This term in my scripture class we’re learning how to find things in the Bible. Last week we looked at the contents page and learned about finding references. This week we’ll be trying to memorise the books of the New Testament in order, and I think I’ve got a great scheme.
I’ve got a bag [...]

…although the article makes it out that it’s Dave on the Poddy, rather than Dan too! Click here.

The trailer for the latest Harry Potter film has been released (click here). It looks excellent. Lot’s of special effects, and Harry’s first screen kiss. I’m a big fan of The Order of Phoenix book (my favourite of the books so far), so it’ll be interesting to see how they adapt it to the screen. [...]

Sorry for the lack of posts this week – it’s been busy for both Soph and I. We’ve got our weekend away this weekend, and are both really looking forward to it. Bible study was tops this week – we read through the Augsburg confession as part of our thinking through Martin Luther.
A few thoughts [...]

Went to see this show get filmed tonight – it was fascinating. I did my best to get a comment in, but alas, I never got my chance… Managed to get my face on TV a few times though.
Will blog about a few of the ideas and my thoughts on the discussion soon.

Telemarketers are making it increasingly difficult to get off the phone quickly and politely while still maintaining good grammar. Until recently, I’ve considered myself a bit of an expert in the quick, but gracious escape. Generally it goes something like this:
Telemarketer:“Would you like to save 7% on your phone bill?”Sam: No thanks – but [...]

Aptly named. Click here.

For anyone a bit nostalgic for old school video games, I just did a quick web search and found a genesis/megadrive emulator for OS X (click here). Nice!
Once you install it, you can download old games off the web. I found a few here, I’m sure there are others.

I’m very excited about tomorrow.
After our early morning staff meeting, I’m driving over to my sisters house to spend a few hours playing Sonic 2 with my nephew.
A bit of context perhaps.
On Christmas eve last year Soph and I were still unsure what we would get for my nephew as a present. My sister had [...]

Hi all, I’m back at thefountainside after some time away at our student conference. It was a great time, and I thoroughly enjoyed doing a series of talks.
I’ve been enjoying a bit of a quiter week this week, with pretty much everything I’m involved in being on holidays – so I’ll probably post a bit [...]