View from the Potting Shed

In common with all other Scottish Christian blogs, I may have given the impression that I thought that the Powerpoint Edinburgh committee had lost their minds in inviting such a controversial public figure to speak at this season’s opening event at St Thomas’, Glasgow Road, tonight.
Blog post titles such as “Theroux a glass darkly”, “When […]

What would really happen if your toys came to life? This short film (4 minutes 54 seconds) tries to answer that very question.
This made me cry with laughter. A lot.
Bits of it made Jane laugh too, although at the end of it she said that she thinks I’ve got a weird sense of humour.
WARNING: […]

Conversation between Jane and me while driving home from Edinburgh on Saturday night. I was driving and feeling quite tired; Jane was in the passenger’s seat.

Gareth: How awake are you?
Jane: Not very, why?
Gareth: Don’t worry, I just wondered if you wanted to take over driving. I’m getting sleepy.
Jane: I could … it would probably […]

While preparing my sermon this week I came across the following shocking statistic amongst various notes:
1,800 people leave the Church in the UK each week; that’s one every six minutes.
Sadly, in my notes I didn’t record the source of that statistic or the date for which this particular statistic was true. But in a […]

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.

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 […]

Last night I began to wonder if I really am an autonomous, free-thinking human-being and not just the creation of a 20th/21st-century literary genius.
Yesterday, late-afternoon, a few minutes before five, I checked my email. There was one from our Acting Director informing us that today (Thursday) Registry would be running progression. This basically means that […]