The Canterbury Alehouse - The Fellowship Thr(6)

[TomUK]

...for an alehouse this is getting way too topical...

so, who can flip the most beer mats? ;)

(though i do think Andy is on to something significant!)

[Andy Broadley]

Ah. It's let me back in.

Kept getting error messages.

Dem bugs is bitin'

[Andy Broadley]

Excatly the sort of thing you'd talk about down the pub I'd have thought.

[Andy Broadley]

I see Erwin has got the CF characters back again.

[TomUK]

Excatly the sort of thing you'd talk about down the pub I'd have thought.

True

[Andy Broadley]

Thing that stood out most in what I read and heard today was not so much what was happenning, we've known for years that the ice sheets are melting.

What struck me the most was that it is happenning far more quickly than previously thought.

OK OK. I'll get down off my soapbox.

get the beers in Tom and lets flip some beer mats.

[TomUK]

:D

Perhaps we'll flip environmentally friendly beer mats...!

[Andy Broadley]

:D

Perhaps we'll flip environmentally friendly beer mats...!
To be honest, I'd rather have a game of pool

[Andy Broadley]

Looks like everyone left

[Andy Broadley]

No. Tom is still here.

It's gone 2am Tom. Don't you ever sleep?

[TomUK]

Lol, i don't start till 11 tomorrow so am having a bit of lazy evening.

[Andy Broadley]

Lol, i don't start till 11 tomorrow so am having a bit of lazy evening.
I'll have about an hour left in bed at that time.

[TomUK]

How do you mean?

[Andy Broadley]

How do you mean?
Last night shift tonight so I'll sleep till about noon.

Any longer and I won't be able to sleep tomorrow night.

Beer night tomorrow as well. (pub quiz)

[TomUK]

Ah OK.

Just focus on the beer (perhaps not the most Christian advice though :D )

[Andy Broadley]

Ah OK.

Just focus on the beer (perhaps not the most Christian advice though :D )
Hey. What was Jesus' first miracle?

[Andy Broadley]

nearly at my target of 30k posts before i go home (in just over 3 hours time)

[TomUK]

You can easily make that target

[Andy Broadley]

You can easily make that target
Shouldn't be a problem

Talking to you in here, and Bill over in reilly's at the same time.

You should try and get over there more often Tom.

[TomUK]

Don't think i've ever actually posted in Reilly's.

I'm off to bed here in a few secs, but maybe tomorrow.

[TomUK]

Though saying that, shouldn't the RC's come over here? ;)

[TomUK]

It's my bed time now. Sweet dreams to you all. :wave:

[Andy Broadley]

Don't think i've ever actually posted in Reilly's.

I'm off to bed here in a few secs, but maybe tomorrow.
hang on while I get back at the weekend and I'll be there to introduce you to people.

[Andy Broadley]

Though saying that, shouldn't the RC's come over here? ;)
Take a look at the numbers list Tom.

They do.

[Andy Broadley]

It's my bed time now. Sweet dreams to you all. :wave:
Goodnight Tom.

Probably see you on Saturday, if you are around

[pmcleanj]

Hi, Andy :wave:

[Andy Broadley]

Hi Pam

[SirTimothy]

Heya all!

[TomUK]

Anybody catching last orders in the alehouse thie evening?

[TomUK]

Anyone around at the moment?

I've got a beast of an essay in for tomorrow and could certainly do with the distraction!

[pmcleanj]

Anyone around at the moment?

I've got a beast of an essay in for tomorrow and could certainly do with the distraction!
Comes in and lets a brace of cockatiels loose inj the alehouse. That distracting enough for you?

Hands Tom a cuppa tea (from the pot on the hearth, not the Andy Broadley variety.

Essay, eh? On what?

[TomUK]

Fascinating stuff - i'm writing 3000-5000 words on whether teaching 'streamed' classes has a positive impact on the learning envirnoment.

I started it exactly 23.5 hours before it needed to be in :doh:

[Naomi4Christ]

Fascinating stuff - i'm writing 3000-5000 words on whether teaching 'streamed' classes has a positive impact on the learning envirnoment.



Is there any debate?

[Ann M]

Started 23.5 hours before it was due?

Well I suppose that a bit better than certain teenager who's been known to start assignment about 3 hours before they're due :doh:

[TomUK]

Is there any debate?

From the reading i've done (admittedly only in the past couple of hours :) ) the conclusions seem to be either that there is no relative benefit of streaming rather than mixed ability, or in fact some researchers are saying that overall schools are worse off with streaming as many of the weaker students get left behind.

[Naomi4Christ]

From the reading i've done (admittedly only in the past couple of hours :) ) the conclusions seem to be either that there is no relative benefit of streaming rather than mixed ability, or in fact some researchers are saying that overall schools are worse off with streaming as many of the weaker students get left behind.
I say that flexible 'setting' is the way to go. Mixed ability means mediocre, with the top end not being stretched. There may be a problem with the lower end, but in a standard maintained secondary school, there is not a lot of hope for the bottom set. You can do a lot with the middle set though.

I teach in a prep school and we set from year 3. It is very flexible though, with transfers between sets able to take place any time.

The only child I have of senior school age is at a selective school. We had a realistic choice of 2 schools, one selective and one mixed ability, and it was an easy decision to make.

ps: educational literature is hopelessly left wing

[TomUK]

12 hours 50 mins to go.

Really need to go to bed (ten past 2 here) but want to finish before i get some sleep. On the plus side i've researched and written 3500 words in 12 hours!

[TomUK]

Well i'm off to bed. I'm not finished yet but really need some sleep. It's just gone four here and i'm aiming to be up for around 9.

It's currently standing at 5031 words - no idea how i've managed to write that many, but there we go!

[Wiffey]

:wave:

(echo: "hello, hello, hello.")

I'm gonna put on the water for tea...

So tired today...late night out at the opera.

[karen freeinchristman]

Interesting signature, Wiffey!!!


(I thought we were trying to keep it a covert operation) ;)
:cool: :P :D




Anyway, kettle boiled yet?

Herb tea for me, please, as it is late.

Edited to add: a wee glass of whiskey wouldn't go amiss (for my chesty cough, of course).

[Wiffey]

Ooops...I spilled the beans!


Chamomile and Linden flowers make for a soothing tea.

I'm going to go to sleep early tonight. Officially an old lady: wiped out today because I was out until 10:30!

[Fish and Bread]

It's good to be back. It's been a crazy week.

[karen freeinchristman]

It's good to be back. It's been a crazy week.

It's always good to 'see' you around here, John! :wave:

[TomUK]

It's good to be back. It's been a crazy week.

Out exciting?

[Fish and Bread]

It's always good to 'see' you around here, John! :wave:

Thanks! Good to be here.

[Fish and Bread]

Out exciting?

Well, I suppose one could say that. :) I was temporarily without a domocile. Fortunately, I had enough money for a hotel in a bad neighborhood, though. I got a kick out seeing a story on shootings in Phoenix on FOXNews only to see the actual street sign from the street I was staying on pictured. :) I was literally across the street from a strip club and down the street from a prision.

There was a neat Mexican grocery nearby, though, which had excellent chicken wings and imported coca-cola (They use a slightly different formula and glass bottles south of the border). I also caught a bus to downtown Phoenix and literally randomly came across a Roman Catholic basicilica (I was looking for a library) where Pope John-Paul II once visited and knelt. There were pretty statues and stations of the cross and side altars and such, but I was a little taken aback by the votive "candles" that featured buttons that lit small light bulbs instead of actual fire and candle wick. That seemed kind of tacky. :)

Anyhow, I have a place to stay now for the immediate future, which is a good thing. I think there's even cable Internet here. It's some sort of a high-speed connection.

