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New Labour's attack on true Demomcracy - 'Free Vote' sham!
2008-06-06 11:06:00
I have previously posted my views on the Human Embryology bill recently passed in all it 'glory' by our government. I knew the 'free vote' statement by Gordon Brown was a joke but this article just highlights what an utter sham and disgrace it was. It was obvious that 'Free Vote ' means free to vote as long as you vote the way we want you to.No party is without its skeletons and in any way perfect but Labour has become so dictatorial from its leadership that I question how democracy can be served in this country with them as the Governmental party.
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Tina Dico - On the Run Video
2008-05-23 17:23:00
Another great song from the lovely Ms Dico
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Dispatches 'In God's Name' - Liberal intolerance and poor Journalism.
2008-05-22 17:48:00
Channel 4 in the UK showed a program last night called 'In God's Name' and was placed in their Dispatches series of programs. Click HERE for a very good article and analysis of the program. Also views on the Embryology Bill.
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Embryology Bill and the state of Scientific morality/ethics!
2008-05-20 10:28:00
  BBC NEWS | Politics | MPs to vote on abortion limit cut   The Link above takes you to the details about the bill from the usually biased BBC website. Here is a link from another point of view that details why in particular stopping Animal-Human hybrids, the threat of 'spare part children' and Fatherless families and Abortion Limit reduction are so important. At least David Cameron is voting to drop the 24 week limit and Ian Duncan Smith is behind wanting to keep the requirement for a Father with IVF. Mr Brown on the other hand is voting yes on all of them. How can a man who professes to be a Christian support this Act. The Hybrid arguments that support the creation of Animal-Human hybrid creation just highlights to me where evolutionary thinking leads. If we are just a cosmic accident and here by pure chance then there is no basis for morality. An argument that sticks dogmatically to the point that it 'may' help develop cures for diseases is missing a huge side. W...
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Tina Dico Live at Komedia Brighton - Review
2008-03-07 10:55:00
As per previous post I saw Tina Dico live at the Komedia in Brighton last night. This was in what is known as Komedia Downstairs and is a fairly small intimate venue. The support act who mercifully only played about 25 minutes was called Ain and hails from Dublin. All I can say if that is your day job then you are in trouble. Sorry to be so negative but it was truly awful and hats off to the very English polite crowd who clapped in the right places and didn't make any loud or rude comments. The man knows one melody, in the loosest sense I use that term and played several songs with different lyrics to that same melody. Awful! Anyway to the reason why I went. Miss Tina Dico performed for around one hour fifteen minutes. Short yes but so very good. It was just her and her two guitars along with her beautifully crafted intelligent vocals. I knew she had a great voice from the albums and from seeing some recorded live work but in the flesh so to speak, simply knock out. Emotive, pure ...
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Tina Dico @ Brighton plus Count to Ten Review
2008-03-06 11:15:00
I am going to see Tina Dico tonight at the Brighton Komedia. This will be an acoustic gig as far as I know which will be interesting. I have not heard her live before except on video. If you have never heard of her then I suggest looking on her Home Page to discover a really great talent. She is from Denmark and has what I think is a quite unique style. Yes there are many female singer songwriters out there but her choice of melodies I think makes her stand out from the crowd. Her new album Count to Ten is really very good. The previous album 'In the Red' is a firm favourite on my iPod and this is as good if not better. Stand out tracks are You know Better and On the Run to name but a few. This is an 8/10 album easily. Emotive and relaxing with well crafted lyrics and interesting melodies.My favourite song from In the Red is Warm Sand and here it is live, enjoy:
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Great new artist - Patrick Barrett
2008-02-15 11:08:00
Just thought I'd post this video from YouTube as this young lad has great talent. He is also a member of my church worship team and at 17 years old has a great possible future as a singer. Not that I am a frustrated Rock drummer and not a tincy bit envyous of all that he has before him. Though envy is a bad thing and I say it only tongue in cheek. May God bless you Patrick !
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Merry New Happy Year... or something like that!
