April 9, 2012

hummingbirds & dirtybirds...

We celebrated Christ being risen at the Crabtree, a favourite riverside pub. It was a cloudy, cool day; perfect for a long, lazy lunch with loved [...]

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April 22, 2011

easter bunny is weird and creepy...

The twin miracles of the murder of a Jewish carpenter, (who by all accounts was quite a nice bloke and really, the whole crucifixion thing was [...]

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September 13, 2010

and what would jesus make of your silk robes and...

Before he wore The Best Frock, Joseph Ratzinger’s job was to investigate the child abuse scandal that has plagued the Catholic church for decades. In May [...]

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April 1, 2010

friday five: more than the immaculate confection...

As an agnostic, Easter is a time to rest up and witness this end of the planet waking up from eleventy hundred weeks of winter. We [...]

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February 17, 2010

ash wednesday...

Look at me starting a perennial phenomenon! Note to Science Guy: see, under the right circumstances I can be very consistent. *footnote

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December 22, 2009

verily, the geeks shall inherit the earth...

Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? ~ Douglas [...]

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September 9, 2009

the beginning of the end...

So today, 09/00/09 falls on a Wednesday in September. Wednesday and September are made up of nine letters. It is the 252nd day of the year. [...]

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May 12, 2009

requiescat in pace...

The Brompton Oratory is a cavernous, overwhelming space. Filled with the voices of a choir bursting with Fauré, one feels quite diminished, in awe even. A [...]

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April 23, 2009

st georges day...

Today is St George’s Day. Which as far as I can discern, celebrates the day some dude called George (who may or may not have been [...]

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April 12, 2009

the easter story...

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April 8, 2009

maundy thursday...

From Jesus & Mo.

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February 25, 2009

ash wednesday...

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