[karen freeinchristman]

If you lived nearby, we would take you in, John. :)

I pray that things work out for you, domestically. :crossrc:

[Fish and Bread]

If you lived nearby, we would take you in, John. :)

I pray that things work out for you, domestically. :crossrc:

Thank you. At least I'm out of the hotel! Actually, I didn't mind the hotel much (Though it was kind of unsanitary and rundown), it was just the fact that I was going to run out of money to *pay* for the hotel that disturbed me. :) I'm going to be staying in a household for a little while and doing some of the cooking and the cleaning for the family therein. Not a long-term solution, but a start that gets me a little time to work on other options.

Now, if only I can figure out the combination of buses I need to catch to get to an Episcopalian church on Sunday. I might wind up having to settle for the Lutheran church down the street, which actually isn't bad considering. Lutherans are probably the closest thing to an Anglican that's not an Anglican stateside. I went on quite the odessy to find a church last Sunday near the hotel and did not succeed at all (Well, I found a Baptist Church that holds no Sunday services, a Roman Catholic parish who's remaining masses were all in Spanish, and two non-denominational spanish-language churches... and they were quite a ways away. It's amazing how dependent one can get on the Internet. I kept wanting to look stuff up and found I had no idea how to find anything without the web.).

[Fish and Bread]

Now, if only I can figure out the combination of buses I need to catch to get to an Episcopalian church on Sunday. I might wind up having to settle for the Lutheran church down the street, which actually isn't bad considering. Lutherans are probably the closest thing to an Anglican that's not an Anglican stateside

Update: Using google, I found a lovely Anglo-Catholic Episcopalian parish 2.6 miles away. I will attempt to get to evening prayer tonight as a way of testing whether or not there are actual bus connections to this parish and, if so, which ones I need to use. Also, the web page says there is a throat blessing tonight.... one hour after evening prayer. I guess that gives me something to shoot for if I get confused and accidently take a bus to California or something (I have a notoriously poor sense of direction and had never used a public bus system prior to this week, so this is very possible!). ;)

[TomUK]

God bless google!

[Fish and Bread]

God bless google!

Yes, I was quite excited to find this. It sounds like just my sort of thing -- small, high-church, inclusive, and highly attentive to liturgy (There is a sung solemn high mass every week) -- and in plenty of time for Lent. They probably do some amazing holy week masses. I love the Lutherans and everything, but I don't think I'd want to be in a Lutheran church on Maundy Thursday or Good Friday, fun as they can be to visit from time to time. :)

[karen freeinchristman]

What on Earth is a 'Throat Blessing'???:scratch:

[Fish and Bread]

What on Earth is a 'Throat Blessing'???:scratch:

Um, to be honest, I'm not sure exactly. This is what it says on the website for the parish:

"Friday 02/03/06 Feast of St. Blaise
6:00 PM Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament & Blessing of Throats"

I think St. Blaise is the patron saint of throats. :) I'll come back and let everyone know what a throat blessing entails if I'm able to navigate the bus system successfully and attend. :) For some reason, the image of a priest with two large sticks crossed together around people's throats pops into my head, but I don't know what I'm getting that from. Maybe I'm part of some sort of an Irish Catholic metaconciousness by virtue of my genes. ;) Or maybe the image is just the result of some bad indigestion. ;)

[pmcleanj]

Um, to be honest, I'm not sure exactly. This is what it says on the website for the parish:

"Friday 02/03/06 Feast of St. Blaise
6:00 PM Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament & Blessing of Throats"

I think St. Blaise is the patron saint of throats. :) I'll come back and let everyone know what a throat blessing entails if I'm able to navigate the bus system successfully and attend. :) For some reason, the image of a priest with two large sticks crossed together around people's throats pops into my head, but I don't know what I'm getting that from. Maybe I'm part of some sort of an Irish Catholic metaconciousness by virtue of my genes. ;) Or maybe the image is just the result of some bad indigestion. ;)
Yes: two candles from the Candlemas service of blessing the candles, are held up to the throat of people seeking such a blessing. Liturgical supply houses even supply gizmos for holding the candles in the right position for the blessing. I suppose in the pre-penecillin era a bad winter strep-throat was a life-and-death issue that might make such an emphasis meaningful instead of over-the-top.

In the twenty-first century however, I find the emphasis on this obscure ritual to be bad liturgical drama. I wonder how much its recent revival owes to the fact that it has a nifty gizmo that our parish MUST have in order to keep up with the parish down the street, and then we have to have Saint Blaise services because we have the gizmo.

Around here it's hard to find Anglican churches that celebrate the Red-Letter days from the Kalendar. and Saint Blaise doesn't even make the Kalendar as a parenthetical obscure memorial. If a church just loves liturgical froufara so much that they through Saint Blaise in on top of BCP celebrations of The Conversion of Saint Paul and Candlemas and Saint Matthias then I can shrug it off as typical High-Church superogation. But if they're skipping the Prayer-book memorials in favour of one that sounds like a Monty Python joke (as some I know of are doing) I find myself rolling my eyes in dismay.

[Fish and Bread]

Yes: two candles from the Candlemas service of blessing the candles, are held up to the throat of people seeking such a blessing. Liturgical supply houses even supply gizmos for holding the candles in the right position for the blessing. I suppose in the pre-penecillin era a bad winter strep-throat was a life-and-death issue that might make such an emphasis meaningful instead of over-the-top.

In the twenty-first century however, I find the emphasis on this obscure ritual to be bad liturgical drama. I wonder how much its recent revival owes to the fact that it has a nifty gizmo that our parish MUST have in order to keep up with the parish down the street, and then we have to have Saint Blaise services because we have the gizmo.

Around here it's hard to find Anglican churches that celebrate the Red-Letter days from the Kalendar. and Saint Blaise doesn't even make the Kalendar as a parenthetical obscure memorial. If a church just loves liturgical froufara so much that they through Saint Blaise in on top of BCP celebrations of The Conversion of Saint Paul and Candlemas and Saint Matthias then I can shrug it off as typical High-Church superogation. But if they're skipping the Prayer-book memorials in favour of one that sounds like a Monty Python joke (as some I know of are doing) I find myself rolling my eyes in dismay.


Their website says they're the only Anglo-Catholic parish in what appears to be to be a rather large diocese, geographically speaking, so they probably feel the need to hold a lot of these sorts of ceromonies, since they're "the only game in town" for Anglo-Catholics, so to speak. Interestingly, the pictures of their altar didn't seem particularly high-church to me, though. It's a stand alone altar rather than being built into the back wall. I think this is by far the closest Episcopalian parish to me (Anglo-Catholic, evangelical, or any other variety :)), so I'd imagine it'll probably wind up being my parish home for the time being if it is even vaguely acceptable. Long bus rides early on Sunday mornings aren't my cup of tea.

I'm not sure how I'll adapt to the Anglo-Catholic experience. I enjoy high-churchmanship, liturgical flair, obscure church history references, and so forth (Even this throat blessing seems vaguely interesting to me, despite the fact that I simultanously find it somewhat amusing), but I have some Protestant leanings that might make me a little uncomfortable at times. I was heartened to see that the parish appears to be in favor of women priests and has active outreaches to African Americans and senior citizens -- it sounds like an affirming Anglo-Catholicism rather than neo-Roman conservative Anglo-Catholicism.