2008-01-09 19:20:00
Yes yes I know it is the 9th of January and all that merriment has long passed with the return of work and normal life. But hey I have been lazy and very busy in equal measures lately. Busy at work so no time for blogging there, which I shouldn't do anyway and busy at home with worship team commitments and Cell group leadership carrying on and general being a husband and all that.So a belated Happy New Year and I pray that this year is a positive one for anyone who reads this little corner of cyberspace I inhabit.I am working on a proper entry regarding a fridge magnet I was given over Christmas but that will be along soon. In the mean time here is what it says:How many roads must a man travel before he admits he is lost?
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Jeff Wayne's - The War of the Worlds Live
2007-12-24 10:57:00
On Thursday night, heavy cough, cold and all, I went to see Jeff Wayne's 'The War of the Worlds ' at the Brighton Centre. I have been a fan of this piece of music since I was given a copy by my uncle shortly after it was released back in the seventies. It made a great impression on this young boy I can tell you. The ticket was a present to my Uncle who accompanied me and drove since I was feeling rough.The show was very impressive with a screen across the whole back of the stage. A 10ft high projection of a digitally animated head of Richard Burton. Justin Hayward and Chris Thompson singing who were on the original. A large string section and numerous musicians, again some of the originals, bringing a big sound and the man himself, Jeff Wayne conducting the whole affair. Two hours of great entertainment with a mixture of live acting/singing, CGI animation and original artwork telling the story with the music.As much as the music is very much of the seventies it still has somehow n...
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Teddy Bears, Muhammad and common sense out the window!
2007-11-28 18:02:00
So Gillian Gibbons has been charged in Sudan for 'insulting religion, inciting hatred and showing contempt for religious beliefs' according to the BBC Website. Her crime, allowing her school children to call a class teddy bear Muhammad . I am sorry to cast judgment and all that but this is the most pathetic thing I have heard in a long time. Believe me I get the whole, not making images of 'the Prophet Muhammad' viewpoint since as a Christian I believe images should not really be made of Jesus Christ lest we fall into revering/idolising an image as opposed to worshiping Christ Himself. No image will ever be accurate of Christ's incarnated body since we don't know what He looked like and the bible is quite clear on creating images and idols etc...However, to arrest and charge a woman with the above charges on account of calling a teddy bear after a name some school children voted for on account of some of them actually being called Muhammad is just a religion 100% losing sight o...
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One of those weeks......Part II
2007-11-28 11:56:00
Well just as I though things were settling down to normality after having the central heating fixed on Monday this morning it all went blah again. I opened the airing cupboard to find everything soaked and water dripping from the ceiling. Fortunately being lazy I had not put the step ladders back in the garage and got straight up on the loft to find the valve on the new pump leaking quite a lot. How long this had been going on I don't know but quite a while it seems.Anyway the plumber is here now to replace the leaking valve. Just got to wash all the clothes that were soaked and find a place to hang them all to dry. Will have to wait until it has all dried out before I see if any permanent damage to the plasterboard ceiling has been caused. The joy of owning a house!Lord please may that be the last thing for a while?(27 Days to Christmas!!!)
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One of those Weeks!
2007-11-23 12:45:00
Do you ever get one of those weeks where you think everything is against you? Well I am having one of those weeks. Firstly on Monday evening I reversed into a parked car, dented its door and front wing and also smashed up my rear bumber. It was dark, late and miserable weather and I wasn't paying attention enough. I only have myself to blame for this. My reaction in the car on the way home was less than Christian I must admit. Some words passed my lips that should not have and I got really rather angry with myself. Insurance is sorting all this out for us. Ironically it was a couple of hours after I had ordered my new company car. Not sure if there is anything too that!Secondly, today my central heating has stopped working on a day it is rather cold and I am working from home. Another thing to sort out and pay out on.I know neither of these things is hign on the life threatening, very important scale but it is very easy to let yourself start feeling very miserable when little-ish t...
