Over the last few days, during trips of nostalgia, I have noticed a pattern of increasingly infrequent theologically themed entries on my LJ. Back in the days when my journal had a decent readership, I wrote such entries regularly, but now? I haven't written such an entry in months. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact I now believe in ( Read more... )

I have blogged about this before, and a recurring theme when I open the update page and stare at the blank screen is that I have nothing to say any more. I remember a few years ago, I wrote daily updates, often on political or theological topics, and then had rather lengthy discussions in the comments with you folks. I miss those days. Part of ( Read more... )

Today's Politics of Development tutorial was quite interesting, and not just because of the possibly-not-a fire drill (the announcement over the PA was so hopelessly garbled that I'm unsure if the word preceding 'a drill' was 'not'). I was just reflecting on one of the matters that came up in our discussion; it is an issue that I have been tossing ( Read more... )

I'd just like to say that it's annoying when I start to hope in something that could be quite plausibly happening and would make me thoroughly happy if it did happen, but most certainly is not happening and won't happen any time soon ( Read more... )

It is amazing what you stumble across quite accidentally sometimes. This evening, in a fit of boredom, I flicked on the television and randomly hopped through the channels to see what's on, something I rarely do. In fact, catching me watching television at all is pretty difficult. But tonight, I stumbled across an absolutely fascinating ( Read more... )

It seems that some people are set on ending 2005 in the stupidest way they possibly can. No, I'm not merely referring to your typical embarrassing Christmas/New Year's Eve drunks, though their stench of booze is not particularly endearing. I am instead referring to the idiots with no brains and even less sense who decided that a great summertime ( Read more... )

In my first entry in the political series, I outlined the basic foundation of my beliefs that is summarised in the well-known phrase "do unto others as you would have done unto yourself". Another important belief that forms the basis of my opinions is one I have written about in recent months, that of equality ( Read more... )

I remember sometime, I believe roughly two years ago, I wrote about how hard it was for me to watch the news because the sorrow and pain in the reports affected me too much. It seems the opposite is now happenning - there's simply so much tragedy in the world that I'm becoming numb to it. When the London bombings happened, I followed the news ( Read more... )

Back in early August, I wrote an entry outlining my general political beliefs without any justification that inspired comments ranging from the positive to the downright confrontational. Unfortunately, it was just after that entry that I fell seriously ill and by the time I was healthy enough to be able to manage decent replies, a fortnight or so ( Read more... )

Apparently the American state of Florida has passed a law that authorises "gun owners to shoot anyone in a public area who they believe threaten[s] their safety". My only knowledge of this law comes from that (poorly written) article, so I obviously am in no position to discuss it specifically, but it does bring into my mind generalised ponderings ( Read more... )