I think this could be a fun spiritual experience. :)

[Naomi4Christ]

Update: Using google, I found a lovely Anglo-Catholic Episcopalian parish 2.6 miles away. I will attempt to get to evening prayer tonight as a way of testing whether or not there are actual bus connections to this parish and, if so, which ones I need to use. Also, the web page says there is a throat blessing tonight.... one hour after evening prayer. I guess that gives me something to shoot for if I get confused and accidently take a bus to California or something (I have a notoriously poor sense of direction and had never used a public bus system prior to this week, so this is very possible!). ;)

2.6 miles? Do you have a bicycle?

[Fish and Bread]

2.6 miles? Do you have a bicycle?

Unfortunately, I do not. I kind of wonder about the efficency of taking a bus given that I'd have to transfer every half mile or a mile to another bus and sit at the bus stop until the transfer bus comes through, but I'm in poor health and doubt I could walk the whole way. Perhaps if I simply took a bus for the longest leg or two of the journey and walked for the rest, shortening the total distance walking considerably and allowing me to rest on benches while awaiting the buses. I will have to try to evaluate some of these issues today. That's one of the reasons I wanted to go to evening prayer and so forth tonight -- in case something goes wrong with my plan, I don't want to have to miss the Sunday Eucharist. This way everything should be worked out in time for Sunday, hopefully.

[Naomi4Christ]

Unfortunately, I do not. I kind of wonder about the efficency of taking a bus given that I'd have to transfer every half mile or a mile to another bus and sit at the bus stop until the transfer bus comes through, but I'm in poor health and doubt I could walk the whole way. Perhaps if I simply took a bus for the longest leg or two of the journey and walked for the rest, shortening the total distance walking considerably and allowing me to rest on benches while awaiting the buses. I will have to try to evaluate some of these issues today. That's one of the reasons I wanted to go to evening prayer and so forth tonight -- in case something goes wrong with my plan, I don't want to have to miss the Sunday Eucharist. This way everything should be worked out in time for Sunday, hopefully.

I hope that you can get into good health soon. Maybe you need to give BK a miss, even on Friday fish days. :D

[Fish and Bread]

They did benediction exactly like EWTN, complete with incense and one of those gold things to hold the Eucharist with. I'm told they have incense and a sung solemn high mass every week. I'm a sucker for incense. :)

[Andy Broadley]

*Andy looks in but see's that the place is empty*

I'll try again later.

Anyone wants to chat, just PM me.

[JoshuaCh1v9]

:) :wave:

[Andy Broadley]

Hi naomi

[Andy Broadley]

Good to finally see somebody in here

[Naomi4Christ]

Heyyup, Andy!

[TomUK]

Afternoon Andy!

[Andy Broadley]

Hey tom

[Andy Broadley]

Heyyup, Andy!
Owdo

[pmcleanj]

Morning! I'm making tea. Is there anything by way of feesh breakfast breads around, or do I have to be imaginative?

[TomUK]

Feesh breakfast breads?!

[Naomi4Christ]

Our pain au chocolat disappeared hours ago...

[TomUK]

Sainsburys do some gorgeous pain au chocolats around the clock if you've really got an urge!

[pmcleanj]

Feesh breakfast breads?!
Fresh, Tom! Fresh!

The bread, that is, not you. No, for that matter ;) it does apply to both.

Well, if no pain au chocolat, I'm going to fry up some doughnuts.

[Naomi4Christ]

Sainsburys do some gorgeous pain au chocolats around the clock if you've really got an urge!

I'm afraid with five children and a French au pair, I could not possibly keep us going in pain au chocolat to meet everyone's urges. I usually buy three trays (36 jumbo ones for about 20p each) on my fortnightly trips to Costco, and if we are lucky, there are some available for breakfast.

I have had complaints from DS's housemaster that he is more than capable of devouring 5 or 6 pain au chocolat at breakfast.

[TomUK]

Fresh, Tom! Fresh!

The bread, that is, not you. No, for that matter ;) it does apply to both.

Well, if no pain au chocolat, I'm going to fry up some doughnuts.

There's nothing fresh about me today - i am having a veeeery lazy saturday.

[higgs2]

Whole wheat granola huckleberry pancakes anyone? <sips on the second latte of the day>

[Fish and Bread]

Is it sad that I just spent a substanitive amount of time on a Saturday reading old love e-letters written to me in 2002? It's interesting that the only ones I saved were from my second girlfriend (As opposed to the other five). I think it was because she was so elequent. She even wrote a fiction story involving me. :) I think she stands out in my head because she was so much like my template of the ideal woman growing up -- brains, beauty, personality, everything. She actually even looked like the image I had in my head of what the perfect girl would look like. There were actually women who I might have been attracted to on an animalistic level or even had a better time with, because I had closer relationships with others, but there was just something about this girl...

I guess also because it feels unfinished. There was no nasty breakup and I never stopped actually liking her. Some of the girls I had more serious relationships with I don't remember as fondly, because they were real jerks to me towards the end. This girl might have behaved badly sometimes, but nothing I could really hold against her. She just was one of those people that I couldn't get mad at.

It all feels like a million years ago now. I don't think I ever saw myself dating this many people over this length of time. I always figured I'd settle down quickly with one of my first girlfriends and marry or wind up stuck a bachelor for most of my life. This is really unexpected and, frankly, odd, for me, even though most people would probably expect it. Kind of wearying, like a never ended search and process of commitment and betrayal. I just wanted a simple life with the right woman. I think not finding that actually bothers me more than anything in the world -- even my health problems and insecure living conditions from time to time due to finances, etc.

[higgs2]

Is it sad that I just spent a substanitive amount of time on a Saturday reading old love e-letters written to me in 2002? It's interesting that the only ones I saved were from my second girlfriend (As opposed to the other five). I think it was because she was so elequent. She even wrote a fiction story involving me. :) I think she stands out in my head because she was so much like my template of the ideal woman growing up -- brains, beauty, personality, everything. She actually even looked like the image I had in my head of what the perfect girl would look like. There were actually women who I might have been attracted to on an animalistic level or even had a better time with, because I had closer relationships with others, but there was just something about this girl...

I guess also because it feels unfinished. There was no nasty breakup and I never stopped actually liking her. Some of the girls I had more serious relationships with I don't remember as fondly, because they were real jerks to me towards the end. This girl might have behaved badly sometimes, but nothing I could really hold against her. She just was one of those people that I couldn't get mad at.

It all feels like a million years ago now. I don't think I ever saw myself dating this many people over this length of time. I always figured I'd settle down quickly with one of my first girlfriends and marry or wind up stuck a bachelor for most of my life. This is really unexpected and, frankly, odd, for me, even though most people would probably expect it. Kind of wearying, like a never ended search and process of commitment and betrayal. I just wanted a simple life with the right woman. I think not finding that actually bothers me more than anything in the world -- even my health problems and insecure living conditions from time to time due to finances, etc.

Yes, it can feel discouraging ,can't it? But I have to remind you (sorry, I am compelled to do this, can't help myself) that you are very, very, very, very very young, and have many more years in which to find your life partner. Soldier on, and all that. I married 10 days before my 30th, had child 1 at 35, child 2 at 39, child 3 at 42. You have pleeeenty of time.

[karen freeinchristman]

Yes, it can feel discouraging ,can't it? But I have to remind you (sorry, I am compelled to do this, can't help myself) that you are very, very, very, very very young, and have many more years in which to find your life partner. Soldier on, and all that. I married 10 days before my 30th, had child 1 at 35, child 2 at 39, child 3 at 42. You have pleeeenty of time.
Yes, I married at 29, too, and didn't have my first child until 34.
Late bloomer, I guess you could say!

