View from the Potting Shed

Yesterday, much to my delight I received a package from Amazon UK. Inside was a surprise gift from a friend of mine of this book, called Signs of Life by Dave Askwith & Alex Normanton.
It arrived just as I was about to get ready to leave for St Andrews. That had to be […]

You’ve got to love YouTube. Every now and again it throws up a true gem of televisual broadcasting of the highest order.
Seemingly Heat Vision and Jack was created as a 1999 pilot for Fox. Written by Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab, directed by Ben Stiller, this series was passed over by Fox despite critical […]

Photograph of the Butts Wynd street sign in St Andrews. (Photograph by Todd Iceton.)
This morning I drove over to St Andrews for a meeting with my soon-to-be colleague, Dr Stephen Evans, and a meeting of the University Website Steering Group.
The drive over was fine, through typical Scottish driving rain and low mist as I drove […]

Did anyone else hear that item on BBC Radio 4’s Home Truths programme on Saturday morning, about the alphorn? It was one of the most magical moments on radio that I’ve ever heard.
Not only was the alphorn music quite hypnotic and calming, but the excitement and amazement in David Stafford’s voice was wonderful.
Here’s what […]

As spotted on Jonny Baker’s excellent blog:
rejection hurts - a new advert from ucc - brilliant!
The post, and link refers to a new campaign by the United Church of Christ in the USA to promote “an online community where people can share their personal stories of how they felt unwanted or alienated by organized religion.”
The […]

Yesterday, while preparing the slickly-titled Services and Ceremonies for Ash Wednesday and Holy Week 1967 liturgy for the SEC website I did a spell-check on the scanned document.
The two most amusing spell-checker offerings were: “Judas Escargot” for “Judas Iscariot” and “Joseph of Aromatherapy” instead of “Joseph of Arimathea“.
I like the idea of Joseph of Aromatherapy […]

Whenever I look at the tub of Sudocrem® in the bedroom (which is great for preventing cycling-related sore skin conditions on my bottom) I think of Sudoku (which I frequently find is a pain in the bottom!).
I just thought I’d share that with you.