Sunday, October 18th, 2009
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5:06 pm - Burning bibles on Halloween
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It's what Jesus would have wanted!
Marc Grizzard, of Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton, North Carolina, says that the first King James translation of the Bible is the only true declaration of God’s word, and that all others are “satanic”.
Pastor Grizzard and 14 other members of the church plan to burn copies of the other “perversions” of Scripture on Halloween, 31 October.
They're planning a barbecue as well. Presumably using the burning gospels to grill the sausages.
I'm not a Christian, but I'm pretty sure they're doing it wrong.
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Saturday, October 17th, 2009
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6:37 pm - I can hear lots of fireworks.
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Saturday, September 19th, 2009
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9:38 am - Talk like a pirate day
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
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12:51 pm - The world is a noisy place
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Wow, it's noisy.
I had a few kilos of ear wax splurted out of my ears this morning after being almost deaf for 2 weeks. I can hear birds singing again.
And this keyboard sounds very loud.
My left ear is still a bit deaf, apparently it's water. Should be okay once it's dried out.
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Monday, September 7th, 2009
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10:28 pm - It's a thing, for your thumb!
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
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6:35 pm - Honest, the moon's made out of wood!!
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Monday, August 24th, 2009
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9:53 pm - Currently reading...
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A History of Venice by John Julius Norwich.
Picked up second-hand a while ago, but just got round to reading it.
Awesome stuff.
Interestingly, Venice had a state provided health service by 1335.
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
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1:34 pm - Snail Apocalypse
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I cut the hedge in the back garden today for the first time since we moved in 3 years ago. I hacked it right back, hopefully it'll recover. It's rather brown and woody, since most of the leaves have be chopped off.
And it was FULL of snails. They ended up scattered over the lawn and patio. There's something a little tragic than the sound of snails getting squashed underfoot... I think I'll sweep the surviving ones back under the remaining hedge.
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Sunday, August 16th, 2009
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10:43 am - Wot I did on my hols
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I'm back from holiday.
It was very good despite some slightly dodgy weather. Considering the summer we've had it we were lucky not to get rained on every day, but we only had 1 or 2 soggy moments and I managed to get sunburned.
We spent a week in St Ives in Cornwall down in the far south west of Britain, about a 300 mile drive (which is nothing for USA people, but really quite a long way for us Brits). It was (as usual for us) a walking holiday with organised walks (so we didn't get lost, and so the kids had other kids to play with).
There were mostly cliff top coastal walks (lots of ups and downs) and some field & woods walks (lots of blackberries). Daniel did a fair bit of walking considering his age, but I carried him on my shoulders a bit more than I would have liked (he's heavy!). Thomas clocked up 25 miles over 5 walks, not particularly long for him, but then we did some really short ones because of Daniel.
We also did some beach stuff - Daniel got sand *everywhere* - and a visit to an animal park (mainly birds).
It simultaneously felt longer than a week and much much shorter, which I think is a sign of a good holiday.
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Thursday, August 6th, 2009
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9:39 am - Waistcoat
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I have a sudden hankering to wear a waistcoat. A big, bright, brocade waistcoat.
I fear that watching Desperate Romantics is affecting me...
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Thursday, July 16th, 2009
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12:00 pm - VCR broke
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Our VHS player/recorder seems to have died. Or at least dying.
And we have lots of kids videos we can't play any more.
I wonder if they even sell VCRs nowadays...
Hmmm... maybe I'll check ebay.
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Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
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9:09 pm - Swim boy
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Thomas had his school swimming gala today. He was in two races and came 3rd and joint 2nd (out of 6).
His team came joint 1st!
He doesn't get it from me, I only drink like a fish. :D
My foot still hurts a bit. Maybe I broke something after all. It's a little late to bother going to the doctor though.
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Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
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11:14 pm - kid stuff
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Thomas had his school sports day today. Daniel and I went along to watch, cheer and get wet in the rain. Thomas was in the 'football slalom relay' and 'hockey slalom relay'. His team won the hockey relay and I think they came second in the football slalom (he wasn't sure either).
His team won the overall prize. :-)
Daniel has turned into Mr Grumpy-Bossy-Pants. I mentioned that the sky was blue and he started insisting that it was, in fact, green. He then got upset and outraged once he went outside and saw it was BLUE! It's like reality is conspiring against him!
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
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12:37 pm - Purple toze all in my .... sock.
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My little toe (the one I banged on Sunday) has turned purple. It's not very fetching.
It doesn't hurt much, but the rest of the foot has started to ache because I'm walking strangely to avoid putting pressure on the sore place.
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
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9:56 pm - Yum
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Sunday, June 14th, 2009
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7:27 pm - Book Meme
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Don’t take too long to think about it.
Fifteen books you’ve read that will always stick with you.
First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes.
Copy the instructions into your own post.
nicked from donnickcottage amongst others...
( In no particular order )
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
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2:55 pm - Swan-fu
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Saturday, May 23rd, 2009
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9:27 pm - Playing with Javascript
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Monday, May 11th, 2009
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6:03 pm - Piggy Flu
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A local school (the posh private one) is closed for a week due to a suspected case of swine flu.
So the next door neighbour's kid has a week off.
He's in our front room at the moment, playing with Thomas. I can't hear any sneezing. :-)
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Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
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8:17 pm - Mutant Cakes
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