Archive for April, 2009

My tweets

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
  • 05:46 @kalandaka Relatives in Scotland? Watch out! is.gd/vvV9 #
  • 06:13 RT @devinjay: Some things sure look different when you’re looking down. tinyurl.com/dc5x6n #
  • 20:51 @nakedboy I once rashly accepted double meat on a Subway BMT. It was disgusting. I couldn’t finish it. #
  • 20:52 @MisterDude you’re most welcome! #
  • 21:45 @MrPandaBehr gopod grief, hooters! hope your dad doesn’t get distracted by the waitresses…is the food any good? never eaten in one. #
  • 23:05 @MrPandaBehr Well, perhaps we should patronise it more. #

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Sad anniversary

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Today is the 10th anniversary of the Admiral Duncan bombing here in London. Three people were killed and eighty were wounded. Spare a thought for all those who were affected by the bombing, please.

I now have my new broadband provider

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

…and O2 is really good. While it was easy to set up the router, the instructions are meant for the clueless and I’d really like a more sophisticated router (the only available wireless security is WEP, for example). However, I now have 12Mb download and 3.7Mb upload. That really beats BT all to hell and back.

BT turned itself off this morning around 10, and I activated my Pay-As-You-Go mobile broadband router and paid

Today’s Video, courtesy of <lj user=”egocarpenoctem”>

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

I gather this is the guy whose tongue was almost bitten off by a trick(?). The video sounds like he’s speaking with only part of a tongue…

Happy birthday, <lj user=”mrpandabehr”>, <lj user=”pinkfish”>, and <lj user=”shelbycub”>

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

…and many happy returns of the day. Obviously this was an auspicious date on which to be born!

My tweets

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
  • 20:30 hello again, tweeters–we’re back. stressful trip, but did not come back with a timeshare. also didn’t bring my new iPhone–major FAIL! #
  • 21:35 didn’t forget it, left it behind intentionally. Silly move, was told no wi-fi but was lies, all lies! #
  • 22:51 @kalandaka I would have if you’d formattted the link with http as a prefix so I could have clicked on the link. #

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My tweets

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
  • 16:29 tweeting from Marbella. We didn´t buy the timeshare 🙁 but we won GBP 72 on the lottery while we were gone! Miss you all…see you 2morrow! #

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Marbella

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Hi all. Quick post from Marbella. We got here OK, and had a lovely day yesterday walking around old Marbella and on the beach. The resort is luxurious and quite pricey. We had our presentation from the salesperson today, and the Marriot timeshare is quite reasonable, but HWMBO is still worried about the economy and our jobs, so no dice. He was angry at me for giving the salesperson some hope that we would buy. I was the good cop and HWMBO was the bad cop. Anyway, we didn

My tweets

Sunday, April 26th, 2009
  • 06:28 OK, tweeters mine! We’re off to Spain in a few hours so I’m signing off. May log in from there but not on phone–too expensive. I’net cafe! #
  • 09:56 At Gatwick waiting for gate anmt. Hate London Marathon-station was packed w runners & I was very fraught. #
  • 10:01 @MrPandaBehr thanks. I hope we do. #

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Off to Spain in a few hours…

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

…so keep lj warm for my eventual safe return and play nice!

My tweets

Saturday, April 25th, 2009
  • 09:51 morning tweeters. had a bit on an upset tummy last night, yet again. i hope it settles down before we’re off to spain tomorrow. #
  • 11:32 @soveren thanks! 🙂 #
  • 11:34 @danvesma oh, ick! ick! ick! no, i can’t haz #theruns hashtag… #
  • 11:37 finally got my PACs but won’t be able to use them until next week…so will be careful and not bring the iPhone to Spain. #
  • 19:43 @MrPandaBehr have yr friends done the immigration thang? If they r married the UK person should b able to get the US one in on spousal visa #
  • 19:45 RT @jallen285: A lady just brought in a baby squirrel she rescued. I took photo. twitpic.com/3ys62 (Ed: attn: @kalandaka ) #
  • 19:47 must get on with packing & getting everything ready for trip tomorrow. i really dislike the travel part of travel-it’s OK when I get there. #
  • 19:58 @MrPandaBehr i can refer them to a crack UK immigration lawyer if they haven’t gotten one yet. sorry to hear it. #
  • 22:10 @MrPandaBehr “crack” equals “excellent and very smart”. #
  • 22:10 @MrPandaBehr sorry that took a while; we’ve been packing for Spain and I’ve been just a bit fraught. #
  • 22:12 @MrPandaBehr This is the lawyer’s website: is.gd/uyIw Wesley is absolutely the best here–“family” and dual citizenship. He is great. #
  • 22:13 @soveren thanks. feeling better now. have packed the imodium. #
  • 22:20 Oh dear. Bea Arthur dead. She will be missed. #

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My tweets

Friday, April 24th, 2009
  • 00:09 good night, ye tweeters. Do tweet in my temporary absence. I may be gone for around 8 hours. #
  • 07:37 good morning, tweeters mine. Nice sunny day here in London; I hope this keeps up as I’m still mildewed from the rain. Breakfast time! #
  • 09:03 My Twitter personality: likeable inquisitive cautious My style: chatty coherent SOCIALITE twanalyst.com/chrishansenhome #
  • 10:21 @scorpiojerm well, if you do at least you will have fantastic hair! #
  • 10:35 @MitchBenn well, grasping is what doorhandles are for…. #
  • 10:54 @devinjay yes, but they’re cute. tell them to take off their shirts so you can take more photos. #
  • 14:56 @MrPandaBehr i like the iPhone. until i get my number transferred from Vodafone, i won’t be using full function, so will wait to say… #
  • 14:58 too much to do today. get euros, get train tix, have lunch, go to opera tonight. i am fraught! #
  • 15:01 @urbanbohemian oh well, perhaps some other tweeter will tell of the thrill he had at seeing a hot man with fly down on DC Metro. #
  • 20:31 Interval at the opera. Technical fault delayed us by ten mins. Derek is killed at the end. #
  • 20:37 @soveren opera. Usannah. Our friend Derek is in it & we are here to support him. Interval now. #

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My tweets

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
  • 07:32 @danvesma haven’t you heard, she’s done away with the monobrow! big news! #
  • 07:33 good morning, tweeters all. today i shall try to get my contacts over to the iPhone. Latest try will be Google. #
  • 08:39 Happy St George’s Day to all! #
  • 11:39 RT @tug: classic comment tr.im/juZz #
  • 11:40 @jallen285 i love indians and indian food, but i hear you. is it just a question on not standing downwind, or is it worse? #
  • 11:42 @studfucker apologies. try this one. is.gd/u3HY . Dr David was just in London a week or so ago and is a delightful chap to dine with. #
  • 16:13 @hygienestudent nice photo… #
  • 16:15 Have synchronized contacts and partial calendar. Yay iPhone & google! #

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iPhone update

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

I have successfully synched my iPhone contacts list and some of my calendar entries from Google. This is a great relief, although it looks like lots of my calendar entries (for various Google reasons beyond my ken) have not made it over. So I shall be transferring them tomorrow from the BlackBerry manually.