[Fish and Bread]

Yes, it can feel discouraging ,can't it? But I have to remind you (sorry, I am compelled to do this, can't help myself) that you are very, very, very, very very young, and have many more years in which to find your life partner. Soldier on, and all that. I married 10 days before my 30th, had child 1 at 35, child 2 at 39, child 3 at 42. You have pleeeenty of time.

Well, theoretically. :) Remember, you're talking to someone who has very nearly been homeless several times and homeless people tend to die young. :) Also, you're talking to someone who nearly died at age 18 due to health complications. So, while I'd love to live until age 70 or 80, I can't exactly count on it. :)

That and I'm somewhat impatient. It's especially hard to wait for things when it's very uncertain as to whether or not one will obtain them. Now, that's not to equate finding a spouse with material things by any means, but I suppose in this one particular instance, it's a similar principle. I suppose it's a little like the way some folk feel about heaven.

[karen freeinchristman]

That and I'm somewhat impatient. It's especially hard to wait for things when it's very uncertain as to whether or not one will obtain them. Now, that's not to equate finding a spouse with material things by any means, but I suppose in this one particular instance, it's a similar principle. I suppose it's a little like the way some folk feel about heaven.

John, just read the link you have in your sig.
Just want to say, you are a lovely person! :hug:

[Fish and Bread]

John, just read the link you have in your sig.
Just want to say, you are a lovely person! :hug:

Thank you. :)

[TomUK]

Anyone in the alehouse going to put on a nice carvery for everyone?

I'm too lazy and way too useless in the kitchen to do it myself! :D

[JoshuaCh1v9]

To busy listening to the footie.....sorry

[TomUK]

Who you listening to?

[CatholicRock]

Good afternoon

[TomUK]

Hello Catholic Rock! :wave:

[Fish and Bread]

I put down 500 blessings on the Seahawks in the Eastern Orthodox forum. If I win, I get 1,000 (It's uneven because the Seahawks are the underdog in the big game today). Wish me luck. :)

Anyone having a Super Bowl party or doing anything special today?

[Naomi4Christ]

I put down 500 blessings on the Seahawks in the Eastern Orthodox forum. If I win, I get 1,000 (It's uneven because the Seahawks are the underdog in the big game today). Wish me luck. :)

Anyone having a Super Bowl party or doing anything special today?

Superbowl? How dull...

I shall be celebrating Scotland's win over France today for a very long time.

[karen freeinchristman]

I really miss the Superbowl. :cry: They do show it here, but its in the middle of the night, and its not the same in a different country anyway.

I can remember some really great Superbowl parties!

[Wiffey]

My husband is a major Steelers' fan...so today is nearly as big as when the Red Sox won the Series.

[TomUK]

I really miss the Superbowl. :cry: They do show it here, but its in the middle of the night, and its not the same in a different country anyway.

I can remember some really great Superbowl parties!

In my first year at university a few of us stayed up late to watch it (none of us knew what on earth was going on mind!) and bizarrely Seal was one of the guys doing the commentary. :scratch:

[Wiffey]

On another note...today was sort of a big day for me. After church I worked up the courage to speak to our priests about being received into the Episcopal Church.:)

[TomUK]

On another note...today was sort of a big day for me. After church I worked up the courage to speak to our priests about being received into the Episcopal Church.:)

Congratulations! Three cheers for Wiffey!

Hip hip...

[Wiffey]

Thanks! I am excited at the prospect. This Lent I'll dedicate myself to prayer and study, and if all goes well I will be received in May.

My daughter is also very excited, as we now have a home parish (officially). My parents are very supportive, and will be coming to church with us to visit next week. [Dad= cradle Reform Jew, Mom=cradle RC...now both are Unitarian Universalists.] I hope they like it!


Edit: I started a wee thread about this to share the good news and to free up the alehouse for superbowl festivities. Go Steelers!

[TomUK]

Wiffey, i must ask - what are those pictures in your sig? They're oddly captivating.

[Wiffey]

I found them online...Latin American folk art representations of Christ crowned with thorns and Christ's Baptism.

I really loved the colors and the feeling...so they ended up in my signature.

[Fish and Bread]

Peter Boulware's brother got an interception for the Seahawks. You've got to love it, even relatives of Ravens step up their games against the hated Steelers. ;)

[Fish and Bread]

Dangnab it, Rothlisberger just completed a pass to like the two yard line.

[Fish and Bread]

Oh well, if the Steelers win, I can always take pride in the fact that the Ravens beat the champs in a game this season. It was a glorious overtime victory...

But I still have to root against the Steelers. If I didn't, they'd revoke my license as a Ravens fan. ;)

[Wiffey]

Uh-oh. I'm not really watching the game...not that into football. But Dearest Husband will not be in his usual good humor if the Steelers blow it. I just know I like it when he's happy (he cooks dinner and stuff!).

[Fish and Bread]

I live and die with the Ravens. I've seen every game they've ever played (Well, one game in 1997 I had to listen to on the radio).

[Wiffey]

I wonder how the game is going...a little while ago I heard movement downstairs.

[Fish and Bread]

I wonder how the game is going...a little while ago I heard movement downstairs.

14-3, Pittsburgh leads :(

[Fish and Bread]

Come on Seahawks!

[Fish and Bread]

Drat. The Steelers are on the Seatle 10, looking to score again.

[TomUK]

Looks like you're losing out on that TAW bet!

[Wiffey]

Ooooo.... the third installment of "Bleak House" is on Masterpiece Theatre now! Very good!

[Fish and Bread]

Looks like you're losing out on that TAW bet!

The game is tightening up. Pittsburgh only leads 14-10 now. I haven't lost yet. :)

[Fish and Bread]

Actually, I'm going to log off so I can focus my attention a bit more on the final bit of the game. Be back later. :)

[TomUK]

http://www.jsahlen.se/entries/tada.jpg

*tom unveils his brand spanking new sig*

[TomUK]

The game is tightening up. Pittsburgh only leads 14-10 now. I haven't lost yet. :)

I know you're not here John, but 21-10. It's not looking good...

[Fish and Bread]

*tom unveils his brand spanking new sig*

I dare you to go over to OBOB and post a new thread while you still have your current sig file. :)

[TomUK]

hehe

[Fish and Bread]

I know you're not here John, but 21-10. It's not looking good...

Yeah, it was a disappointing outcome. I've already paid Michael the Iconographer his 500 blessings. But this does at least make the Ravens' victory over the Steelers earlier in the season a little sweeter, and it'll make the crushing defeat we deal them next year sweeter as well. ;)

Actually, in all seriousness, congratulations are due to the Steelers and their fans. It's hard to win a Super Bowl. It's a great accomplishment and they should be proud.

[Fish and Bread]

hehe

Would you do it for 100 blessings? ;)

[TomUK]

You'll be down to half a dozen blessings before the evening's out at this rate!

[Fish and Bread]

-

[Fish and Bread]

Is there anywhere I can complain on a formal basis about moderator actions? I'm having a bit of a problem with the OBOB moderators.

[TomUK]

Lol, due to the recent 500th anniversary the Vatican Swiss Guard have been out in force recently.

I must say though i gave up any serious posting in OBOB ages ago. They have no desire to chat to people other than Roman Catholics and i really got bored of either being ignored of warned - the only two eventualities i ever faced.

Andy, however, seems to have found some special secret method of infiltration though!

[TomUK]

Is there anywhere I can complain on a formal basis about what's going on to someone in authority over the OBOB mods?