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Stardust Film Review
2007-10-26 11:39:00
Stardust is a film based on a book by Neil Gaiman. I cannot comment on how closely the film sticks to the book as I have not read it. So this is an unbiased, seeing the film cold review! A brief synopsis of the film is (taken from the BBC Website Review ): In the village of Wall, next door to fairyland, shop-boy Tristan woos the village beauty by promising to fetch her a star they see fall. On his quest to retrieve said star, which turns out to be a lovely, if angry young woman - the two encounter murderous princes, wicked witches, and lightning-poacher sky-pirates. Plus, of course, the essential fairytale ingredients of true destiny and hearts' desire I have to say I really enjoyed the film. It is beautifully filmed, well written and acted with pretty flawless special effects. The lead of the film, Charlie Cox, is very good and ably supported by a host of Mostly British acting talent. The two American supporting actors deserve praise. Michelle Pfeiffer is brilliant as the witch La...
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Rush Live at Wembley - October 10th 2007
2007-10-19 19:00:00
I went to see Rush at Wembley Arena last week on the 10th of October.The fans are looking older and less and less Rock as the years go on. I am sure they are garnering new fans around the world but the UK fans don't seem to be any younger. Having not been to Wembley for a few years I hadn't seen the refurbishments before. The new atrium on what was the back of the arena and the stage now at the opposite end. I have to say it made a difference and makes the arena reasonably pleasant to go to.Sadly the sound hasn't been improved and the acoustics inside were as bad as ever. Having last seen them 3 years ago for the 30th Anniversary Tour and suffering Tinnitus ever since I was prepared with my ear plugs this time around! Now they weren't nearly as loud as that last show but after 3 songs I decided I had to use the plugs. It actually made an improvement to the sound. Ok, so I lost the top end frequencies but I could hear the bass and drums better.They started around 7:45 and played ...
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Take That - Rule the World Video
2007-10-17 10:38:00
Well I never thought I would post I video by Take That but hey a good tune is a good tune. Here is the video to 'Rule The World ' written for the new film Stardust.I review of the Rush concert I went to a week ago will follow soon! (Rush and Take That in the same post, another first!)
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This Man!
2007-09-28 16:12:00
Just saw this video on YouTube. I knew the song very well but put with scenes from The Passion of the Christ it is all the more powerful. (Copyright infringments aside :-)! ) Song by Jeremy Camp!Warning: Very Graphic scenes if you haven't already seen the film!This song is one of my favorite songs by Jeremy Camp, simple and honest words!
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Blogging Lite!!
2007-08-21 11:10:00
Yes I know I have been woeful in the amount of posting recently. This is partly due to being busy at work, being tired and not wanting to sit in front of a computer. Also I have just bought a new Roland TD12 drum kit so am spending much time working out how to get the sound I want out of that.I also have this week and next week off work so am spending time with my wife and doing jobs. So don't expect too much writing in the coming weeks, but I will return, fear not!
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Transformers (Robots in disguise) the Film!
2007-08-21 10:25:00
Well yesterday I finally saw Transformers at the cinema. All I can say to start is wow and I really enjoyed it. I was never a great fan of the cartoon version as I think it was a little after my time as a child, however I always liked the idea. I was vaguely aware of Optimus Prime and Megatron and co. but don't have a great attachment to the original comic or cartoon versions. This I feel was good as I didn't bring any baggage to watching it.I only noticed one bit of ropey CGI which was a point when Bumblebee turns back into the car and drives off. Apart from that I was very impressed with the special effects. The plot was thin but who cares. Bib powerful life giving cube, lost on earth, Autobots and Decepticons are after it for different reasons. Boy connected to it through grandfather etc...I thought the humour was well pitched against the action. Particularly the Autobots trying to hide in the back garden while Sam's parents are giving him a hard time about parental type stuff...
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What Parents are doing to their Children!
2007-08-03 20:20:00
The other day I witnessed a rather upsetting display of a mothers behaviour towards her son. I was on a train returning from London reading a book called 'Wild at Heart' by John Eldredge. I will come on to why I mention the book I was reading as it has relevance to why I found this scene so upsetting.Anyway, the train stopped at the station before mine. This station has a short platform and you must be in the front 4 coaches in order to get off onto the platform. This message is repeated several times over the journey by the recorded messages and the conductor. I was in that 4th carriage towards the back. Just as the train was about to depart these two women followed by about 6 kids came rushing through the electric doors from the carriage behind mine in a desperate attempt to get off. However by the time they reached the doors to get off the conductor had closed and locked them and the train moved off. What followed can only be described as verbal abuse from an adult to a child. ...
