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Weblogs

I have been enjoying deli.cio.us as a means of tagging favourite sites (and then sharing them and seeing who else is onto similar things). Scroll down the left hand column a little and I have my five most recent additions shown.

I am also enjoying using Librarything (a bit of a scroll down the right hand column) to display a random selection of books I own. I can then compare my library with others and see who has a similar taste in books. Now that's nice.

43 things is another thing I've tried (not so far down the left hand column), but is less funky. Maybe I haven't really worked it out yet. It seems a bit too static and unwieldy. Many of the things that people say are one of their 43 things to do are things that either I have no interest in doing, or things that I wouldn't want to confess to wanting to do in the public domain. If that doesn't get you looking at the 43 things site then nothing will.

I would love a widget that took the name of the track currently playing in Media Player and displayed that on the blog. I think I know how to do this in the latest versions of Messenger, but not in Typepad. The Typepad type lists are a bit too slow to update, and its hard to check whether you have put something in properly. Any suggestions of other social bookmarking type software and sites?

Ouch

I felt somwhat stung when reading hopeful's post about the curse of self-justification. Not that it was a personal jibe from him, far from it, but I know I feel the need to justify what I have done, presumably because I tend to be wary of criticism aimed at me. There's a perfectly good reason for this, of course, when I was...hang on isn't that self-justification?

I sat here a moment ago having read the above post and felt a sense of relief as I heard the bell in Church toll for 8am Communion. It meant that people had sorted themselves out despite the clocks going back and somebody was in charge (not me as I am doing the rounds of the other Churches in a few minutes).

F and I were laughing on holiday (just the once) because we remembered that one of the first presents she bought for me was a small badge with a picture of Eeyore on it. Perhaps I ought to see if I can find it anywhere...

Meet the Flock

Interesting day so far. Felt stir crazy looking at the PC and trying to get my head round rotas, so I decided to get on my feet and go and see some, er what do you call them? People! Stroll the patch and meet the Flock. Brilliant (although needed the loo by lunchtime).

And Flock also looks like becoming a big thing on the net, if this write up is anything to go by.

I believe in quality AND quantity

and lately you've been getting neither, oh faithful reader (singular). Sadly I am away again for a day, so no more for a while.

Due to the interruption in our scheduled posts here is the test card.

Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

I have started to make some changes to the blog (think of it as a very early spring clean). I have added a Common Creative licence because I want you to feel free to use particularly my photos, but only if you are not making money out of me (capitalists! - boo hiss).

What I love about blogs...

Mind wandering during a carol service (you've got to do something to stop yourself wanting to shoot people who write/sing madrigals), and so I sort of wrote in my head about why I blog...

Post #300

According to my typepad stats this is post number 300. Wow.

Thanks to those who read and stop by, especially to those who drop a comment. Many apologies to those who find this site whilst searching for deep and meaningful topics, only to find I have made a joke about it.

(P.S. ...and a big Hello or however you say it to people who have dropped by in the last 24 hours from Peru and Malta and anywhere in between)

The holly and the ivy

As a public service I have added a small photo album containing a couple of pictures I took of a holly bush with nice red berries. If you can use these as backgrounds or wherever in worship this Advent or Christmas then feel free.

Theology, ivory towers and life in the real world

I remember joking with my Incumbent when I first arrived here. Having done two years at college because I was over thirty (still am sadly) he said something about me not having studied enough, to which I replied that I had done my third year in the theological college of life.

Blogging excuses

Many humble apologies, but time is short and thinking non-existent, therefore blog frequency on a low.

However a Bishop did say last night how much he enjoyed reading this. Perhaps my P45 is already in the post!