Not too sure- i'd be careful here though as you got warnings for even discussing moderator actions. :doh:

[Fish and Bread]

-

[TomUK]

Anyway, it's approaching 4am here :eek: and i really should get some sleep.

:wave:

[Fish and Bread]

Goodnight Tom.

[CatholicRock]

Hello evereyone

[pmcleanj]

Hello evereyone
Howdy. Can I stand you to a drink? You're abroad late!

[pmcleanj]

Quote *tom unveils his brand spanking new sig* I dare you to go over to OBOB and post a new thread while you still have your current sig file. :)
LOL! I'm going to have to stop suppressing sig files, so that I at least know what's going on when the ICBM's start flying overhead!

[CatholicRock]

LOL! I'm going to have to stop suppressing sig files, so that I at least know what's going on when the ICBM's start flying overhead!
What would happen would be the M.A.D situation.

Both denominations would destroy one another, which is good for nobody.

Tom, what would Jesus do?

[CatholicRock]

And I would add that I speak here as a Christian, not as a Catholic.

A Catholic using a similer sig would get the same response from me.

Read my sig.

That's what it's about.

[CatholicRock]

Howdy. Can I stand you to a drink? You're abroad late!
Hello.

Some coffee would be great.

Not so much as abroad late, more up early.

Monday morning here and another week starting.

[karen freeinchristman]

Hello.

Some coffee would be great.

Not so much as abroad late, more up early.

Monday morning here and another week starting.

I think your signature is spot on, CatholicRock! :thumbsup:

[CatholicRock]

I think your signature is spot on, CatholicRock! :thumbsup:
Thank You.

I get a bit of stick from some of the hard line catholics though.

But I remain unrepentant.

Whe Jesus said love one another, he didn't put any sub clauses in.

[karen freeinchristman]

I get a bit of stick from some of the hard line catholics though.

But I remain unrepentant.

Stick to your guns! :thumbsup:

[pmcleanj]

...
A Catholic using a similer sig would get the same response from me....

Hmmm. The point is, Tom *is* a Catholic. The Anglican Church *is* Catholic, that's the historical perspective of our foundational documents.

Roman Catholics do make a practice of casually implying that we are not -- you just did it yourself -- that's their perspective. So why would it be wrong Anglican to state our perspective?

[Andy Broadley]

Glad to see CR made it here in the end as well.

Hi Winnie

[CatholicRock]

Hmmm. The point is, Tom *is* a Catholic. The Anglican Church *is* Catholic, that's the historical perspective of our foundational documents.

Roman Catholics do make a practice of casually implying that we are not -- you just did it yourself -- that's their perspective. So why would it be wrong Anglican to state our perspective?
I believe that perhaps I have been misunderstood here.

I used the word Catholic as a noun, not as a verb.

It was merely a way of describing someone from what is known as the Roman Catholic church as opposed to someone from what is known as the Anglican church.

I believe that Tom used the word as a verb. It reads as a put down of another denomination, and I am sure it would be taken as such by many people in OBOB.

You implied yourself that it would cause Interdenominational theological war.

And I know that this kind of thing happens regularly in OBOB, but does that make it right?

I would suggest not.

OBOB and STR should share together as fellow Christians, not as protagonists engaged in theological trench warfare.

[pmcleanj]

I believe that perhaps I have been misunderstood here. I used the word Catholic as a noun, not as a verb.
Nope.:) You were understood. I understood that you meant merely meant it to refer to an Roman Catholic. And I understood that you probably didn't realize that that usage, in the unmodified form, offends many Anglicans because of the exclusivity implicit in the usage.

Tom is using the word to describe a fact of self-perception. The Anglican church is, for Anglicans, the normative form of the Catholic Church for people with any English heritage. But we at STR *know* from experience how many people at OBOB respond to that honest, Anglican perspective. Flaunting who we are over at OBOB is the part that would cause Interdenominational theological war.

You're right, that wouldn't be right no matter what happens regularly on OBOB. And you're right that OBOB and STR should share together as fellow Christians. But if that is ever likely to happen, we have to learn about each other, including learning what kind of things give offense to our brothers and sisters on the opposite sides of the Tiber. The fact is, Tom didn't go flaunt his offensive perception over in OBOB. The fact is, also, that while you did use the exclusive form over here in STR, I think we all do understand that you didn't do so with any intent to offend.

In fact, I love your sig, and your intent, and I agree with it. And, knowing now one more way to avoid offense, you've got a better chance of success, no?

[Andy Broadley]

Seems like people on both sides of the 'tiber' need to be a little more tolerent and a lot less touchy.

[karen freeinchristman]

Seems like people on both sides of the 'tiber' need to be a little more tolerent and a lot less touchy.

Always the way forward!

[karen freeinchristman]

Why does it say that it's my 43rd birthday this week?
I wish it were! It's my 44th! :o

[pmcleanj]

Would you all three care for another cup of coffee? (IRL, I just dumped out what turned out to be a pot leftover from last Friday. Now, there's an unappetizing thought! Fortunately, coffee in the Alehouse is always fresh.)

[Andy Broadley]

Would you all three care for another cup of coffee? (IRL, I just dumped out what turned out to be a pot leftover from last Friday. Now, there's an unappetizing thought! Fortunately, coffee in the Alehouse is always fresh.)
Any tea going?

[Andy Broadley]

Why does it say that it's my 43rd birthday this week?
I wish it were! It's my 44th! :o
Birthdays are like beers.

The more you have the hardest it is to keep count.

Nice to be in a situation where there are three people in the Alehouse and I'm the youngest.lol

[karen freeinchristman]

Nice to be in a situation where there are three people ... and I'm the youngest.lol

Sounds like how it is for me at church!! ;)




I'd love a cup of coffee, Pamela, thank you so much! :)

[Andy Broadley]

3.35 here. (Come to think of it, it's that in Liverpool as well).

Wish it was 6pm.

Wanna go home.

Need to sleep.

[Andy Broadley]

You get three???!!!!

Wow. revival in Liverpool

[karen freeinchristman]

You get three???!!!!

Wow. revival in Liverpool:D

[Andy Broadley]

A Painter gets contracted to paint the church steeple. In order to maximise his profit he buys only the bare minimum of paint.

Half way down he realises that he does not have enough paint to finish the job.

Rather than buying some more, he gets some thinners and dilutes down what is left of his paint, then finished painting the steeple.

Back on the ground he looks up to admire his work, and realises, to his horror, that the half he painted with diluted paint has gone a completely different colour.

"Oh no, what shall I do?" he says to himself.

At that moment a loud voice comes from Heaven.

"Repaint, and thin no more"

[pmcleanj]

You know, now that I've turned on people's signatures to be forewarned of any impeding apocalypses, I'm finding out so much more about people.

Hands Andy a cuppa, strained through an actual tea-strainer, poured from an actual pot that has been imbued with actual tealeaves, and contemplates the thought that the tea-towels are safe from depredations for another few minutes.

Did you know, for example, that your siggy has broken formatting tags?

[Andy Broadley]

You know, now that I've turned on people's signatures to be forewarned of any impeding apocalypses, I'm finding out so much more about people.

Hands Andy a cuppa, strained through an actual tea-strainer, poured from an actual pot that has been imbued with actual tealeaves, and contemplates the thought that the tea-towels are safe from depredations for another few minutes.

Did you know, for example, that your siggy has broken formatting tags?
Thanks for the tea.

I know my siggy was OK till Erwin starting tinkering, and now half of it has gone awol

[higgs2]

A Painter gets contracted to paint the church steeple. In order to maximise his profit he buys only the bare minimum of paint.