I am getting the hang of the keyboard. I have most trouble with m/n and i/o/p, it seems. More practice is necessary. Otherwise, I like the onscreen keyboard and it seems to work well (and pretty fast) for me.

Not so happy with predictive texting. I was trying to write “St Mary’s” in a calendar entry and all I was getting was “As Mary’s”. Figured out how to get rid of particular predictive text entries on screen so that’s not now a problem.

I have deliberately not used the manual. While as a support person I was always saying “RTFM” (Read that fine manual) and thinking “RTFM” (read the f**king manual) I decided that, if the iPhone interface was as intuitive as has been noised around, I should be able to figure it out for myself after seeing do it. I got the enlarging web pages by drawing two fingers apart intuitively, it seems. Just came naturally. Quite odd, really.

So, more work tomorrow. Still no PAC numbers. HWMBO and I keep getting phone calls from Vodafone. He refers them to me, and when they call me, they don’t say anything or I can’t hear what they’re saying (got one tonight like that). I’d better get those numbers soon.

Classic comment

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Thanks to @tug for this classic comment. Scroll down to line 107 and laugh.

My tweets

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
  • 00:21 nighty-night tweeters all. tomorrow: get to grips with the iPhone. #
  • 00:22 @studfucker happy hunting! #
  • 11:05 good morning tweeters. sorry i’m late in greeting u, but have been catching up on blogs & switching my broadband over to O2. 48 hours to go! #
  • 11:06 ok, tweeters: first iPhone question: what’s the best Twitter app for the iPhone? Please? I’m an iPhone virgin and need assistance… #
  • 12:37 @soveren oooo, and nothing else? #
  • 12:38 @devinjay perhaps you’ve had a six-pack, so everyone looks desirable. #
  • 12:39 @chrys thanks. i shall check it out. #
  • 12:40 @helenroper @vla23 @tug thanks for the info. #
  • 12:48 @BrianHeys while i take yr point, i never quite mastered the BB’s many features, and Vodafone service was debatable. I always get by. #
  • 12:49 @nakedboy and you’ve woken up too? 😉 #
  • 13:04 @BrianHeys yes, it is fiddly. however, except for m/n i’ve been hitting keys accurately. will get better with time, i’m sure. #
  • 13:05 just got a call from HWMBO. Vodafone is still pestering him about not changing telcos, even tho i told them we had made the move…faugh! #
  • 13:17 Off to Brick Lane for rye bread. Walk will do me good. #
  • 14:36 On the 35 bus back from Brick Lane with two uncut rye loaves in tow. #
  • 15:52 @BrianHeys i tried with a pencil and that doesn’t work…however, i’m getting better at it. #
  • 15:54 @gelodelacruz well, what’s stopping you from interviewing? will they sponsor you for a work permit? you can stay here if you want to try… #
  • 16:05 First tweet from Twitteriffic. Let’s see how it works. #
  • 16:19 @gelodelacruz great! Hope it works out. Good luck! #
  • 16:20 @MrPandaBehr got a newspaper? 🙂 #
  • 17:19 @kalandaka got the book just now; quite efficient. our squirrels realised it was here and have come for peanuts. #
  • 17:21 @gelodelacruz well, if they decide they want to see u please don’t hesitate to stay here. u can get to Cambridge relatively easily from here #
  • 17:21 @MrPandaBehr yes, but when you’re out of TP there’s no substitute. And newsprint is great for washing windows. #
  • 18:01 @MrPandaBehr no, it doesn’t leave streaks. #
  • 19:40 @MrPandaBehr this is something that my sainted mother and g’mother taught me (washing windows with white vinegar and wiping with newspapers) #
  • 19:41 @chrys where are u going in US? that might colour the replies in re airlines. #
  • 23:08 @MrPandaBehr haven’t looked yet. Waiting for my code to port my #. Difficult to port contacts & calendar. #
  • 23:43 Nighty-night tweeters. Knackered. Lots to do tomorrow. Sleep tight. #
  • 23:45 @MrPandaBehr I’m already synching to google. Will investigate tomorrow. Cheers for all the help. #

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Topical Latin homework

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

My Vulgate Latin group has been translating Paul’s Letter to the Romans. We’ve gotten to Chapter 3, and verse 8 speaks to the current dispute about the lawfulness and the utility of such activities as waterboarding by the CIA. Former Vice President Cheney has called on President Obama to release some of the documents that list the useful intelligence gained through waterboarding and other physical impairments applied to prisoners. Cheney says it saved lives.

Verse 8 says: And why not say (as some people slander us by saying that we say): “Let us do evil so that good may come?” Their condemnation is deserved!

I’m not normally much of a fan of Paul (his opinions on women, people who had ritual sex in temples, and the headship of men in the family are not my cup of tea). However, I’ve been saying this all along. When one does an evil act in order to promote a greater good, the act is still evil in and of itself. The end never ever justifies the means. The former Vice President seems not to have paid attention when this verse is read in church.

It is reminiscent of the old joke about Calvin Coolidge. A young socialite was sitting next to President Coolidge at a banquet, and the talk turned to the profession of prostitution. Coolidge asked her, “Would you embrace the profession of prostitution for a fee of $1000?” “Of course not!” replied the young lady. Coolidge proposed higher and higher fees, all payable to the lady’s favourite charity. She refused them all, until Coolidge proposed a fee of $1 million. She paused, thought of the widows and orphans that money would help, and said that, yes, she would spend the night with a man who gave $1 million to her favourite charity. Coolidge said, “Well, then, would you do it for $20?” The lady, horrified, said: “No, of course not! What do you think I am?” Coolidge replied immediately: “We’ve already established that; now we’re only haggling over the price.”

O2

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Well, I’ve made the switch. I have my iPhone, my Broadband box ready to plug in when the switch is made at the exchange, and HWMBO has his new phone. It was surprisingly difficult to get it all yesterday.

