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I wonder how much old friends change.  I suppose we wouldn't notice because of us both changing, for example getting old physically. In that case we would see the other person in exactly the same light. I normally only speak to the friend that I was meeting by telephone or e-mail and in a way we have telepathic contact which means that a physical meeting is not necessary from the technical point...

It's very nice to get up when you feel like it.  The only restriction we have here at the hotel was that the breakfast closes at 10 AM so if you've any sense you go down to the breakfast room by 9:30 AM unless you want to feed on scraps and 'been kept hot for too long' food. As we had a little time to spare before meeting our friends, we alighted at Euston and popped in to the Wellcome Museum,...

Up early, the usual check around to see that everything is locked and that the gas is turned off. We normally turn all electrical appliances off except the fridge and freezer that we have to trust to behave well, not catch fire etc We had breakfast at an eatery called the Giraffe opposite Bath bus station. Porridge was the order of the day with which we had with generous amounts of fruit and it...

A week does not go by without my buying another book.  This is a very small selection of books that I intend to read and in some cases are reading.  Let's go over these in some detail. Prayer – Philip Yancey.  It is so easy for prayer to become a shopping list.  Philip looks into why we pray, how we pray , to whom we pray and for what reason.  His main tenet is that God knows what we want before...

In spite of of Samuel Pepys' many duties he used to occasionally lie in bed until late in the morning.  I suspect he needed to because the pain from his various ailments were stronger than he cared to admit. However, this has nothing to do with the fact that today I stayed in the lovely warmth of my bed until 11 o'clock. I disregarded my portable radio news programs which are permanently...

This post is somewhat of a rant.  I take considerable care to make sure that I'm evenhanded in my opinions.  In this case I'm reviewing my attitude to the the BBC.  This is an excellent film (below) which shows the bias the BBC and their unwillingness to engage with those who disagree with them..  What I like about this interview is its measured page and thoughtful nature. After watching this...