Orthodox Christians should write and paint and sing and dance. We should make
movies and television shows. We should make clothes and produce textiles as art
as well (the fullness of culture is itself too large to describe in a sentence,
a paragraph or even a book). And in all these activities, they will be
expressive of the fullness of our humanity without having to stick an icon on
everything to prove its Orthodoxy.
-- Father Stephen in Glory to God for All Things
This is a picture of Lionel, my Useless Blob.
He's really here, jumping up and down. To adopt your own Useless Blob, click on him.
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2006-03-31
| Thee | Summer Day | Score | |
| Name | Irina (51) | Tuesday 9th May (76) | 0 : 1 |
| Loveliness | Lovelier | Lovely | 1 : 1 |
| Temperature | 98.6° F | 60° F | 2 : 1 |
| Lease | 36.27 years | 0.59 years | 3 : 1 |
| Complexion | 4 : 1 | ||
| Eyes Can See | 2 | N/A | 6 : 1 |
| Irina is more lovely, and probably more temperate, than a summers day | |||
| Compare Me To A Summers Day | |||
2006-03-24
Coming out of the shower this morning I heard <bzzzzz> <bzzzzz> <sizzle> over my head. Her Majesty was back, or one of her daughters. The <sizzle> happened when she hit the ceiling lamp, thinking it was Outside.
I wanted to do something about her; being stark naked in a small room with a wasp, however groggy, isn’t my idea of comfortable. I dried myself in a hurry, opened the window and took my clothes to the landing to dress, turning off the light. When I came back she was sitting on a packet of washing powder, which I moved as close to the open window as I could, and yes, she took off into the (admittedly grey) sky, looking as pleased as I’ve ever seen a wasp look.
There was also a medium-sized spider weaving a web on the ceiling, probably hoping to catch the housefly that came in when I was letting Her Majesty out but promptly flew out again.
And the crocuses are in flower, and the tulips are doing their best. Winter really seems to be over at last.
2006-03-21
Taken by Rebecca sometime last month when there suddenly was snow in the morning. The cat in question was probably the youngish ginger tom we call Tinklepuss because of his bell.
Pardon my ranting.
Geert Wilders, leader of the Partij voor de Vrijheid (Party for Freedom) has published his party program. In it, he proposes to revoke Article 1 of the Dutch Constitution: [1]
All persons in the Netherlands shall be treated equally in equal circumstances. Discrimination on the grounds of religion, belief, political opinion, race or sex or on other grounds whatsoever shall not be permitted.