At around 1, I left the house and went to Victoria Station, where I had lunch at my old haunt of Spudulike. I was intending to go to the O2 store on Victoria Street, but, lo! I walked down the street and it was no longer there. Oops! I thought to going to Angel for it, but the connections to the Bank branch of the Northern Line are fraught from that area, so I got off the Circle Line train at Embankment and walked along the Strand, where I found an O2 store.

It took nearly an hour to arrange everything. The shop assistant was enormously helpful (and cute, too!) and I eventually got:

  • An 8GB iPhone;
  • A Nokia phone for HWMBO;
  • A mobile broadband dongle that is pay as you go (something I have been told is impossible to find!); and
  • A home broadband box for O2 home broadband.

As I walked down the Strand to the bus stop, I got a call on my Blackberry. It was Vodafone, asking whether I’d like to reconsider getting my PAC to switch to O2. I informed him that I was walking away from the O2 shop with my swag and that I wanted my PACs, please. He was most gracious.

I returned home to find an email from BT asking whether I’d reconsider. It’s nice to be wanted (unless you’re a criminal).

This morning I called O2 and set the train in motion to get the broadband switched over. This took a little bit of time, but everything went very smoothly. It turns out that I get 6 months free broadband, and after that less than

My tweets

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
  • 07:34 Good morning tweeters all. For those in time zones + GMT, if someone named a sandwich after you, what would be in it? #
  • 07:35 @devinjay just call yourself a “polymath” and that makes wide interest OK. #
  • 08:27 @devinjay photos are good, keep posting. #
  • 08:29 i think i should have put a “#” search item in my sandwich tweets: #mysandwich #
  • 08:51 @devinjay indeed i did. very slimming. #
  • 08:53 @devinjay you haven’t been bad for me…yet. #
  • 08:56 @devinjay oic. well, you look tasty so … #
  • 09:02 there is a huge tiger-striped cat in the back garden, believe it’s female. probably chased the squirrel that i was feeding away… 🙁 #
  • 09:02 @devinjay you need to get out more, i think…i’m sure there are lots of people who would think so had they just met you. #
  • 09:30 @MrPandaBehr yes, but what are the ingredients? Enquiring minds want to know! Sounds kind of like a Cornish Pasty. #
  • 09:30 @devinjay perhaps you don’t get out to the right places. Something I learned at my mother’s knee and other low joints. #
  • 12:03 @devinjay well, there are wrong places, like your friend’s boyfriend’s house… #
  • 12:52 At Victoria Place, just having finished a Spudulike (cottage cheese). Off to O2! #
  • 16:48 i can haz iPhone! took an hour in the shop, but it is now charging up nicely. looking up how to move my Blackberry contacts/calendar… #
  • 16:59 looks like i’ll have to configure outlook, import my contacts and calendar from my BB then export them again to iPhone. yuck. #
  • 18:32 In Finchley Road Station, going to Lodge of Instruction. Still sunny & hot, yay! #
  • 22:27 On Bakerloo Line, on the way home to the Elephant. Great LOI-13 people! Lovely! Tired tho. #
  • 22:28 @mheusser indeed. Bears and Popes come to mind. #
  • 22:32 @studfucker Kennington Park used to be quite busy. No more? #

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Happy birthday <lj user=”kc_risenphoenix”>

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

…and many happy returns of the day.

My tweets

Monday, April 20th, 2009
  • 11:58 @devinjay i wish. no popeye’s in UK… 🙁 we used to eat lunch at the one on 23rd and 7th ave in Manhattan. #
  • 12:28 @devinjay well, i haven’t had any for years, nay, decades! I need some now. next time i’m in sg… #
  • 13:54 @devinjay i remember the one at the singapore flyer…we nibbled on some chips while waiting to “board”. #
  • 13:54 @MrPandaBehr just called vodafone and my contract is up on 3 May. Ordered PAC codes for transfer so will talk to O2 tomorrow about iPhone. #
  • 14:40 @devinjay perhaps, if you hurry, to a hotel room with…you? #
  • 15:29 @devinjay smallest room in the house? #
  • 15:30 @MrPandaBehr my friend fj says that it’s the best utility (O2) that he’s ever had here or in the US. #
  • 15:30 just mowed the lawn and strimmed the edges. feel very accomplished. #
  • 16:33 @PopeyesChicken if i were an entrepreneurial type i would, but i’m just a poor software test manager…good luck! #
  • 16:38 @jonk ass sets…sounds great to me. Oh, no space…never mind. #
  • 18:19 Waiting for HWMBO outside Jom Makan at Trafalgar Square. £2 coupon for main, starter & dessert for us both. Great deal! #
  • 20:41 @nakedboy what is in your sandwich. Bratwurst I might hazard a guess. Cheese all over one end? I’d eat you/it. #
  • 20:42 RT @nakedboy: i ate myself today — there’s a sandwich named after me a local restaurant, you see. I was very tasty, YUM. #
  • 21:35 OK everyone, if they named a sandwich after you, what would be in it? Off you go now! #
  • 21:38 The Chris Hansen: salami & provolone on rye with mayo and mustard. serve with half-sour pickle, coleslaw, Twiglets & a pint of Diet Coke. #
  • 21:47 @jallen285 i’ll have one jallenburger, please. Hold the fries but bring on the special sauce… #
  • 21:53 @jallen285 i love special sauce. heh heh heh. can’t get enuf. #
  • 22:12 @jallen285 congrats! hope the new place is good for you. #
  • 22:52 @nakedboy i love BLTs. Problem is: British bacon is crap. Hard to get US bacon here; I have some in freezer for special occasions… #
  • 22:53 @jallen285 drink pineapple juice to make the special sauce taste better, tying up twitter threads here… #
  • 22:54 @jallen285 had a problem friday night like that-nearly blasted HWMBO out of the bedroom. Last night burping. If not one end, it’s the other. #
  • 22:56 @jallen285 I always heard it as “the musical fruit”. Regional variations? I’m from Massachusetts, home of the bean and the cod. #
  • 22:57 @jallen285 we’ve been together for 11 years now so such bedroom airings do not bother either of us. That’s how u know u’re married. #
  • 23:01 @jallen285 when u’re with ur special someone, such trifles do not matter. #
  • 23:02 well, tweeters mine, i’m off to the land of nod. hopefully a quiet night from both ends of the subject. #

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I feel like an adulterer…

Monday, April 20th, 2009

I called Vodafone today to get PACs for our two mobile phones so that I can change to O2 and get (a) an iPhone, and (b) fast broadband. Sarah from Vodafone made a half-hearted attempt to interest me in a Blackberry Curve, but after the problems I’ve had with my current Blackberry, I wasn’t interested. I should get the two PACs within 3-5 working days, and then the fun begins.

