This post was prompted by apparent opinion of a news article about more than a thousand Roman Catholic priests voicing opposition to same-sex marriage legislation in an open letter to the Daily Telegraph.Here is my theory!! In my first hand experience there is minimal enthusiasm in Britain for the church and yet the UK sentiment... Continue Reading →
More reasons to fight?
Was there a church in Mecca? Chiselled stonework with 'Christian figure' discovered at holy site in YemenOh great, another location in the Middle East for religious zealots to scrap over. Just what we need!!!
Piers Morgan
Let me first say, I am no supporter of Piers Morgan... but....Judging by the unbalanced weight of opinion against Piers, I can only assume that the world has gone mad. With the petition to the US Administration, we can safely assume the gun lobby are out in force, however anybody who bothers to listen to... Continue Reading →
Hope for the future?
Since September 2010, when Christchurch suffered its first earthquake the news media has never eaten so well. Their banquet has included the November 24th Pike River mine disaster and extreme weather sweeping through Europe and the US. Never before have we seen natural disaster on such a grand scale. With 2011 barely underway, yet another... Continue Reading →
295 shopping days to Christmas
Just 64 days into 2011... 301 to go....Already this year we have seen major earthquakes in beautiful Christchurch and The Philippines, revolution in the Middle East, the overthrow of an Egyptian dictator and we watch in horror as a Libyan madman turns on his own people. Australia's worst disaster with the flooding of Bris Vegas... Continue Reading →
Rolling Eyes
Even I think my sense of humour is a bit sad at times but some things just really make me laugh. Am I the only one who laughed at headlines talking about bionic eyes being rolled out? You can't talk about rolling out eyes for goodness sake....Impressive technology, awesome and no doubt it will bring... Continue Reading →
15th January 10am – Brisbane Floods – The Power of The Microphone
The Power of the MicrophoneBackup up a little...Don't you just love the media and their efforts to bring the latest headlines to the nation?In the aftermath of the Brisbane floods, too early for clean up duty, those of us lucky enough to have power were glued to our TV screens watching the news broadcasts from... Continue Reading →
14th January 08:31am – Brisbane Floods – river levels
For those who can’t see the river, I can confirm it has receded significantly overnight. Another foot and it will be back to the same level it was when I arrived home on Tuesday afternoon!
13th January 10:09am – Brisbane Floods – Lifts
For those who haven’t heard yet, it looks very much like both of our buildings have completely escaped the water!! Awesome... wot a relief!Now you may recall I mentioned an inability to record Coronation Street? Turns out that was the least of it, it can get worse.... they have disabled our lifts.... FOURTEEN flights of... Continue Reading →
Funny and Serious ... food for thought ... 