it is 29 minutes til my birthday... well, for me anyways, my south african family and friends have been celebrating it for hours already, as have the few contacts i know in Australia and different friends across Europe... have not heard from so many UK friends yet, but they'll be waking up soon and joining in... and then when i sleep and wake up, americaland will have caught on and i will finally be able [...]
this year we got to be secret rooftop witnesses of this incredible act of Christmas mischief that Shane speaks about in this article and it was incredible hearing some of the stories from some of the people who had no idea where the money came from and yet for some of them it was a complete lifeline and life-changing moment for them: So here is the start of the article shane wrote but click on [...]
two nights ago val got a call from a guy from a local church who told her that some homeless people [who had been evicted along with the 'Occupy Philly' people this week] had moved under a nearby bridge and would we the Simple Way be wanting to do anything about it – i chatted to him and got the details and told him i would try go that evening… something more prioritised came up [...]
i don't want abortions to happen, but i don't want to adopt a child or support a home that looks after abandoned kids i don't want drug dealers on my back door step, but i don't want to come up with an alternative for the guys whose only income comes through selling drugs i don't want racism, but i don't want to take the time to really engage with someone of a different race or [...]
one of my favourite cartoon strips is called 'Pearls Before Swine' and in this one i think Stephan Pastis nails it on the head [the premise is rat who is a cynical and mean character rediscovers the chest in the attic where he locked his conscience many years before]: [For another great Pearls Before Swine moment, this time involving a mini-thesis from me on being Facebook poked, click here]
the other day i saw this cartoon that someone had posted on facebook that was pretty funny but involved hitler in a way that i knew would be offensive to a lot of jewish people. so i immediately wrote the girl who had posted it an email [more a friend of a friend than a direct friend] and just before i hit the send key i stopped for a moment, reread what i had written [...]
in the bigger scheme of things today was a bit of a crappy day - i mean i am generally quite an easy-going guy and it takes quite a lot to piss me off or really ruin a day and as i sit here typing just before i go to bed, it's not like i feel this huge 'burden of the day' or anything - i still feel like it was a great day with [...]
that was the tagline i saw and i was curious while obviously mildly skeptical but flip, check it out - this is insane: clicking here and here will take you there but i know that you being who you are are going to be tempted to click here instead. why would you do that, it's the first two, really.
so yesterday was one of those fun days when i posted what i thort was a random thort on some global happening and turns out it wasn't... not that i am new to this or very much surprised - from not joining the save the orangutang group on facebook which eventually [after much patient messaging and reasoning and trying to be nice] scored Justine from Australia the prize of being the first person i had [...]
a lot of people don't like the church - some people outright hate it [cos of things they've seen, experienced, heard about or feel the church has done to them], others are not fans [disillusioned, frustrated, confused, bored] while others just don't really care either way... i, on the other hand, love the church [as do many others and as does God which is always a good indicator] and i'm not talking about a specific [...]