I will also need a MAC from BT to migrate my broadband over. I think I should call them and get that sent over (they’re all good for a month, I gather) so that I can do the whole shebang at once. The want me to call and talk to someone, so I fear they’ll try to put the hard sell on me. O2 says they can give me up to 16Mb download, while BT only gives me up to 8Mb, and that is sometimes slow.

My Vodafone contract is up on May 3rd, so that’s the target date.

One does feel like one is cheating on a spouse when one changes telephone or broadband providers. I shouldn’t, but I’ve been with BT ever since I was only getting dialup 512kb and with Vodafone for over 10 years. But, all good things come to an end, hopefully for better things to come.

Happy birthday, <lj user=”vernnyc”>

Monday, April 20th, 2009

…and many happy returns of the day.

My tweets

Sunday, April 19th, 2009
  • 07:58 morning, tweeters all. i was greeted by a dead rat in the back garden this morning. if it lived in the house at least it left us to expire. #
  • 08:01 @devinjay take 1 frog, take 1 needle. shove item 2 down item 1’s spine. rotate. repeat until item 1 no longer moves. dissect! #
  • 12:06 My sermon today: is.gd/tgQd Now to deal with the dead rat in the back garden. #
  • 13:47 Today’s Vid: is.gd/thxz #
  • 13:48 @sbrettell i knew someone who had a job castrating pigs on his father’s farm. Top that one! #
  • 13:50 @MitchBenn I prefer to think of 2M4M as “Two Men For Marriage” #
  • 14:12 @devinjay good night, sleep tight. #
  • 14:19 @studfucker something to hide, perhaps? #
  • 14:25 @sbrettell ok, you’ve beaten me. #
  • 19:00 @MrPandaBehr which brand of underwear is that, may I ask? #
  • 19:05 Our last duo of houseguests has just left. I love having houseguests; I love waving “Goodbye” when they leave. It is not mutually exclusive #
  • 19:57 @jallen285 that’s what everyone thinks about church. choose a good one and you’ll be very welcome along with the rest of the sinners like me #
  • 20:16 @jallen285 perfect husbands are not found in church. try all saints ravenswood (episcopal) very cool place. all sinners (and others) welcome #
  • 20:17 hardboiling eggs for HWMBO’s lunch sandwich tomorrow. #
  • 20:51 @MrPandaBehr i am starting the investigation. will call O2, then if the price is right I’ll call BT and Vodafone and get the transfer codes. #

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Sermon I delivered this morning

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

I have a perpetual problem with today, the Second Sunday of Easter, popularly named Low Sunday. The Gospel is always John 20, speaking of Doubting Thomas. I have been asked to preach on this text many times in the past 20 years. It was getting difficult to say new things about it, and one hesitates to say old things about it. However, a discussion in one of the online groups to which I belong gave me a pointer to the Unbaptismal Certificate, and the rest just flowed.

April 19, 2009 Low Sunday
Sermon delivered at St. John the Evangelist, 10 am.
Readings: Acts 4:32-35; I John 5:1-6; John 20:19-31

In the name of God, the one, the Undivided Trinity. AMEN.

One of the items we believe as Christians is that baptism leaves an indelible mark on the soul. We used to hear in Sunday School that, on death, that indelible mark was the way that St. Peter could tell whether we were Christians or not when we filed up to the Pearly Gates. What that indelible mark consisted of was left to our imaginations: was it a little red cross on our foreheads, or just a little box labelled “Baptised” with a tick in it.

After we are baptised, a record is made in the Baptismal Register giving our name, our parents’ names and occupations, our Godparents’ names, and the dates of birth and baptism. A Church of England baptismal record is a government record, filed with the Registrar and persisting forever. Geneologists yet unborn will consult the registers to discover their ancestors’ birth and baptism details.

And yet, there is now a bit of disquiet in the Vestry. A man in this diocese has successfully challenged his baptismal record. Little did that Vicar know, decades ago, that this baby he was baptising would later ask for that baptismal record to be expunged from the register.

This gentleman no longer believes; he’s lost his faith. But, not satisfied with that, he asked that the Church “unbaptise” him. The Bishop of Southwark refused to allow this, on the reasonable grounds that, regardless of his current state of unbelief, the baptismal record was a legal document, the evidence that he was at one time as an infant baptised a Christian.

As one would expect nowadays, the gentleman sued the Diocese and the Bishop. The objective was to compel them to remove his baptismal record from the registers.

So what finally happened? The Bishop told him that the best way to ensure that everyone know that he did not consider himself baptised was to place an advertisement to that effect in the London Gazette, a periodical of which I was unaware, but which seems to be the newspaper of record for government and other announcements.

He also downloaded for himself a Certificate of Unbaptism, which proclaimed that he no longer regarded himself as baptised and required the Church not to count him in statistics it used for purposes such as lobbying for legislation. It’s suitable for framing, by the way.

As we are Christians, I will go with the assumption that no one here requires such a certificate. But I think that the fact that such a certificate seems to meet a need bears examination.

What is it about the act of being baptised that makes people later on so irritated? I’ll tell you what it is: it’s the power of faith.

It’s not their faith. It’s a fact of life that sometimes people who had faith lose it for some reason, like misplacing their Oystercards or their housekeys. Suddenly, something that they have taken for granted is no longer available. Some, such as Mother Teresa, continue searching for it and continue to act as though they still have it. This is an occupational disease of a very few clergy and religious: an aridity of faith clutches at their hearts and minds mid-career and leaves them preaching about things in which they no longer believe. Some leave the ministry entirely, thus preserving integrity in their lives. Others battle through and regain some of that faith into which they were baptised many years earlier. This is normally a silent and secret struggle the outcome of which is by no means assured.

Thomas is only mentioned in John’s Gospel; other than in that document we know nothing of him in the canonical scriptures. There is a Gospel of Thomas that is a collection of sayings of Jesus: it doesn’t actually tell a narrative like the four canonical gospels.

I assume (for the purposes of this sermon) that Thomas was baptised at some point in his life. John the Baptist did get around and other Jewish leaders also performed a baptism-like rite to symbolically wash away sin.

So Thomas found himself in a situation where his faith wasn’t particularly strong. In fact, from his sentiments, we might even think that he was searching for a rite of unbaptism to indicate that Jesus did not rise from the dead and that he didn’t believe it anyway.

You see, there was no proof. For Thomas, faith required proof. He absented himself from the upper room the week before and missed out on the proof.