Half way down he realises that he does not have enough paint to finish the job.

Rather than buying some more, he gets some thinners and dilutes down what is left of his paint, then finished painting the steeple.

Back on the ground he looks up to admire his work, and realises, to his horror, that the half he painted with diluted paint has gone a completely different colour.

"Oh no, what shall I do?" he says to himself.

At that moment a loud voice comes from Heaven.

"Repaint, and thin no more"
Yawn. :yawn: What, what? :o Is it legal to tell jokes like this first thing in the morning? :eek:

Ah, well. Latte please. :sigh: :D

[higgs2]

Why does it say that it's my 43rd birthday this week?
I wish it were! It's my 44th! :o
I was wondering about that -- i was pretty sure you and I were the same. Lots of similarities betweens us actually, it's a little spooky. Are you me ? :D

[Fish and Bread]

If you even come across a clone of me, it's probably a safe assumption that I'm using multiple handles. ;) I've never met anyone similar to me in my entire life. For better or for worse, I appear to be one of a kind. :) Whether that's a good kind or not has been highly debated by those around me, however. ;)

[Andy Broadley]

Yawn. :yawn: What, what? :o Is it legal to tell jokes like this first thing in the morning? :eek:

Ah, well. Latte please. :sigh: :D
It's gone 5pm Higgs.

You overslept.lol

[higgs2]

It's gone 5pm Higgs.

You overslept.lol
Rough night. Technically, I underslept. :(

[Fish and Bread]

It's gone 5pm Higgs.

You overslept.lol

:eek: Andy is typing to us from the future! ;)

[Andy Broadley]

Hey John.

Just been asked a question about your avater.

What is the symbol between the Jewish candles and the Soviet hammer and sickle?

[Fish and Bread]

Hey John.

Just been asked a question about your avater.

What is the symbol between the Jewish candles and the Soviet hammer and sickle?

That one stands for humanism, a philosophical movement of folks who believe humans have both the inclination and the ability to work collectively on their own as a race (i.e without any supernatural intervention) towards building a better more moral world. Generally, it's made up of atheists and agnostics, but I've heard occasionally of a few theistic and even Christian humanists here and there.

[Andy Broadley]

:eek: Andy is typing to us from the future! ;)
Useful thing to have, a TARDIS

[Fish and Bread]

Useful thing to have, a TARDIS

Have you been watching the new Dr. Who? If so, how do you like it? Neither of the new seasons has aired in the United States as of yet.

[pmcleanj]

Rough night. Technically, I underslept. :(
Insomnia again? I saw midnight, one a.m., two a.m., and three a.m. -- and then fell into a deep and desparate slumber only two hours before the alarm clock was due to go off (I did reset it to 6 at the three-a.m.-toss-and-turn, on the grounds that I can go to work without doing the laundrey, but I can't go to work without sleep.)

Anne was up and down too, with a snuffy nose. And Dean slept badly too -- I could tell by the persistent loud snores :mad: .

I could blame the Chinook on behalf of all of us, but we don't seem to be having a Chinook. Just unseasonably warm weather.

[Andy Broadley]

Have you been watching the new Dr. Who? If so, how do you like it? Neither of the new seasons has aired in the United States as of yet.
We had the first new series (Chris Ecclestone), last year.

Toatlly excellent. (Billy Piper helps as well).

Not had the newest series yet (David Tennant). Should be on in the spring.

[Fish and Bread]

We had the first new series (Chris Ecclestone), last year.

Toatlly excellent. (Billy Piper helps as well).

Not had the newest series yet (David Tennant). Should be on in the spring.

I didn't watch much of the original Dr. Who. Is the first new series fairly accessible to non-whovians? I think it's coming to cable in the spring or early summer here in the states and I was thinking of tuning in.

[higgs2]

Insomnia again? I saw midnight, one a.m., two a.m., and three a.m. -- and then fell into a deep and desparate slumber only two hours before the alarm clock was due to go off (I did reset it to 6 at the three-a.m.-toss-and-turn, on the grounds that I can go to work without doing the laundrey, but I can't go to work without sleep.)

Anne was up and down too, with a snuffy nose. And Dean slept badly too -- I could tell by the persistent loud snores :mad: .

I could blame the Chinook on behalf of all of us, but we don't seem to be having a Chinook. Just unseasonably warm weather.
Ugh, yes. Up and down, up and down. I can't even blame the baby this time. Naturally, she sleeps, I don't.... I've been sick for over a month, that's part of it too... poor me :cry:

[TomUK]

I didn't watch much of the original Dr. Who. Is the first new series fairly accessible to non-whovians? I think it's coming to cable in the spring or early summer here in the states and I was thinking of tuning in.

you shouldn't have a problem with the new series at all. Before watching it my knowledge of Dr. Who was limited. Mainly i'd only seen the Paul McGann movie.

[Fish and Bread]

you shouldn't have a problem with the new series at all.

Thanks Tom. I'll check it out if circumstances permit (Things are a bit up in the air with my living arrangements, at least that far out, so I may or may not have cable/sattelite at that juncture). :)

[karen freeinchristman]

I was wondering about that -- i was pretty sure you and I were the same. Lots of similarities betweens us actually, it's a little spooky. Are you me ? :D

Of course, I'm not you! YOU are ME!!! :D

[karen freeinchristman]

I didn't watch much of the original Dr. Who. Is the first new series fairly accessible to non-whovians?

I had never seen Dr. Who before the new one came on last year, and I loved it! :thumbsup:

I do wish Chris Ecclestone were still going to be in it, but I'll try to give the new guy a chance...

[TomUK]

Ecclestone was OK, but the Christmas episode was so amazing that i'm pretty excited about tennant

[karen freeinchristman]

Ecclestone was OK, but the Christmas episode was so amazing that i'm pretty excited about tennant
I missed that one... but I'm glad to hear a good report about it/him.

[Andy Broadley]

I missed that one... but I'm glad to hear a good report about it/him.
I missed the Christmas special as well.

[CatholicRock]

I too look forward to the new series with David Tennat as the Doctor.

he will have a tough role to maintain though after Ecclestones great performances.

[TomUK]

Where abouts are you from, Catholicrock?

[CatholicRock]

Battersea, South London.

And the name's Winston BTW

[TomUK]

Ah, OK. Wasn't sure if you were a yank! :sorry:

[pmcleanj]

Makes Tea.

Makes Coffee.

Puts Iron Butterfly back on the jukebox (who keeps taking it off?)

Oh come let us sing, unto the Lord! Let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation!

Let us come before his presence with Thanksgiving, and show ourselves glad in him with Psalms!

Can't seem to replicate Glenn's formatting dysfunction, no matter what I do.

Opens the windows to let in the fresh February sunshine.

[Wiffey]

Goodness, someone in Canada opening windows in February! Hats off to you! :wave:

[pmcleanj]

Goodness, someone in Canada opening windows in February! Hats off to you! :wave: We're having unseasonably warm weather. The river hasn't even closed over this winter yet. The high for today is predicted to be +11 (that's celcius degrees above freezing).

Sounds heavenly except, of course, all our perennials are sub-zero adapted, so they're going to suffer this summer from not having had a proper winter sleep (and I have to rake my lawn instead of letting a nice blanket of snow keep all the mess covered.)

[SirTimothy]

Good heavens. Your weather's the same as ours. Except ours was cold wet and mis'ruble.

Timothy

[TomUK]

Good heavens. Your weather's the same as ours. Except ours was cold wet and mis'ruble.

