View from the Potting Shed

While reading around the subject of Jesus saying:
“You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?”
(Luke 12: 56)
I picked up this book off my bookshelf: The Present Future: Six tough questions for the Church by Reggie McNeal.
Wow! Well there’s […]

Spotted on the Total Battlefield 2 Forum (I subscribe to the RSS feed). These rhythms have been created using Battlefield 2 weapon sounds.
Battlefield 2 Gun Sounds

Battlefield 2 Vehicle Sounds

Great fun, but clearly someone has too much time on their hands.

Photo by Aleksandr Greckas, courtesy of stock.xchng
I’m preaching this coming weekend at Newport-on-Tay (Fr David’s old stomping ground).
Preparation has started already … I don’t have the luxury of being able to write sermons during the day any more, sadly. And I’m supposed to be in Selkirk on Saturday helping Mum, so even my ’safety day’ […]

Sony Bravia advert
Most of you — at least those in the UK who watch television — will have seen the colourful Sony Bravia advert. For those of you who haven’t, or if you want to see it again, here it is (courtesy of YouTube):

Spoof
I discovered this spoof interview with a supposed resident. It’s very, very […]

My desk at work, today.
Lunchtimes are fun here. In that one hour of freedom you can get on with fun little projects or try things out while your work colleagues are busily munching on a packet of sandwiches from Boots.
Today I stole borrowed my colleague Steve’s second monitor off his desk and plugged it into […]

On Saturday morning Jane and I drove to Selkirk to see Mum for three hours. It’s getting mighty close to her move (a week on Wednesday) so we popped down to help out with a few things and pick up the rocking horse, to take it back to its new ‘paddock’: guest bedroom #2.
Then […]

An interesting juxtaposition of church building with the Incredible Hulk’s face.
It’s the Lammas Fair in St Andrews just now. Which means that the shows (the fun fair) are in town and currently blocking up South Street, Church Street and Market Street.
It was an eerie walk to work on Friday and this morning, silently walking in […]