Today, without proof, Thomas would have been first in line for the Unbaptismal Certificate. His spiritual-um, perhaps non-spiritual descendants queue up for these certificates today. Looking online, the demand is brisk and people just cannot understand why the Church of England will not certify to them that they are no longer Christians. Our Roman Catholic brothers and sisters can get such a certification, and the hierarchy are happy to accommodate those who wish one. And, bureaucracy being what it is, the Roman Catholics put a note to the effect that a person has abandoned the faith next to their baptismal and confirmation records. Very efficient.

Thomas, however, didn’t have recourse to this procedure. He signified his faith by the simple words “My Lord and my God!” He no longer needed an unbaptismal certificate, and no longer stood against Jesus and belief in the Resurrection.

Those of us who do not require such a certificate remember that faith is a gift, something that we can accept or give back, and something that we must constantly tend to avoid losing it altogether.

Let’s together think today of those whose unbelief requires official certification. Even though they don’t now believe in God or the sacraments which they and we have received, the power of faith that resides in those who, together, make up the Church tells them, dimly, that God and faith are too important and big to ignore. They feel that they need a piece of paper to certify that God and faith no longer have any hold on them. We, like Thomas, reaffirm our faith every week and, in the light of that faith let’s pray that despite any Unbaptismal Certificate they might hold they will eventually receive the grace of faith and tear them up with the words, “My Lord and my God!”

AMEN.

My tweets

Saturday, April 18th, 2009
  • 10:46 good morning all. had a terrible night. innards woke me up several times and i had a leg cramp. better now, thank goodness. #
  • 12:49 @kalandaka i’ve made two squirrels and the purveyors of peanuts very happy today, and it’s only 12:48 pm. #
  • 12:53 just finished leftover duck rice+risotto+sliced hot dogs heated in our new microwave for lunch. i hope the imodium continues to work… #
  • 13:07 RT @mkrigsman: RT @rainnwilson Feed a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Feed a fish a man and he’ll eat for like two and a half months. #
  • 13:08 @kalandaka are you happy now? broke down and bought the book. most of my squirrels only require peanuts… 😉 #
  • 13:31 @rhys_isterix going to dinner with a newly-civil-partnered couple we know–we’re putting up one’s sister & best friend. #
  • 15:09 @devinjay i dissected one in high school. that’s as close as i’ve come. i didn’t have to pith it, thankfully–we had a sadist in the class. #
  • 19:25 At the wedding dinner of Ard & Leslie in Shepherds Bush. Very happy occasion. Much food & wine. Ganbei! #
  • 23:48 well, time to retire. nighty-night, tweeters mine. stay out of troub;e. #

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My tweets

Friday, April 17th, 2009
  • 08:45 @soveren what’s needed is a “British” day, where no tourists from foreign countries are allowed. It was mobbed. RS is in room 4, BTW. #
  • 08:47 @soveren i suppose that’s why you come down here to shop for chinese foods… #
  • 08:50 @nard i am not fussed about what colour the balls are…as long as they’re balls. #
  • 08:52 @jallen285 i <3 chicago 2. i’d still be there if my company hadn’t moved to Arlington Heights & made me learn to drive. I was no good at it. #
  • 10:05 @MrPandaBehr Welcome to the TB Club. I just got 2 1TB drives from HK: £130. #
  • 10:18 @devinjay i thought you were following me… #
  • 14:16 @devinjay then why does my name appear in a followfriday entry by you? i’m just confused, i suppose. #
  • 14:18 @devinjay OH…..never mind. Now I understand. I am a bit dense about these things. #
  • 15:47 @tug geez, that’ll put the cat among the pigeons. poor chap. #
  • 17:22 @devinjay if I had something to sell I’d sell it. #
  • 21:32 @urbanbohemian bot it being #commandofriday you shouldn’t be wearing undies on the couch… #
  • 21:34 @jonk How about “Ta ta”, “Cheers” or perhaps “See you”. I always love the “tennis match” at the end of a call…who will hang up first? #

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My tweets

Thursday, April 16th, 2009
  • 09:37 At St Thomas’s, waiting for my new injection pen. I am two numbers away from being served. #
  • 09:38 @kevjumba a “friend”? Strange friend. #
  • 09:41 Sorry to hear that Sir Clement Freud died last night. Stalwart Just A Minute panellist, will be missed. #
  • 17:42 back from the British Museum. There are no directions to the Rosetta Stone. Very annoying. Not even on the maps. Faugh! #
  • 18:03 Twiglets, nom nom nom #
  • 18:14 @besskeloid now i’ve finished the dishful of Twiglets, i’ve left the twiglet zone and are headed into the high blood pressure/sugar zone. #
  • 19:28 @soveren you are very lucky, you can go out to the shop and buy some. my poor friend Chris in Toronto has run out 🙁 #
  • 21:40 back from dinner at the Elephant and Castle’s Indian restaurant in the shopping centre. Was ok. #

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Happy birthday, <lj user=”j8d”>

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

…and many happy returns of the day.

My tweets

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
  • 07:09 @MrPandaBehr really duck fried rice but Singaporeans always refer to it as “duck rice” and I picked up the term from HWMBO. #
  • 08:03 @MrPandaBehr it’s especially good when your honey makes it for ya… #
  • 08:09 Morning, tweeters all. Grey this morning and Fierce Squirrel is especially demanding of peanuts. #
  • 08:11 Today’s Bad Verb: From an ad for SW tester: “You must be able to permanent with our client immediately.” Argh! Sounds like a hairdresser job #
  • 12:41 Waiting at Haymarket Hotel for lunch companion. #
  • 16:42 @urbanbohemian have you adopted “centre”, “tyre”, and “pants” (meaning underwear)? You won’t be British until you do. #
  • 16:44 @urbanbohemian as someone who is out of the US on Tax Day, I get an automatic 2 month extension. Seeing as they didn’t send my forms, good! #
  • 17:45 @jonk mmmmm, teabagging! #
  • 18:10 RT @Lileks: Panini is the toast version of a high schooler who spends a week in London then comes home and speaks in an English accent. #
  • 18:15 @jonk at a michelin restaurant you wear tires (tyres), of course. is.gd/sAZQ #
  • 21:33 back from dinner at a newish Italian restaurant around the corner. As good as Pizzeria Castello. We’ll be back. #

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Happy birthday, <lj user=”ruth_lawrence”>

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

…and many happy returns of the day.

