Category: Daily

  • UK Gov boots intelligent design back into ‘religious’ margins

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    From The Register: “The government has announced that it will publish guidance for schools on how creationism and intelligent design relate to science teaching, and has reiterated that it sees no place for either on the science curriculum. “It has also defined “Intelligent Design”, the idea that life is too complex to have arisen without…

  • Taking Grandad to the park

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    Dad has been visiting us for a few days, and we’ve played at my golf club for 3 days in a row. (His scores got worse, mine got better – I’m not sure what that means.) Who is dragging who to the park in this photo?

  • Cafe Glas

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    The new Starbucks supplied cafe opened on campus. Shhhh! Don’t tell the students!

  • Father’s Day

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    It’s father’s day today! A day for a lie in, coffee and toast, a bit of golf or maybe some fishing in the morning followed by a big gravy-laden Sunday lunch and a nap on the sofa, and maybe a beer or two in the evening. Pffft – not a chance!

  • Dry blogger

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    OK, so I’m in the middle of another blogger’s drought. After Ele’s wedding stuff has returned to normal. Normal = not interesting enough to write it down. I’m still trying to get rid of this fade with my driver. That’s about it.

  • Wedding snaps

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    Ele and Lee’s wedding was superb. All had a great time and I think the bride and groom did too. They booked an excellent photographer who took photos all day long and will publish them on the web within the next couple of weeks, so I didn’t feel the need to hide behind a lense.…

  • Shoulders

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    Playing while everyone else was rehearsing for Saturday’s wedding service and flowering the church.

  • iPhone US release date

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    The Apple iPhone is going to become available in the USA from 29th June. iPhone adverts Can I wait until Christmas or later for mine?

  • Half-term Email

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    Half-term is great. I’ve had about 1/10th my normal amount of work email this week.

  • Warmest spring in 3 years

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    According to the BBC, “Recent weather in the UK has been extremely mild, and records show it has been the warmest spring since the Springwatch survey began in 2005.” Wow. The warmest spring in three years. That’s statistically terrifying. “Mr Collinson was worried about the possible impact of increasingly warm springs. “He said: “We are…