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I could become schizophrenic apparently and Leftyphobia!
2007-07-31 13:25:00
According to the BBC website and this article I am at greater risk of becoming schizophrenic because I am left handed. I preferred the finding that said Lefty's think quicker personally or are better in fights (though since I don't fight I hope to never find out). Just cause I use my brain differently to you righty types this means there must be a problem in there somewhere. The world is a leftyphobic place I tell you. Since everyone else complains that they are discriminated against I think I will start. All desks should have 2 computer mice so I don't have to move them when I have to sit at desks of righty's. There should always be left handed scissors available, left handed golf clubs (though I don't play golf), left handed versions of everything that has a right handed version always available and not costing more! I bought I new single bass drum pedal for my Drums the other week. I was looking at double-bass drum pedals and asked about left handed versions. Of course the l...
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Lack of Blogging Recently
2007-07-27 13:02:00
I know there has been a distinct lack of postings this month. I have been so busy at work and getting home quite late on some nights that to look at a computer is the last thing I want to do. I have not given up on my blog at all. Merely a temporary hiatus whilst I cope with a heavy workload.   I'll be back!!!!!!!
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Goodbye Super Casino................hopefully!
2007-07-13 21:55:00
Well Gordon Brown must actually be applauded this week. He has apparently, to all intents and purposes, scrapped the idea of the Super Casino to be built in Manchester. He suggested that maybe the money would be better spent on regeneration, duh do you think!Well praise God for some sense. What person can consider placing a Casino in the heart of a run down area as a good idea. A Casino is where people go and waste their money duped into thinking they can win big. It can start an addictive cycle that destroys careers, families and lives. Gambling is dangerous on so many levels. Being highly addictive one of them. Place it in a poor area and you will have people blowing money they don't have on an unattainable dream. We are already a nation of gamblers with the National Lottery. Thank goodness Gordon Browns moral sense, and I believe he has one, has shone through here. Lets us hope more of his policies are shaped by his Christian faith that he claims to have.I doubt I'll vote for h...
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Marillion - Thank You, Whoever you Are!
2007-07-06 21:45:00
Just found this video on YouTube and thought I would post it as it is the best song off the new album which is very average for a Mari llion Album.Brilliant song I think, shame about the rest of the Album. Marbles is much better if you want a recent good album!This is Easter, one of my favorite songs of all time:This is Neverland off Marbles and is my fav off that album:And Afraid of Sunlight, a classic piece of musical perfection:
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Catherine Tate, new Dr Who Companion...Noooooo!
2007-07-04 20:00:00
The BBC posted today that Cath erine Tate 's character Donna from the Christmas episode will be the new companion for series 4 as Martha is off canoodling with the boys (or girls knowing RTD) on Torchwood for a few episodes in a feeble attempt to increase ratings. Now whilst she was ok, and I stress just 'ok' in the one off episode I think she is quite wrong for the whole series run. Unless the character has a major personality change then she will become so irritating to watch and listen to that I fear Who may lose viewers in thousands. What were they thinking of. Many people including myself think Sally Sparrow should have been the new companion. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
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Men, Emotions and lots of Internet Searches!
2007-06-29 12:17:00
I have been studying my Blog Stats and looking at what it is that brings search engines and people to my humble little corner of the Blogosphere. What I have noticed is the extraordinary number of searches along the lines of men expressing their emotions or not as the case may be. Now I know the title of my blog is what the search engines are primarily seeing and it was for this reason I gave my blog that title. But I have had to then ask why do I get so many hits on that subject. What is it about 'men and emotions' that has people wanting to research articles on the web. It is to this question I now write:I put this to my wife, to which she replied "well men don't show their emotions!" Blunt and to the point but probably quite true on the most part. I tackeld this in detail on this post here. Also the God The Parent Essay has much to say on the subject of gender etc...I can't really add a lot on top of what I wrote in those posts so I won't unless inspiration takes me at a lat...
