For the last three Wednesday nights the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney Philip Jensen has been doing a series of talks titled “Why I am a reformed protestant evangelical Christian.” (I’m not sure if commas belong in that sentence) I thought last night’s talk was really good and I wanted to share some things that were […]
Lecture
Tonight was the final of the Archbishop’s Abbotsleigh lectures for this year. The topic for tonight was evangelism. I thought it was excellent! I hope to write more about it tomorrow. š
Random computer stuff
I have raved about Inkscape and GIMP before, I think they’re great graphics programs. Expensive programs might be better but for saving $300 or however much they cost, these programs are excellent. Switching to the Mac versions wasn’t entirely satisfactory. They run under X11, which doesn’t use the apple key and has a click-to-focus action […]
I’m late, I’m late – for a very important date
This morning I woke up my husband after he’d pressed the snooze button three times by saying, “What time do you need to be at the courthouse?” He sat half-way up with a sleepy and confused expression on his face, so I continued, “The website said you weren’t needed before Wednesday 21st, that’s today.” He […]
Not just any job
I have something I’ve been wanting to get off my chest. A couple of weeks ago we were having a farewell lunch for a work mate. The conversation came around to Mel and her baby and whether we thought she’d go back to work when her leave was up. I mentioned that there’s a research […]
‘Tis good
Love me a nice piece of raisin toast in the morning. Yesterday I bought “cafe style” raisin toast, the slices are fat. It’s seriously good. You only need one slice because it’s probably equivalent to two (which my “diet” allows by the way), it still fits in the toaster (just), it doesn’t get overcooked like […]