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Strictly come dancing, and the celebrity greasy pole
50 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... The problem with strictly is much like “I’m a celebrity, gmooh”, and celebrity big brother, it is a show that allows C – Z list celebrities along with sports men and women to audition or reauditon for media work. Yet everyone is up in arms because an unfit guy... »
The Economy : Is my job safe
For working people its wait until next year, as we don't really know what happening; after Christmas we may have a clearer idea and hope that interest rates have been reduced to nearer 2% in the Uk, freeing up credit and lowering mortgages. ... Gordon Brown says he is going to spend on public... »
Technorati again
12 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... So this blog has been through so many guises and has really been a bit dormant, it has been a XOOPS (www.xoops.org) based blog, then I used a wordpress module then wordpress proper and now I am using the blogger API so this blog also appears as a... »
The Labour Party and Renewal
11 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... This diivision between the ideas that the left have of the right and the right of the left or new labour of old and vice versa, needs to stop, there is no them and us in the Labour party, only us. I dont think anyone wants to lose or... »
SURVIVORS – BBC Tv series of the 1970s
14 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... I read somewhere that the BBC were going to remake SURVIVORS as they had been in negotiation with the estate of Terry Nation who wrote the original idea and some episodes. “Survivors – Series 1 – Complete ” (Terence Dudley) This was an incredible series that went on for 3... »
Labour: what is it for, what does it stand for
11 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... At a recent meeting we discussed this, in fact the topic brought a few people along that had not been active for a while, just as this topic has brought me back to my blog. This incredible loss, both in London and across the country is an opportunity for... »
Setting out a civil marriage ceremony
141 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Marriage of Jonathan Spencer and Elaine Coady Music: As people are coming in a musician (our friend phil …see www.jomojames.com ) is playing and then after seating sings (Van Morrison: Crazy Love) Elaine and Jonathan come in to Trumpet March/Voluntary Jonathan will have his two older children Freya and Roland... »
Bespoke suit from Raja Fashions – Don’t do it
1,113 views (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ... So I am getting married in a couple of weeks, just a small family get together with a few friends. I have been married before so this is a UK civil wedding. I am not a great suit wearer, so am not experienced in... »
Why can’t white men dance
17 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... worrying this might be a bit racist or on a par with “White men can’t jump” …great escapist film by the way. So I asked Carmen, “but what about Justin Timberlake…” says Carmen…..I don’t mean someone who has had a choreographer, and a trainer and so on.... »
The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistos (hermes the thrice great)
24 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Corpus Hermeticum This is part of one of the great esoteric texts, and is a statement of positive existence The Tablet probably first appeared in the West in editions of the psuedo-Aristotlean Secretum Secretorum which was actually a translation of the Kitab Sirr al-Asrar, a book of advice to... »
Instructions from the rich and famous
7 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... I am sick of getting instructions from the rich and famous on how to live my life. As the father of 3 children one of whom is not yet one, I am concerned about the future, about the way we live our lives and treat our world. BUT, if... »
Christmas stress and expectations
9 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Well it was our new daughters first Christmas and I had my older children from my first marriage coming round and staying over Christmas eve as well as my partners sister, who likes to be known as super aunt and does a pretty good job. Oh yes and... »
A native american tale of wisdom
14 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... An elder from the Cherokee Nation was talking to his grandchildren about life. He said to them… “A fight is going on inside me… it is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One wolf represents fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self pity,... »
England, Euro 2008 and the germans had the right idea
8 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... I heard it say after their 1966 loss to England the Germans went back and changed things root and branch in the German game and then dominated European and world football for 25+years from the 1970 world cup onward. Players of those times also went on to be... »
Heather Mills McCartney
7 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... I wonder whether the media are preparing to send Heather Mills down the David Icke Road of Sad, Bad and Mad. Yes heather mills who married Paul McCartney and didn’t get on with his kids. I am not sure if I have the right order there. First they say... »
Explanation of Politics
14 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... The Cow System LIBERAL DEMOCRAT You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. You feel guilty for being successful. You Get rid of your leader CONSERVATIVE You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. So? LABOUR You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor. You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his... »
The Eve of Destruction
21 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Don’t give up the spirit of power Listening to the sounds of the 60s on the Radio this morning, I was entranced by the sense of positive and directed energy that appeared in the lyrics, music and artists of this period…we can do so much more with this legacy These... »
Violence on the streets
10 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... All this violence on the streets, raises a number of questions that i think we are afraid of, and they are to do with what we do with violent criminals, how we police violence and back to many posts about community…why does this violence continue to happen.... »
Allergy, food intolerance and chickpeas
429 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... In some ways this is a long story and in others short…last year in Greece I had an upset stomach for a few days, mostly feeling incredibly bloated and heavy and need ing to go to the lavatory alot, so nothing unusual there for many travellers (sorry if... »
A fresh view on innoculations for babies and children
109 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... My mother said in an argument between a husband and wife, there is the person that is right…. and the husband. More seriously we discussed it. I have been adamant about vaccines for some time, and i still dont really know whether they work or not... »
Best Books for Mac Users
6 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Mac OS X Unleashed Written by John Ray and William C. Ray, and published by Sams, this book is a comprehensive and excellent source of information about Mac OS X. The authors make a particular effort to explain the BSD and Unix underpinnings of Mac OS X. Though written... »
Birth and Babies – Pressures on your relationship
11 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Most people will tell you having a baby draws you closer together, because it is a wonderful and miraculous thing. It involves a special shared intimacy and care both for the baby and your partner. However pregnancy, birth and the babies early months can put a lot of... »
A New Baby – Colic
36 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Perhaps I spoke too soon , as our baby continued not to sleep and to exhibit signs of digestion discomfort and colic. We began to realise that when she did sleep this was due to total exhaustion (imagine how we felt) and whilst in all other respects she... »
The shaman of motivation
13 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... I realise I use tis word a lot: shaman and to some extent it has lost its real meaning: Definition…A word derived from the Tungas language of Siberia, meaning “s/he who knows”, it it is also thought it may have partly derived from Chinese and run through two or... »
Wise Words
9 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... We must be tolerant of other peoples religious views because all religions have much that is true about them, and we must combat ignorance by education; bigotry by tolerance and tyranny by teaching true liberty. This I believe is an old text from the Freemasons that predate the Grand... »
The Culture Of IT (it), The culture of “it”
5 views (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... Have we finally created the IT culture where you are not an I or a you but an “it”? You have probably been there when something happens or somebody does something that subtly dehumanises those around them, anyone in the vicinity stops being he or she and become... »
Ratings
- Recipe to make Turkish Coffee
(5.00 out of 5) - To Be a Slave of Intensity – Kabir (5.00 out of 5)
- Kindness – Naomi Shihab Nye (5.00 out of 5)
- Contact Jonathan (5.00 out of 5)
- Jonathan Spencer’s Recipe for Peppermint Creams (5.00 out of 5)
- How to get a close and smooth shave (5.00 out of 5)
- Bespoke suit from Raja Fashions – Don’t do it (5.00 out of 5)
- Unhealthy London Underground (5.00 out of 5)
- The Story of The Islanders (5.00 out of 5)
- Castle Boterel – Thomas Hardy (5.00 out of 5)