When doing the household chores, the rewards are just doing a good job in and of itself. the one job with a perk is the laundry. The main perk is the occasional discovery of money are you check the trouser pockets before they go into the machine. (If its a bad day a couple of [...]
Christmas lights at House of Fraser, Glasgow (i didn’t buy anything.)
Yesterday,
Filed in church, events, Family, shopping, small news, theology, thinking, work, youthworkI wrote a letter… It was accepted. Changes. They come in some unexpected places. You came to take us All things go, all things go To recreate us All things grow, all things grow We had our mindset (I made a lot of mistakes) All things know, all things know (I made a lot of [...]
I spent some of last night building our newest, shiny, white piece of furniture, the magnificent “bloom Fresco Loft Contemporary Leatherette Baby Chair, Ivory White with Rock Red.” this is a photo record of what turned out to be a simple build, which looks great to start with the publicity shot all the bits and [...]
On Tuesday our kettle stopped working. With baby milk and stuff, having boiling water quickly is a good idea generally. While boiling on the cooker was effective, it was taking considerably longer than a kettle. Soon Wednesday due to a mobile phone message mix up, I was dispatched to buy a new kettle. In our [...]
Exciting news from Howies! (one of the best small clothing companies about.) Scotland here we come Finally, after some broken promises and premature wishes, we are on our way to Edinburgh and Glasgow to hold back-to-back sample sales. The Edinburgh sale will be held at: Assembly rooms 54 George Street Edinburgh, EH2 2LR The opening [...]
after a bit of twitter action, what do you think i will be doing this weekend? I also bought 3 books at the Oxfam bookshop, Grace Davie’s ‘The Sociology of Religion’ Clay Shirky’s ‘Here Comes Everybody’ Appignanesi & Garratt’s Introducing Postmodernism Good buying this week then! how was your shopping? PS does anyone know where [...]
Mark Steel – Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, 21st March 2009
Filed in events, shopping, TV, youthworkHow do you review comedy? I have been to a few comedy shows over the years John Shuttlesworth, Bill Bailey, Harry Hill, Milton Jones & Joe Fisher, some famous, some medium some not so famous. all quite funny. if i had to rate them then 1 Milton Jones – Absolutely Hilarious 2 Harry Hill – [...]
To celebrate World book day on Friday, rich, dressed up as a lion. I on the other hand bought a book. “The Fragile Absolute, or why is the christian legacy worth fighting for?” by Slavoj Žižek i think this shall be the next book i will read. continuing my ongoing attempt to read books that [...]
In these times of trouble financially, the repairing manifesto from Platform 21 in amsterdam is pertinent and relevant. (I cannot remember who pointed this out but thanks to them.)
