Sad creature that I am I seldom if ever take a day off. Today after some suitable bubbly liquid and an excellent lunch I turn to my PC and see what the media are writing How Christians Celebrate a Pagan Fertility Demon Called "Easter" Instead of Obeying the Teachings of Jesus Christ. The Council of Nicaea in 325 AD under the Roman emperor Constantine approved the official "doctrine" of...
It is very tempting to go for one of those offers you see in the papers but at the risk of stating the blindingly obvious you can end up spending much more. I like reasonably attractive frames but my main problem is needing verifocals because I don't like having two pairs or spectacles. This variation can easily run up the cost to £200 and that's via the internet without a personal...
I find that the mindset of the Chinese sellers is to advertise a product which lives up to its claims but only in the short term. It is not designed to last. # My first example a spotlight, an LED, which flashes or beams to order. The problem is that the chargeable battery torch is so small that it only lasts about 15 minutes so if you want to go on a ramble at night you'd be well advised not to...
I am sick of seeing interviewees on television scarcely being allowed to finish a sentence before the person who is doing the interview interrupts them and in many cases contradicts them. Let's get some definitions here. The word interview comes from inter - between and vides - to see. In other words both parties 'see' and hopefully respect each other. There is no indication of lack of parity....
No doubt about it, I've got an overdeveloped sense of social responsibility. At the same time however I do enjoy things like writing yesterday's diary where I reproduced a sermon. Thank you otter.ai for transcribing it but I can tell you that 2000 words takes some time because Otter does not paginate, does not know when sentences begin, and can make some mistakes so you have to go through...
The last time I attended a funeral of any sort was the best part of 10 years so I had even forgotten the niceties of the protocol. Today I attended the funeral of my brother-in-law who at 91 years of age decided to depart this planet after three years in a home whilst experiencing the effects of Alzheimer's disease. This condition is a particularly difficult one for friends and family because it...
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