Category: writing

Except of course I am not. I wanted a title that had a job in it and there aren’t many finer examples of the job/song fusion than Glen Campbell’s classic. Since my last post there have been a number of job related events in the news, some of which echo my comments. If you recall… Continue reading I am a lineman for the county

Warning, this post contains words that some people may find offensive Unmistakebly the Sex Pistols, today’s title works on more than one level as it happens. I have just returned from Dubai where a lot of people spend their holidays in the sun. I spent a few days working out of the sun when I… Continue reading I don’t want a holiday in the sun

I was going to title this ‘crisis what crisis?’ but really, the chance to use Public Enemy over Supertramp was really no contest at all. I am a bit of a late comer to the rap/hip hop party, never really thought it was for me I suspect. Last week though I bought ‘It Takes a… Continue reading Don’t believe the hype

We finished our lent discussion group last night. This has been an interesting 5 weeks. We joined in with the Alglicans at St Marks. All very nice people and along the way we had some quite interesting sessions. The course was on relationships. Last night we focussed on our relationship with God. The night opened… Continue reading Your own personal Jesus

I refer, of course, to the inimitable Cesar Millan. For those of you uninitiated this is the Dog Whisperer. The Dog Whisperer is on Sky3 at 6 most evenings and, for a dog owner, compulsive viewing. If you hear someone give their dog a little ‘sshhtt’ correction as they are out walking them then, chances… Continue reading Dog Man Star

I watched a really good thing on the telly last night, you may have seen it yourself (no it wasn’t echo beach – although I did watch that as well), it was Stuart Maconie presenting  the first in a series of programmes in which he will, with the aid of some notable names from the… Continue reading Well I’m gonna raise a fuss, I’m a gonna raise a holler….

Still looking at hope in BCLC. I am struggling a bit with getting into the subject and I had so much else to do yesterday that I couldn’t get into the activity either. Roll on January. So I will have to tell you about something else that I saw that made me think a lot… Continue reading I hope that God exists, I hope I pray

I do try to sometimes just watch the telly without thinking of metaphors for the demise of the church. Last night I watched the BBC4 Arena programme featuring Bob Dylans 3 appearances at the Newport folk festival. As a massive Dylan fan this was quite a treat. I had read many times about these concerts… Continue reading It’s all over now baby blue

Well done the BBC. Well done Radio 4. Well done the Today programme. Yesterday we heard that Northern Rock was getting an emergency loan to ensure (insure) that they don’t go belly up in the fall out from the US mortgage crisis. Everyone that knew what they were talking about said that this was prudent… Continue reading Congratulations

I am pleased to report that our new prospective minister to be is no longer such and as a result of his ordination on Saturday he now our new minister. He will be sat at his new desk now ministering to our every need. Unfortunately that is minus his new laptop because some fool (me)… Continue reading You can call me Al