30 November 2014
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Today is the start of Advent and also the first practise for the carol choir at St Clement’s. Our candlelit carol service will be at 6:30pm on Sunday 14 December and this year we are following a fairly traditional “Nine … Continue reading
29 November 2014
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I don’t read much which comes under the Horror heading and, frankly, enjoy less. However, I do like to browse collections of short stories from time to time and so I wasn’t to upset to find that I’d won a … Continue reading
28 November 2014
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I discovered something vaguely frightening this week: Google has got a pretty good idea of where I am and it keeps a history of where I’ve been. If you’ve got an Android device and you use it for location-based services, … Continue reading
27 November 2014
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Today I spotted that my rear bike brakes were no longer able to completely lock the wheel under load, which is not a safe state of affairs. When roads are wet and slippery, braking too hard is also dangerous but … Continue reading
26 November 2014
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Last night was cold and wet so I arranged to take my electric bass (Sei Flamboyant six string) down to the String Project rehearsal instead of my double bass. I thought we might be practising more at the poppy end … Continue reading
25 November 2014
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I got my batch of cider bottled last night, 7 quarts of the stuff with a gravity of 1.012 (down from 1.044 at the start and consistent for a couple of days). From the sample, I tried, it is hard … Continue reading
24 November 2014
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A frosty morning outside but a delight to be able to come down and light a small fire in the woodstove. I think I’m getting the hang of firelighting (or running the dehumidifier in the front room over the weekend … Continue reading
23 November 2014
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In some churches, having a Sunday fall on the day of your patron saint would call for a celebration. I have to confess that we let this slip us by at St Clement’s Oxford. Instead we remembered the persecuted church. … Continue reading
22 November 2014
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Jane suggested going out to the cinema tonight, so we checked the local listings, looked at the trailers and managed to identify one film that held a certain amount of appeal for both of us (Interstellar although if it hadn’t … Continue reading
21 November 2014
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If The Buggles meant video tape when they claimed that video killed the radio star, they were a little off the mark. Radio, we still love you, even when you are slightly ga-ga (Queen reference!). Broadcast radio is still going … Continue reading