November 2009
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Kim off at course in Stirling so I’m in Glasgow for a bit of down time - currently eating lunch in wagamama
Advent Daily Devotional Readings, Year 2 (from the... →
Watching our dance workshops first full rehearsal of the January show. The kids & young people are GREAT!! http://bit.ly/60838M
RT @xenijardin “Begrudgingly at a mall. Someone tell Bing Crosby to shut his mincemeat piehole.” Amen to that, til 1st Dec I say bah humbug!
I ran 5512m before hitting a wall and tumbling to my death on my iPhone. http://www.canabalt.com/
Kim out with doctor mates so am settling down to watch Alien for the first time. Got a box set of all 4 films for £10 at tesco. Horah!
Oh and enjoying some fantastic “Punk IPA” from the Aberdeen brewers Brewdog http://www.brewdog.com @brewdogjames
American TV Show host Jimmy Fallon does a brilliant Neil Young. Here he is performing the Fresh Prince theme. So very funny.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-22) →
Hot Hot Heat (6)
Biffy Clyro (5)
The Gaslight Anthem (3)
Sufjan Stevens (2)
Rhythms del Mundo (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Brilliant! Who’s stupider the dealers or the buyer? “Couple charged with trying to sell fake Warhols” http://tinyurl.com/yggzcaj
Something impossibly cheery for a Monday morning ( open in spotify: http://bit.ly/4PuQ2a ) Belle & Sebastian - Here Comes The Sun (Live)
Something insanely cheery for a Monday morning
Belle and Sebastian - Here Comes The Sun (Live)
Click to open in spotify
Ben Roy joining the family … http://www.flickr.com/photos/webster_tom/4125483645/
watching some 3D telly http://flic.kr/p/7h6dRv
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Creator, Creation & Creature: God & His World
John Webster
It’s a bit cheesy to post this I know but it was kinda cool to stumble across my Dad giving some lectures in Canada last month; plus they are actually pretty interesting!
As well as these 3 lectures from my Dad there is heaps of other good content here (Tom Wright & Howard Marshall among others). So go get your...
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We want them to know that we forgive them, their statement said.
Forgiveness...
– Wow. Statement from a father directed at the two girls deemed responsible or his daughters death. More here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8361968.stm
Schools week going great…God is good. This years team look an odd bunch tho… http://post.ly/Cqcp
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-15) →
Biffy Clyro (13)
Ben Folds (5)
Burial (4)
Band of Horses (3)
Nirvana (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2009 - The... →
My favourite is this: A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis.
Lardy boy tea of sausage sandwiches and fried potatos.
Making some sweet potato & lentil soup while kim watches strictly. Looks good so far… http://post.ly/Cc5T
On January 21, 1928 we had our last children’s service. I spoke on the man sick...
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer reflects on leaving his present charge as he moves into a new post in Balcelona.
I love that even a great leader like DB is unsure of how the children are responding yet at the same time he is moved by their faith & prayers
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Boys to Men, Rodeo Style, Las Vegas
Great pictures of kids & young adults at a Las Vega rodeo.
More at www.thesartorialist.com
Back from the new Aberdeen youth/family/children’s workers meeting. Some good Godly people. Great to hear what God is doing in our city.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-8) →
Beck (3)
Brendan Benson (2)
Barenaked Ladies (2)
Jay-Z (1)
The Rumble Strips (1)
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Tuesday Tunes
Click for a little playlist I made while checking emails this morning.
[It opens in Spotify]
Off to bed. Tomorrow down to Aloa/Dunblane for a wedding.
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Evangelism can change the world →
A great read, this post examines how by looking at our faith through the eyes of others (even others who are extremely different, even dangerous) we can see how we must reform.
A choice quote…
“Let us take a religious example. A movement in the Western world that continues to exist in a different way to the dominant values of society is the Amish community. Instead of looking at...
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The evolution of skateboarding →
5 cool videos showing skateboarding in 1965, 1975, 1984, 1996 & 2008.
RT @DaveGorman Go to http://waynerooney.com Click on the link “Wayne’s Books”. It’ll take you to a blank page. Unintentional-satire-agogo!
Woke early so decided to bite the bullet & just get up. Maybe I’ll be super productive today. I’ll probably just be a grumpy tired fool tho.
Nice day off with Kim. Looked round Union Square (verdict: not the transcendent experience I was lead to believe) then had coffee with Iain.