My tweets

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
  • 08:32 @MrPandaBehr sugar is a very good preservative. i wouldn’t worry about maple syrup going bad. #
  • 08:37 @MrPandaBehr hm…must have been extreeeeeemely elderly syrup. i hope you survive today’s maple syrup and thrive. try to sleep now-it’s late #
  • 08:38 @devinjay and why would that be? are you no longer ready for your close-up for Mr DeMille? 😉 #
  • 08:42 @pepstein ethiopian food lovely. meat stews served on a bread platter, tear off edges of platter scoop up stew and eat. yummy. #
  • 08:59 @nakedboy exposing scandals is good. i send you some courage. #
  • 09:53 @devinjay just a figure of speech. don’t be so literal! #
  • 10:45 Travel agent called. £70 to change HWMBO’s return ticket from US. Next time I’ll use airline website–make my own mistakes… #
  • 13:41 @mheusser only problem is, the Queen often chops off heads if she doesn’t get what she wants. That’s as true in SW testing as in kingdoms. #
  • 14:09 @nard it’s already afternoon here, unfortunately. no longer feel sexy. But glad that someone feels sexy, and that it’s you! #
  • 14:41 i really need to get out. see you shortly. #
  • 15:49 Walking to Shoreditch for Jewish rye bread. #
  • 16:08 Waiting for #35 bus under that inimitable London rain that saps your will. #
  • 16:09 Got my bread though. Bus has arrived. #
  • 16:14 @mheusser I suppose, but it gives u time to find another job & quit before the impossible deadline. #
  • 16:16 @jallen285 so is LONDON… #
  • 19:53 duck rice and salad for dinner. tired. #

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My tweets

Monday, April 13th, 2009
  • 00:13 @jallen285 what do you do when the Jehovah’s Witnesses knock on the door Sunday morning. Answering the door naked keeps ’em away. #
  • 00:17 i’ve been on the phone for two hours with my priest friend in New York, all agog over the new Abp. they’re getting… #
  • 00:18 so, tweeters mine, time for bed. be good while i’m asleep. don’t do anything i wouldn’t do. #
  • 10:06 morning, tweeters. just fell UP the stairs. ouch. #
  • 13:28 @fj as you won’t be in the US physically on april 15th, you get an automatic extension for two months, i believe. at least i do. #
  • 14:15 @leightonoc thanks for reminding me about coffee…I’ll go make some now. #
  • 15:05 @besskeloid you wear very loose crocs and one slips off as you run up the stairs. #
  • 15:35 @nard was this aimed at everyone or just a special someone? I haven’t been called sexy in decades. #
  • 15:40 @devinjay very busy. several services, a forest fire of candles, etc. made it rather unfortunate. could be worse. #
  • 16:02 @nard rain, gray #
  • 16:11 @nard you know what big shoes mean… 😉 #
  • 16:15 @nard woman meets tramp with size 14 shoes, takes him home for night of love. next day gives him $50 & says, “Buy shoes that fit you.” #
  • 16:36 @tug is jessops on the slippery slope downwards??? #
  • 18:52 finished my Manhattan, nom nom nom. #
  • 18:53 @jonk heh heh heh he said “wet spots on my pants” heh heh heh… #
  • 18:54 the duck is in the oven roasting, the duck stock is made, the risotto is about to be made, and the broccoli is ready to steam. dinner soon! #
  • 20:16 just finished dinner: roast gressingham duck, risotto, and broccoli. a big bowl of duck fat is cooling in the fridge, and duck stock making! #
  • 21:49 the duck is now going to a more glorious existence as stock, the meat and fat are in the fridge, & i’m tired. not necessarily in that order. #

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Spam we never finished reading

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

Mrs. Sandra Brown.
Presidential Library & Museum
Former Director International Online

Attention: Dear Prominent User of the Internet

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family?

We sincerely hope this mail meets you in a perfect condition.

I am happy that they feel I’m a prominent user of the internet.

Today’s Computer URL

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

I may have come a bit late to this, but many of you will remember the song 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall, normally sung when one is “impaired”, so to speak.

An online project to write programs to print the lyrics started in the late 90’s. It has expanded to examples in more than 1200 programming languages.

Here are some of the most interesting ones, including one that is hilarious, if somewhat mythical.

Too early in the morning for beer; I think I’ll have another cup of coffee.

Thanks to the Grauniad’s Thursday section for the pointer to this.

My tweets

Friday, April 10th, 2009
  • 07:50 @MrPandaBehr what am I going to do when they come for me? wouldn’t THEY like to know! #
  • 08:49 good morning, tweeters all. Today’s memorable tweet concerned “Pubic Speaking” which conjures up so many possibilities… #
  • 12:35 @mkrigsman in some states, yes. not a national holiday. #
  • 12:38 @fonsus well, christianity has different ways of dealing with Good Friday, depending on your brand of christianity. #
  • 16:15 In the Crypt at St Martin’s in the Fields waiting for coffee. Much nicer than it used to be. #
  • 18:43 @jallen285 haircut looked great when i tilted my head… #
  • 18:46 @rhys_isterix you’re eating your cat? does cat go with fish and chips? #
  • 18:50 @jonk the amount of sleep you need decreases with age. #
  • 18:53 @fonsus the pinoys prefer to have themselves crucified. Real crosses, real nails. #
  • 18:54 @jonk Memo to: Jonk’s Internal Clock. From: Chris Subject: Sleep. You need less sleep as you get older. Read and heed! 😉 #
  • 21:51 @leightonoc i’ve been following mike’s blog for months. he is an incredibly brave and competent sailor. #

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Muzzle Tov

Friday, April 10th, 2009

St. Matthew’s had a Passover “seder” last night. I use the quotation marks because I do not believe that it’s respectful to simulate the rituals of another religion, as much as passover rituals underlie some Eucharistic practices. Best to hold our own Eucharist in memorial of the Passover of the Lord and the Last Supper.

However, our “seder” pales in comparison to the one held by Robert Uri Heller. I for one was unaware of any of this (kosher dog food?).

The title of this blog entry was not originally my creation; I must hand it to Dolores from the Shep email group for that.

Do you speak English?

Friday, April 10th, 2009

If not, perhaps the following video will help.

Or not, as the case may be.

Today’s URL

Friday, April 10th, 2009

If this story of five children in Bangkok doesn’t move you, nothing will.

