Fr Simon's Secondhand Bookstall
Selling my books to make space (for more books)
Three years ago I thought about my Desert Island Discs. Now, in the post-Christmas, pre-Funeral lull, I turn my thoughts to the whole album which has meant so much to me, the LPs which I would wade into the surf to rescue… You can tell a lot about people from their all-time top albums: not…
I have something that I really want to post on my blog, a worksheet for Remembrance Sunday for Children who might get a little bored with bits of the service. On one level, that’s a really, really important thing, perhaps representing the DNA of my ministry, and yet, I wanted to mark the 1000th post with…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ILxjxfB4zNk My clinical speciality was ITU and Coronary Care, but it was now so long ago that the daily-honed skills I had on someone’s chest are now as rusty as the next person’s, but I welcome this move to make CPR far more widely known. I am also pleased that they have insisted on the…
The Diamond Geezer writes largely about the London I love, and I love the sentiment and the colour of this… » back to work » back to school » back to routine » back to busy trains » back to a nip in the air » back to artificial sodium glare » back to oranges,…
Credit to Diamond Geezer for displaying these stats Vote2010: Election stats 1a) 2010 election: votes cast Con 36% Lab 29% LD 23% Oth 1b) 2010 election: seats won Con 306 Lab 258 LD 57 Oth 2) 2010 government: to be confirmed Con 306 [363 LD 57 or Lab 258 [315+ LD 57 O 3a) 2005 election:…
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Passing the theatre on the bus, I spot Othello at the Trafalgar Rooms 1, a small theatre off Trafalgar Square. I jump off on the off chance, and find that the cheapest available seat is actually ON the stage. During the course of this play, I find myself inches from the action, a recipient of…
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Next week, on Weds my 14-year old daughter, Emma is undergoing surgery to remove a sizable Ovarian mass/cyst/tumour. We don’t really know what the implications of it (and subsequent treatment) will be until they have examined it under the microscope, but it is likely that she will lose the ovary at the very least. [caption…
I want to thank everyone for the prayers, masses and good wishes they have offered for Emma, our daughter. [caption id=”attachment_595″ align=”alignnone” width=”480″ caption=”Ah! That moody teenager look they all try and compose for their cool and groovy Facebook entries”[/caption Anyone who reads Facebook will know that she is back at school and active, and…
for Emma, middle daughter, currently in hospital awaiting more tests. There are somethings can can only be satisfactorily handled by The Mighty Boosh DVDs, all of them, one after the other. We will know more after the MRI. Pray for Emma, and for us all. I had to cancel Mass this morning in order to…
If there is any strong argument for a Covenant (and there isn’t) then it should be to ensure Anglican Polity and Identity. The issue of Lay Presidency, authorised by the Diocese of Sydney in Australia, is more of a challenge to Scripture, Tradition and Reason (the key tenets of Anglicanism) than anything to do with…
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