Timothy

Ditto - It's bloody freezing here today http://edatpr.homestead.com/files/shiver.jpg

[higgs2]

We're having unseasonably warm weather. The river hasn't even closed over this winter yet. The high for today is predicted to be +11 (that's celcius degrees above freezing).

Sounds heavenly except, of course, all our perennials are sub-zero adapted, so they're going to suffer this summer from not having had a proper winter sleep (and I have to rake my lawn instead of letting a nice blanket of snow keep all the mess covered.)
Okay you're the Queen Mum, right? Please, make Paladin uneat me! I feel disrespected :(

[pmcleanj]

Okay you're the Queen Mum, right? Please, make Paladin uneat me! I feel disrespected :(
Umm, right. Okay. Let's see how this goes.

Son? Your Majesty, Son?

Your loyal subject, higgs2, petitions you that you graciously release her from durance vile in your mithril stomache.

I'm sure she's learned the error of her ways, actually, the rest of us have forgotten what her error was but if you think not, we could (;) )lock her in the cellar.

And then we'll round up that errant Royal Chef, and have a banquet instead. What do you say?

[Fish and Bread]

I'm not sure I'd want to go to a banquet that a cannibal is in charge of.... ;) At the very least, I think I'd have to refrain from eating anything. :)

[pmcleanj]

I'm not sure I'd want to go to a banquet that a cannibal is in charge of.... ;) At the very least, I think I'd have to refrain from eating anything. :)
Oh, you're safe if Andy's cooked the meal. King PaladinValer always eats his victims raw. As far as I know...

[JoshuaCh1v9]

Umm, right. Okay. Let's see how this goes.

Son? Your Majesty, Son?

Your loyal subject, higgs2, petitions you that you graciously release her from durance vile in your mithril stomache.

I'm sure she's learned the error of her ways, actually, the rest of us have forgotten what her error was but if you think not, we could (;) )lock her in the cellar.

And then we'll round up that errant Royal Chef, and have a banquet instead. What do you say?

One errant royal chef at your service Your Highness

[JoshuaCh1v9]

One errant royal chef at your service Your Highness
Yea, it's me...

[pmcleanj]

Yea, it's me...
Really??? You're sure you're not someone else?

[karen freeinchristman]

Yea, it's me...

:confused: This is mysterious....

[Fish and Bread]

*plays Twlight Zone theme*

[higgs2]

:eek:

this is freaking me out

[TomUK]

:scratch:

[Wiffey]

Well, I'm thoroughly confused....when in doubt, go make tea. Who besides me loves Darjeeling?


[Of course, the English posters will proclaim me a heretic when they discover that I routinely desecrate tea with vanilla soy-milk.:blush: ]

[pmcleanj]

tea with vanilla soy-milk.:blush: ]
Oh. My.



I think the odd Canadian poster might proclaim you a heretic, too!:D

[TomUK]

Tut tut Wiffey, you should know that tea made with soy-milk is not actually tea at all.

It is an imposter, masquerading as normal tea...

..biding its time until one day when we are all completely unaware it will take over the world and kill all life on the planet.


Shame on you for advocating such things! I will accept your formal apology no later than one week from today, in writing if you don't mind. If you do not comply then i will not be held responsible for the number of smileys i may potentially use in a post against you.

[Fish and Bread]

Earl Grey. Hot.

I don't actually drink tea, but I do watch Star Trek: The Next Generation. ;)

[Wiffey]

I apologize for ruining good tea...oh drat this lactose-intolerance!

Actually, I stumbled upon the soy-milk heresy one Lent when I was doing the full-on vegan fasting thing. It didn't wreck my tummy like milk does, and (to a Philistine like me) didn't taste too bad. So my bad behavior continues...

[And now I have corrupted the young...my daughter likes soy-Chai lattes.]

[karen freeinchristman]

I don't drink tea that much, I'm a coffee addict.:blush:

But I do like herbal tea in the evening, especially chamomile, and peppermint. Sometimes with honey, when I'm feeling really wicked.

[higgs2]

I don't drink tea that much, I'm a coffee addict.:blush:

But I do like herbal tea in the evening, especially chamomile, and peppermint. Sometimes with honey, when I'm feeling really wicked.
Wicked, wicked, wicked! Who would have expected this from you? :P

[Fish and Bread]

Well, this confirms it, I'm literally allergic to cleaning. I already knew from testing that I was allergic to dute mites, which makes vaccuming difficult (That and the bending over with my back and the sound with my migraines). Now, today, I try to mop a kitchen with bleach and my airways constrict and I start choking and sweating and can't breath, leave the room and I'm find, come back and I can't breath; repeated that process a bunch of times. Actually, even with windows open and in another room, my throat *still* feels a little tight.

It's a good thing I got that throat blessing on the feast of St. Blaise. :) Who'd have thought it would come in handy in the Arizona heat? ;)

[karen freeinchristman]

I already knew from testing that I was allergic to dute mites, which makes vaccuming difficult


Dute mites? :confused:





I'm allergic to dust mites, too.

[karen freeinchristman]

Higgs, you look different today... :confused: I can't place just what it is about you that has changed...

[higgs2]

Dute mites? :confused:





I'm allergic to dust mites, too.

Dude mites. ^_^

They're cool dust mites. :cool:

[karen freeinchristman]

They're cool dust mites. :cool:

Or, dute mites - they're cute dust mites. :blush:

[TomUK]

Or duet mites, for those special occasions when one singing mite just isn't enough.

[Fish and Bread]

Higgs, you look different today... :confused: I can't place just what it is about you that has changed...

I think it's the hair. :)

[Fish and Bread]

Dute mites? :confused:





I'm allergic to dust mites, too.

They're dust mites that sing like Alvin and the Chipmunks. ;) Dute, dute, dute, dute, dute, dute. ;)

[higgs2]

<giggle> Even the mites are special here in the Alehouse :D

Yes, it's the hair :sigh: I'm actually having a poofy hair day and I'm not liking it. I will probably change back soon.

[Wiffey]

Good morning!:wave:

We have a blizzard coming. It is supposed to snow until noon tomorrow...which bums me out because my parents were going to come to church with us. As it is, I'm not sure I'll be able to get there...:sigh:

[TomUK]

Afternoon Wiffey!:wave:

[Wiffey]

Hello Tom! I was just going to make some tea...

...and then I'm off to take my daughter to the movies before the snows come. She wants to see the Pink Panther...

[This will really date me, but it is very hard for me to imagine anyone but Peter Sellers in the role of Inspector Clousseau.]

[karen freeinchristman]

[This will really date me, but it is very hard for me to imagine anyone but Peter Sellers in the role of Inspector Clousseau.]
Me, too! I wasn't even aware there has been remake. Who is in this new one, then?

[TomUK]

Steve Martin.

From what i've heard it's supposed to be a lot better than expected- not a patch on Sellers but for a remake pretty good.

[karen freeinchristman]

Steve Martin.
hmmm.... I've enjoyed most of his films, though not all.
Maybe when Wiffey gets back from seeing it, she'll give us a review.

So, Tom, did you get rid of the offensive mince??? :)

[TomUK]

Lol, it's the bin now. Bizarrely moulding mince smells a lot worse than i expected! :scratch: :D

[Wiffey]

Hello! Back from the movie. Steve Martin is no Peter Sellers...but it wasn't as bad as I'd expected. Actually there were some funny bits...my daughter loved it.