My tweets

Thursday, April 9th, 2009
  • 09:20 @jonk if u come to london you must have dinner or drinks with HWMBO and me. I insist. #
  • 09:26 @kevjumba is.gd/ryra is the best ad I’ve seen in years. Hope you can see it (it’s a UK ad) #
  • 09:35 @jallen285 probably just pandering to USan expectations in re green everything. If you really want to see him turn green, offer him US beer. #
  • 09:36 @jenny8lee try wholewheat hot cross buns if you want to eat something good for you but awful-tasting. #
  • 09:43 @seashellseller i can say “triduum” aloud. There. I just did. TRIH-doo-‘m (‘ is a schwa). I knew my Latin & Greek degree would come in handy #
  • 09:46 @tug i suspect that “police” means that he’s a medic for police, not for protesters. #
  • 09:48 @devinjay well, yeah, but old jokes are the best. the only new dirty jokes are the ones about viagra. #
  • 11:23 @tug of course not. i was just sayin’… #
  • 11:24 @mhisham i hope that they fix you up soon and get you going again… #
  • 14:05 Today’s pet, Peeve: “floor” vs. “ground”: is.gd/rAxK #
  • 14:18 @MrPandaBehr have a good flight. hope your luggage hasn’t fallen into the Black Hole of JetBlue… #
  • 14:47 Anti-Terror Billboard–my take: is.gd/rB3A #
  • 14:48 @helenroper i didn’t think i did well but i passed. i’ll think good thoughts your way. do you get a free resit if you don’t pass? #
  • 15:12 @tug perhaps the second autopsy will be able to tell us more about his alcohol levels… #
  • 15:13 @tug but, of course, alcohol or no, that does not excuse what the police officer did. #
  • 15:25 @tug yes. police violence against people who are impaired happens all the time. #
  • 15:26 @tug and it’s very very bad when it happens and the police are almost never brought to justice for it. #
  • 16:06 RT @jenny8lee: breaking: coast guard says a humpback whale has been spotted in new york harbor north of the verrazano bridge. writing fo … #
  • 16:08 @jonk clients are crap. sorry you’ve been lumbered with one. hope it sorts itself out. #
  • 16:26 @MrPandaBehr congratulations! what a relief! eat hearty and say “hi” to your dad for me. #
  • 16:40 msn has gone blooey on me…oddly enough. everything else is working. #
  • 16:43 RT @jenny8lee: TX lawmaker: Asians should change their names to make them easier for Americans to deal with. bit.ly/Zy2Mx #
  • 16:47 @besskeloid oh, congratulations and all that! many many happy returns of the day. #
  • 17:16 more on air ambulance tweet yesterday: cyclist dies in Elephant road accident: is.gd/rCJU #
  • 18:17 @jmspool UK “pants” = US “underwear” #

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Today’s anti-terrorist picture

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

You may have seen some of the truly odious billboards that the police have scattered around the United Kingdom encouraging people to rat on their neighbours if, for example, you aren’t familiar with what they’re putting in their bins. Or you don’t like the fact that all the men in the house next door wear beards and go to the mosque on Friday. Or they keep to themselves so they must be terrorists. Or something.

I was wondering when someone would put up a site allowing you to put your own slogan on the billboard—and now someone has.

Here’s my take.

Today’s pet peeve

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Actually, it’s a long-standing peeve, but I’ve not bothered to blog about it.

Until now.

I am constantly reading newpapers and hearing TV and radio news reporters say that “So-and-so was found on the floor” when so-and-so was actually found on the ground.

To me, except for the specialised usages of “sea floor” and “valley floor” or “crater floor”, the word “floor” implies that it is the surface of an area inside a building upon which you walk. The word “ground” means any surface outside a building on which you walk.

So someone found lying senseless outside a building would be said to be found “lying on the ground“.

However, the newspapers and other media insist on saying that they were found “lying on the floor“.

Am I old-fashioned? Should I be applying to take on Safire’s column in the New York Times? Has a “floor” become any surface, inside or outside, upon which you may walk?

Answers on a postcard, please.

My tweets

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
  • 07:35 @jonk i am afraid of people who smile and yet have the most sinister frown while smiling. One of the brothers at my HS was like that…evil! #
  • 09:24 @helenroper it should be OK. worry will just make it worse. And just think, the Practitioner’s exam will be getting closer… #
  • 13:27 @helenroper i disagreed with a lot of it but the secret is to park your experience until 1 second after the exam is over, then pick it up. #
  • 13:31 @nakedboy it’s 57 here in London; it’s warmer than miami… #
  • 13:38 @nakedboy it’s one of the few days in the year on which that will happen, i’m sure. it’s normally cold and damp here even in high summer… #
  • 15:12 @rhys_isterix not if I don’t click on the link I’m not being driven mad… #
  • 15:43 air ambulance just took off from the middle of Elephant and Castle North Roundabout. It’s a “Virgin” air ambulance. Branson has it all… #
  • 15:46 @jmspool i believe in heaven before i die too…oddly enough, it’s a Katz’s Deli Pastrami on Rye too. We Xtians add a Celray soda to that. #
  • 21:46 @jonk what does the climbing gym smell like? Hot sweaty men dripping on the floor? and the problem with that is what, exactly?? #
  • 21:52 @jonk hm…sounds like elementary school. children when i was a child took a bath once a week, so “sweaty and chalky” means Grammar School! #
  • 22:11 @jonk I _love_ children, properly cooked. #
  • 22:13 been snooping around justin.tv . it is like the drinks machine on the Heart of Gold. Produces something not entirely quite like TV. #
  • 22:23 @jallen285 nah, st patrick’s day is a much bigger deal in the US than it is in ireland. anyway, some of them are protestants and wear orange #
  • 23:28 @nakedboy both, separately. gin before dinner, sangria with dinner. #
  • 23:28 night-night tweeters mine. be good and if you can’t be good, be careful. #

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Ticklebox repair

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

One year, a husband decided to buy his mother-in-law a cemetery plot as a Christmas gift. The next year, he didn’t buy her a gift. When she asked him why, he replied, “Well, you still haven’t used the gift I bought you last year!” And that’s how the fight started…..


My husband walked into the den and asked “What’s on the TV?” I replied “Dust”. And that’s how the fight started…..


A man is standing nude, looking in the bedroom mirror. He is not happy with what he sees and says to his husband, ‘I feel horrible; I look old, fat and ugly. I really need you to pay me a compliment.’ The husband replies, ‘Your eyesight’s damn near perfect.’ And that’s how the fight started…..


My husband was hinting about what he wanted for our upcoming anniversary. He said, ‘I want something shiny that goes from 0 to 200 in about 3 seconds.’ I bought him a scale. And that’s how the fight started…..


I asked my husband, ‘Where do you want to go for our anniversary?’ It warmed my heart to see his face melt in sweet appreciation. ‘Somewhere I haven’t been in a long time!’ he said. So I suggested, ‘How about the kitchen?’ And that’s how the fight started…..


