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Hmm, so much for stereotypes of bronzed fit bodies hanging out on Bondi Beach. Australia has officially overtaken the USA as the world’s fattest nation. It could add a whole new dimension to he phrase beach bum.

June 21st, 2008 | Category: Miscellaneous | Comments (2)

If we are to believe the Sunday Telegraph (which is always a dubious proposition at the best of times)  then the Church of England’s bishops are seriously worried that a very large proportion of the clergy are of sub-standard quality.  (HT Church Times blog.) The actual figure will almost certainly turn out rather differently from [...]

June 1st, 2008 | Category: Miscellaneous | Comments (3)

The Daily Mail regularly offers an (unwelcome) helping hand to politicians along the “Mussolini made the trains run on time” sort of line. Obviously the habit of giving an unwanted hand has now spread to their art department. Sad to say they’ve more-or-less fixed the original. (HT Photoshop Disasters)

May 30th, 2008 | Category: Miscellaneous | Leave a comment

Another new commentary series is trailed by Mike Bird. I’m not entirely convinced the world needs another job creation scheme for people with PhDs. However, I was struck by this
 the NCCS can truly boast of a genuinely international cast of contributors with authors drawn from every continent of the world (except Antarctica)
I think that’s a [...]

May 28th, 2008 | Category: Miscellaneous | Comments (7)

No, not the old definition that a pessimist is an optimist in possession of the full facts, but a rather odd search term that seems to have landed two people on this blog today.
photos of mary the mother of jesus

May 21st, 2008 | Category: Miscellaneous | Leave a comment

(No, not the venomous magical creatures that infest old and dusty houses)
April DeConick has been pondering a term that will help her describe the way she sees the early Christian movement. If there are many different groups all self-identifying as orthodox:
That is multiple forms of Christianity that are competing for the orthodox position and/or that [...]

May 20th, 2008 | Category: Miscellaneous | Comments (1)

It’s nearly all foucaulting French!

May 13th, 2008 | Category: Miscellaneous | Comments (1)

People who would sell or buy something like this.
(Please tell me Jim is still alive: I suddenly seem to have started channelling his spirit)

May 11th, 2008 | Category: Miscellaneous | Leave a comment

NB This is not another post about charismatic experiences.
Several bloggers wish to draw attention to their a new adventure. I do, however, feel that the semantic resources of the English language have an undue burden placed upon them when the word “moderator” is applied to Nick (I’ll moderate your sorry arse) Norelli or Jim (You’re all [...]

May 10th, 2008 | Category: Miscellaneous | Comments (19)