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Lydia Playfoot 'Purity Ring' Case in High Court and The State of Modern Br
2007-06-22 16:00:00
So Lydia Playfoot is finally getting the opportunity to have her case heard. This is very high profile and is headline news on the BBC (A Video here). Should she be allowed to wear a ring symbolising her commitment to chastity until marriage? Is the school discriminating against her when other faiths are allowed to wear expressions of their beliefs that involve jewelry?This is difficult subject for me to comment on though I do feel passionately about Christians being discriminated against and applaud anyone who stand up and fights the madness that is Political Correctness. I go to the same church as Lydia and her family. Phil, her father, is Kings Church's main leader. The church is the first in the UK to run the Silver Ring Thing (SRT). Andy Robinson, the youth leader of my church heads up SRT in the UK. Therefore it is something I am very aware of and connected to. I think this is really two issues:Should Millais School ban or allow the wearing of jewelry by it pupils?Is the ring...
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The Teenage Sexual Health Crisis
2007-06-19 23:20:00
The BBC web site ran this article recently about the crisis in Britain's Teenage rs in regard to their sexual health. The following points are raised:recent government campaigns had failed to recognise the link between drink, drugs and sexual healththe UK has the highest rates of teenage pregnancy and sexual infections in EuropeIncreasing numbers of young teenagers are defining their lives by taking drugs, drinking alcohol and having under-age sex encouraged by today's celebrity culture.Professor Mark Bellis, head of the centre for public health at Liverpool John Moores University and one of the authors of the report, called the link between alcohol, drugs and risky sexual behaviour a "fuel for a sexual health crisis". "They see around them this culture of celebrities, in the newspapers, around sex and drugs, alcohol, all being brought together, and they're not being given alongside that the information and the education they need to handle issues like drugs and alcohol and sex as...
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How many Church People does it take to change a light bulb?
2007-06-19 23:10:00
This I found on Kevin Bussey's Blog and had to repeat as it tickled me:Charismatics: Only one. Hands already in the air.Roman Catholics: None. They use candles. Pentecostals: Ten. One to change the light bulb, and nine to pray against the spirit of darkness. Presbyterians: None. God has predestined when the lights will be on and off. Episcopalians: Eight. One to call the electrician, and seven to say how much better they liked the old bulb. Mormons: Five. One man to change the bulb, and four wives to tell him how to do it.Unitarians: We chose not to make a statement either in favor of or against the light bulb. However, if you have found in your own journey that light bulbs work for you, that is fine. You are invited to write a poem or compose a modern dance about your personal relationship with your light bulb and present it next month at our annual light bulb Sunday service in which we will explore a number of light bulb traditions, including incandescent, fluorescent, three-way,...
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The BBC bias strikes Again. (Creation vs Evolution debate)
2007-06-18 15:00:00
The Bias ed Broadcasting Corporation has been at it again. This time on its own Sunday morning 'Heaven and Earth Show'. This is a show that in the BBC's politically correct world view is there to represent multi faith Britain. However as usual with most of the BBC's religious output there is a bias against conservative/evangelical viewpoints. Even the BBC have begun to realise the bias within their own organisation, read this article. (including: former political editor Andrew Marr, who said the BBC has an "innate liberal bias")This was demonstrated with the Heaven and Earth Show on the 10th June. On the panel of guest discussing the programs articles was Dr Evan Harris, MP who is the Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Health. He is also an honorary associate of the National Secular Society. There was also on the Panel Fareena Alam, editor of the Muslim magazine Q-News. Lastly Anne Atkins who was the Christian voice on the panel.Now I have no problem with any of these...
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One of those weeks! (Vista woes)
2007-06-08 22:03:00
This has been a very stressful week for me at work. The pressure to fix problems when all eyes are focussed on you is never fun. We have had a problem with the Firewall in Windows vista blocking a network connection program (VPN software). Yesterday I managed, after nearly 2 weeks of looking, to work out why. We have had Microsoft engineers working on this, all manner of others giving their tuppence worth and not generally helping. It turns out the problem we had and the solution I found may be a bug in the Vista Firewall (The second bug we have found in Vista so far). (Techy bit: Because we were restricting the destination IP addresses to a limited set of ranges it blocked the loopback address 127.0.0.1 and thus this piece of software failed when the rule was in place). Now MS think this is not the intended behaviour so are now looking into this.Whilst it was satisfying to find the solution when others had not I am so fed up with the flippin thing that I am past caring. Managers ar...
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