[Wiffey]

How can Christians be so hateful to each other? I saw a thread about an artist who made an icon of Martin Luther King Jr...which led to a feeding frenzy ripping apart MLK. I won't even repeat all the trash that folks dragged up. I am really peeved! :(

[TomUK]

How can Christians be so hateful to each other? I saw a thread about an artist who made an icon of Martin Luther King Jr...which led to a feeding frenzy ripping apart MLK. I won't even repeat all the trash that folks dragged up. I am really peeved! :(

I saw that thread too. :(

[higgs2]

How can Christians be so hateful to each other? I saw a thread about an artist who made an icon of Martin Luther King Jr...which led to a feeding frenzy ripping apart MLK. I won't even repeat all the trash that folks dragged up. I am really peeved! :(

I know, wasn't that awful? Par for the course though in that faraway land on CF planet. I loved the part about calling Anglicans a "faux church", didja catch that ^_^ ^_^

[JoshuaCh1v9]

hey guys

[JoshuaCh1v9]

Kinda quiet round here.

[JoshuaCh1v9]

Anybody wants me, I'll be in Reilly's.

Giz a yell

[Wiffey]

I know, wasn't that awful? Par for the course though in that faraway land on CF planet. I loved the part about calling Anglicans a "faux church", didja catch that ^_^ ^_^

Yes. I nearly had a cerebral vascular accident reading that horrid thread. Of course, I felt compelled to respond and ask for civility...totally pointless, of course. Reason and fundamentalist religious fanaticism do not mix.:sick:

[Naomi4Christ]

I know, wasn't that awful? Par for the course though in that faraway land on CF planet. I loved the part about calling Anglicans a "faux church", didja catch that ^_^ ^_^

But you get those same sentiments right here at STR. Think of how often Evangelicals are put down, even though there is little understanding of what Evangelicals stand for.

[JoshuaCh1v9]

But you get those same sentiments right here at STR. Think of how often Evangelicals are put down, even though there is little understanding of what Evangelicals stand for.
Different fields, same farmer....

[karen freeinchristman]

Different fields, same farmer....

OH................MY...................GOSH!!!!!!!!


Is it you? Andy???


I'm really quite dumbfounded!!!


:o

[Wiffey]

But you get those same sentiments right here at STR. Think of how often Evangelicals are put down, even though there is little understanding of what Evangelicals stand for.

Maybe because, at least for the posters in the USA, we have a tendency to associate the word "evangelical" with groups that are actually quite different than the Anglican context of the word.

I grew up in the US, in the South, and I tend to associate the word with the Southern Baptists & Pentecostals. My immediate association was with cheesy televangelists, tent revivals and rants about how the teletubbies are trying to advance the gay/Jewish media agenda. [A bad marriage to a gun-toting bayou-bred S.Baptist Promisekeeper who used to get drunk and tell me I was going to Hell for having statues of Saints didn't help much, either.:blush:] It is only since spending time here at STR that I have seen how wrong that assumption was.

If I have misinterpreted, then please be patient, as I am learning that 'evangelical" also includes thoughtful, well educated and highly reasonable folks whose outlook I (to a large degree) share.:wave:

I'm learning, and solemnly promise to try to overcome all my dumb assumptions...and to help me get a better idea of the diversity found among evangelicals, please post some replies in the thread I started to clear up misconceptions about what evangelism is.

[JoshuaCh1v9]

OH................MY...................GOSH!!!!!!!!


Is it you? Andy???


I'm really quite dumbfounded!!!


:o
Different user name, same poster.

[Andy Broadley]

I suppose some kind of explanation is in order here.

Even though it is totally not interesting in any way. In fact it is mariginally less enthralling than watching paint dry.

But first things first.

Happy Birthday Karen.:clap: :clap: :clap:

A'hm right med up for thee chuck.:hug:

OK. Joshua.

I created Josh a while ago, simply to mess around in the rec room with. I wanted to keep my main user name (Andy) for the more serious stuff like OBOB and STR etc.
Not really sure why, just seemed like a good idea at the time (like most things do).

Joshua 1:9 is my favourite Bible verse

http://www.crossroad.to/HisWord/verses/hope/Josh1-9.htm

So that is how the sock puppet (as I believe 2nd usernames are known) and it's name, came into being.

The reason he is being used much more at the moment is two fold.

One I am lazy, which will become apparent as you read on.

The second reason is to do with Reilly's pub. As you may be aware, at the end of each pub, the list of posters is updated to include to posts from that pub.

At the end of the last pub I was about 2000 posts ahead at the top of the list, which not only looked silly, but, I felt, was not good for the pub in general, for various reasons.

So, I decided to give 'Andy' a bit of R & R from Reilly's, to allow the gap to close up. In the meantime it was my intention to use Joshua for posting in Reilly's, and 'Andy' for posting everywhere else.

The reason Joshua is posting everywhere is because, as I said earlier, I am basically lazy. I just can't be bothered to mess around logging in and out with the two of them.

There, I told you it was boring:D :D :D :D :D :D

[TomUK]

Happy birthday Karen! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

[Wiffey]

Yes, Happy Birthday!!!

[karen freeinchristman]

Thank you, everyone! Birthday Cake all around!!! :)

(sorry for the people who don't like chocolate :sorry: )




Love the verse, Andy; it's one that I needed to hear just about now...

[TomUK]

Thank you, everyone! Birthday Cake all around!!! :)

(sorry for the people who don't like chocolate :sorry: )




Love the verse, Andy; it's one that I needed to hear just about now...

Don't worry about them- i'll have their slices! :yum:

[Fish and Bread]

Happy Birthday Karen!

[Fish and Bread]

Anyone know what happened to the dialogue I had here with Naiomi about the Olympics late last night/early this morning? It seems to have disappeared.

[TomUK]

Weird, i remember seeing it. :scratch:

[karen freeinchristman]

Anyone know what happened to the dialogue I had here with Naiomi about the Olympics late last night/early this morning? It seems to have disappeared.
I think you may have had that dialogue in a different thread, because I remember reading it and thinking, "shouldn't this be in the Alehouse, instead of here?" :confused:

[TomUK]

You're right karen. I've just found it in the identify thread.

[Fish and Bread]

I think you may have had that dialogue in a different thread, because I remember reading it and thinking, "shouldn't this be in the Alehouse, instead of here?" :confused:

It's possible I got confused. It was rather late at night. :blush:

[JoshuaCh1v9]

*Andy staggers out of the kitchen with Karen's birthday cake*

http://people.csail.mit.edu/polina/pictures/cake.jpg

[karen freeinchristman]

WOW! Thanks, Andy, what a fabulous-looking cake...

It will be the third chocolate cake I've had today! :yum:

[Andy Broadley]

WOW! Thanks, Andy, what a fabulous-looking cake...

It will be the third chocolate cake I've had today! :yum:
First commit the sin, then ask for forgiveness.

Enjoy....

[Andy Broadley]

If anyone see's Colabomb, there are 34,000 blessings waiting to be banked in the 1611 bank thread, and probably interest to collest as well.

[Andy Broadley]

Rather quiet in and around STR tonight.

[Naomi4Christ]

Some things never change

[Andy Broadley]

Some things never change
NAOMI!!!!!

This is an Anglican section.

You must never use the 'c' word in here.

ROFL......

[Naomi4Christ]

:) :d

[Andy Broadley]

*Andy gets the beer in for Tom and John*

[Fish and Bread]

*Andy gets the beer in for Tom and John*

Thanks! I could use a beer! :)

[Naomi4Christ]

kuh!

[Andy Broadley]

kuh!
*Gets beer for Naomi as well*

[TomUK]

Cheers for the beer Andy! You got any pork scratchings back there as well?