Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category
This Sunday (2)
April 27th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
While we were strolling gently round a wildlife park, 35,000 others were pounding the streets of London in the marathon in an attempt to cover 26.2 miles as fast as possible. One of them was Vee’s nephew, David, who ran it in an amazing 3 hours 19 minutes 46 seconds. Well done, David! Once he […]
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If God became Man ….
April 26th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
Since it’s Sunday, I thought that I’d offer a blog posting with a Christian theme. Imagine that you were present in Heaven at a discussion between God and some of his leading angels at the point at which God is about to send his son to Earth to show them his divinity. What would you […]
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Just how fat can one get?
April 25th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
We rightly worry about the explosive epidemic of obesity in the developed world, especially among children. But, of course, excessive weight has been exhibited by unusual people in the past. I was reminded of this earlier this week when I spent a day in Leicester with my sister. We visited the Newarke Houses Museum which […]
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How to win someone’s heart
April 18th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
I recently received the following e-mail about my web site: “Thank you for your collection of ‘Good mornings’. I have been dating this teacher and every morning I send her a ‘Good morning’ text in a different language. Hopefully I will be able to send her ‘I love you’ texts before I run out of […]
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Ever been in seventh heaven?
April 17th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
We all know that “seventh heaven” is an expression for being blissfully happy and I hope that you frequently inhabit the space – but what is the origin of the term? Both Judaism and islam promulgate the notion of there being seven level of heaven. The seventh heaven in Judaism is where ofanim, the seraphim, […]
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Ever been on cloud nine?
April 17th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
We all know that “cloud nine” is an expression for being blissfully happy and I hope that you frequently inhabit the space – but what is the origin of the term? One explanation is that, when the World Meteorological Organisation amended the system of cloud classification originally developed by the British Luke Howard ( 1772-1864), […]
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The return of the saviour
April 4th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
I am struck by the fact that so many religions and so many cultures exhibit the same message of hope: that, at some indeterminate point in the future – typically when we are most in need of rescue or salvation – God or his representative or some heroic figure from history will return to save […]
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How to prepare for death
March 21st, 2009 by Roger Darlington
I’ve run a web site for almost 10 years now and, ever expanding in content, it now has almost 140 sections. One of the most popular areas of the site is the set of pages on life skills. I’ve just created the 27th page in this life skills section. It’s called “How To Prepare For […]
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Are you having a laugh?
March 14th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
These are serious times, but we all need a laugh from time to time, so remember that there’s lots of jokes on my web site here and here.
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Illuminating the nonsensical
March 11th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
Feeling a bit down or confused in these troubled times? Maybe you need some help from “the Beings of Light in the Realms of Illumined Truth”. Don’t know about them? All will be revealed here. If you think this is nonsensical or even weird, you might ask yourself: why do people believe such weird things? […]
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