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Mid Week Round Up

July 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Theres plenty to get through today, normally there is a bit of a smorgasborg of topics, so decided to divide the round up a bit more topically this week (needless to say the topic headings are hopelessly inadequate), let me know if that is useful: Theology/Church Stuff: Scot McKnight just started blogging through [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Hat Tips · Miscellaneous · Music · Technology · Theology Thoughts

CLAN Gathering 2008

July 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Due to our annual leave being used up with our honeymoon and a trip to see my good friend John get married, along with buying our flights for both of those occasions we weren’t expecting to be able to go to the New Wine Scotland event this year CLAN Gathering. Well [...]

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Tags: Christian Living · Miscellaneous · My Life

The Great Read

July 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Jamie posted a list of the classics he has read after reading sonja’s list, This is from something called “The Big Read” from the NEA. They came up with a list of their top 100 books, and they estimate that the average adult has only read 6 of these books. I will highlight [...]

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The Kettles on…Continental Blend

July 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments

My last coffee purchase was just the right amount (125g) which meant the coffee beans were fresh right to the end, so I went back to MacBeans in my lunch hour and purchased CONTINENTAL BLEND - Strength Guide 5/5 Originally I had intended to try all of their ‘Pure Coffee’s but [...]

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Tags: Miscellaneous · My Life

Firefox 3 Problems?

July 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Whilst Firefox 2 used to use up RAM like no ones business (who even knows what that saying means!) Firefox 3 has been increasingly killing my Processor and over the last few days has thrown me a  ‘Firefox has unexpectedly had to close’ type window. Granted I did have around 20 tabs [...]

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Tags: Miscellaneous · Technology

Start of Week Round up

July 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I had a particularly hectic week last week with graduating at the start of the week (see pictures here) , then working in London for a few days yet not getting to see any action at Wimbledon!..now I am back on terra firma and able to give a tour of my rss reading catch up. [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Hat Tips · Miscellaneous · My Life · Theology Thoughts

Where do you get your Theology Books from?

June 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I have a few shelves of good theology books building up but I was wondering when I see the walls of professors offices, and some theology blogger’s lined with books, how do people build their theological libraries. Many Theological texts are well north of £30 and certainly many of the bloggers and prof’s [...]

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Tags: Miscellaneous · Theology Thoughts

As Kingfishers Catch Fire

June 20th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ll be away this weekend doing various testosterone filled activities in the aid of a friend’s stag weekend, should be good fun. There isn’t an end of the week round up this week, but theres plenty of those to dig through if your interested.  Instead I’ve posted this poem from the Eugene Peterson book I’ve [...]

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Tags: Miscellaneous · Theology Thoughts

The Kettles on…

June 17th, 2008 · No Comments

F or a while now I have abstained from the horrendous brown mixture indigenous to the UK known as Instant Coffee, and focused my efforts on having better smaller quantities of the real deal and have come to appreciate the creation and consumption of a good cup of coffee. After reading some things online [...]

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Tags: Miscellaneous · My Life

Start of the week round up

June 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Yes, only one post since last weeks round up and I have a plethora of posts for you. I am wondering if these round ups are overkill, but I do enjoy cataloging the finds for my own use at any rate. Andy White has re:launched his site with a fancy new design and [...]

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