My husband and I are watching Who Wants To Be A Millionaire while we were in bed. I turned to him and said, ‘Do you want to have sex?’ ‘No,’ he answered. I then said, ‘Is that your final answer?’ He didn’t even look at me this time, simply saying ‘Yes.’ So I said, ‘Then I’d like to phone a friend.’ And that’s how the fight started…..


I tried to talk my husband into buying a case of Miller Light for $14.95. Instead, he bought facial scrub for $7.95. I told him the beer would make him look better at night than the facial scrub. And that’s how the fight started…..

Today’s New York Video

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

I love New York—so much so that I did 25 years there before I moved away. The video below is a testimony to the real power of viral video and the humour that New Yorkers create. You may not get the gimmick for a while, but it’s worth it.


The Lost Tribes of New York City from Carolyn London on Vimeo.

Today’s Travel URL

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

It’s very rare that tourists attempt to travel to North Korea. When they do get there, most find it rather sterile and uninviting. But, it really depends on how you got there. This tale of two rail enthusiasts who blogged as they traveled across Russia and then, with the proper visas and permissions, continued on to Pyongyang, is really riveting, even if you’re not a rail enthusiast. The pictures, some taken surreptitiously, are quite interesting. Read all the way through to the end.

My tweets

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
  • 08:38 Today’s Culinary Link: is.gd/r9C3 . Do not read while eating, however. You might get food all over your monitor and keyboard. #
  • 08:39 @jallen285 in canada it’s the law that overweight people get two seats. #
  • 08:39 @jonk twitpic.com/2y3w4 – holy jumped-up Jesus, you’re channeling Marcel Marceau! Stop that right now! #
  • 08:41 morning tweeters mine. doing someone else’s US and Hawaiian tax returns today, then snatching her extra forms for myself. no IRS pack yet! #
  • 10:30 @devinjay i’m over 50 and i adore twitter. tell them i said so! #
  • 10:44 @devinjay this is today, not then. you’re allowed to contradict your elders, especially when one of your elders tells you to. #
  • 17:27 just did my friend Carol’s US and Hawaii tax returns. bad enough i have to do my own. #
  • 17:28 @devinjay i’m not young and funky. where did i give you that idea. #
  • 17:29 i want to renounce my american citizenship but after looking at my bank balance i can’t afford the lawyer 🙁 #
  • 21:36 On Bakerloo Line train wending my way to the Elephant. LOI was a bit shortstaffed and thus fun but odd. #
  • 21:40 @jallen285 same dude as last time? Have fun! #
  • 21:45 @seashellseller don’t worry it’s because I want to simplify my life. I haven’t turned Republican. #
  • 22:52 @soveren there were only four of us at Lodge of Instruction so we were a bit short of officers to rehearse our Lodge work. #

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My tweets

Monday, April 6th, 2009
  • 15:03 our new microwave arrived! hurrah! leftovers are on the menu again! #
  • 15:04 @jallen285 congrats! but remember the man who went to Vegas in a $100K Cadillac and returned in a $250K bus. #
  • 15:30 At Trafalgar Sq waiting for Surasak. #
  • 16:52 At Royal Festival Hall over coffee. #
  • 17:29 At Starbucks on Wardour St drinking coffee & waiting for 6:30. #

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My tweets

Sunday, April 5th, 2009
  • 07:46 @besskeloid as far as i am aware, none of my tweeps are twerps. #
  • 07:51 @boyshapedbox i’ve sneezed out pieces of rice before, but never a full piece of macaroni. you’ve got the “Inhaled Food” prize! #
  • 07:56 @nard cheese ice cream sounds only barely edible…kind of like the Fat Duck’s bacon and egg ice cream or lobster sorbet…is it Ben&Jerry? #
  • 07:57 oh, morning tweeters mine…@besskeloid misread my goodnight “tweeps” as “twerps”. None of you are twerps, be assured. #
  • 08:01 @MrPandaBehr @nard I was thinking more of Vermont Rattrap Cheese, or Roquefort Ice Cream…but cheesecake ice cream would be fine. #
  • 12:31 My friend Alex’s turn in a commercial (he’s the Chinese guy just after “Mr Peters”): is.gd/qPG2 #
  • 12:39 @nard yr name came up in the Gospel today: the prostitute came in and dumped a jar of nard over Jesus’s feet. Can I have a jar of @nard too? #
  • 12:39 @devinjay any time is the perfect time for coffee. #
  • 12:42 @danvesma and he was the Japanese Santa in “Clash of the Santas” on ITV over Xmas. He’s Singaporean Chinese tho…no one noticed ‘cept me. #
  • 12:44 @MitchBenn only if Fry wok’ed into the prison on his own. #
  • 15:44 @nard you betcha i’ll get a jar or two of you…where do you hang out? chicago? SF, LA? Twitter is so anonymous when it comes to places. #
  • 16:16 @nard ah, twhirl tells me you’re in texas. was in dallas for a week years ago… #
  • 16:33 @devinjay good afternoon. #
  • 17:07 @scorpiojerm good night. don’t do anything I wouldn’t do. #
  • 18:32 At jom makan eating malaysian food with friends #
  • 23:45 @nard thanks…will be a bit closer to you in May but not close enough (Washington DC) #

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My tweets

Saturday, April 4th, 2009
  • 00:07 well, nighty-night, tweeters all. off to sleep. don’t do anything i wouldn’t do (don’t worry, it’s not a long list)… #
  • 10:10 morning, tweeters all. a grey morning in london. what to do this afternoon? probably hibernate. #
  • 10:20 @fj i voted for you. #
  • 10:35 @soveren thanks muchly. is there any up there? #
  • 11:29 NYT writer on the iPhone–she doesn’t like it: is.gd/qGAL . I hope I like mine when I get it. #
  • 11:33 @soveren thanks for the sunshine, mate. It’s finally arrived. #
  • 13:15 lunch over (ham sandwiches). now that the sky is blue with cloudy wisps, we must go out. don’t know where, tho. any london suggestions? #
  • 16:21 On 168 bus at Euston, walked fron Guardian bldg to Camden locks along the canal. #
  • 16:22 @jonk montecristo cigar? #
  • 16:25 @seashellseller ended up along Regent’s Canal. Quite pleasant, #
  • 21:33 @chrys you don’t have to give them anything, nor do you have to give it to charity. cakes in the office kitchen might be appreciated. #
  • 23:06 @nard is that “ice cream flavoured with Pinoy eggrolls and cheese”, or two items: “Pinoy eggrolls” and “cheese ice cream”? #
  • 23:08 almost time to retire…nighty-night, tweeps. #

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