arrow … fruit flies like a banana. One month into the new year, how many of our resolutions are broken. Some good news amongst my …
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Patterns of life
Douglas Coupland's novel Jpod (and Microserfs before that) points to the potential for most workers in the Silicon Valley IT industry to be som…
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Virgin's famed customer service ... let down by National Express?
It was all going to plan. The new bmi red eye to Heathrow took off and landed on schedule (touching down a shade after 0740), leaving me plenty of ti…
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When the hole in the wall doesn’t want to know you any more
Been a bit lax posting this week. Basic reason, way too busy to catch up on email, never mind update the blog. As usually, after a lull when I manage…
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KnEeetops? You won't find Vodafone’s LiveGuy in Northern Ireland :(
Every now and again there’s a big change in the kind of electronic devices that businesses and consumers want to buy. Usually a firm markets somethin…
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Advent candles vs lights out in work
Today is the first Sunday in Advent . Many Christian churches will have celebrated by lighting one candle in an Advent wreath holding four (or five …
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Resolutions … one month on
Time flies like an arrow … fruit flies like a banana. One month into the new year, how many of our resolutions are broken. Some good news amongst my …
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Amazing Grace
Across the country, lots of churches made sure that Amazing Grace was included on the hymn board. Today was labelled as Amazing Grace Sunday , mark…
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Plan A = starting with reusing plastic bags
Back in March I mentioned that Marks and Spencer had joined the race to become (and be seen as) an eco-friendly, fair trade trader. The full page ne…
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Patterns of life
Douglas Coupland's novel Jpod (and Microserfs before that) points to the potential for most workers in the Silicon Valley IT industry to be som…
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Things I didn't know this time yesterday ...
* If a car battery even loses only a few volts - say 9V instead of its normal 12V - it can be unable to start the car's engine . * Leaving an int…
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EuroStar - a civilised way of getting from London to Brussels
Getting on board on Monday was a bit fraught. The travel company hadn’t bothered to pass on my credit card details to Eurostar , so the booking had …
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An ordination, a wedding, and breakfast with the Police Ombudsman!
Not quite three weddings and a funeral - more like three women and a busy weekend. The more unusual activities included attending an ordination, a we…
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Kurt Vonnegut’s take on zoos
Combining two recent sets of posts, the death of the author Kurt Vonnegut and the ethics of zoos . A drawing by Vonnegut, titled Trout’s Tomb . - -…
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