Arts
Media Favourites
You have probably noticed by now that the media likes to play favourites. Certain groups get far more attention, and praise is lavished upon them. Indeed, in some cases it seems that they can do [more…]
Philosophy
Arts
Free Speech
Photo by Newtown Graffiti on Flickr Fundamental to free speech is the right to criticise. It may seem a small thing but it is vitally important. Try living without it. To be able to say, [more…]
Christianity
Easter Day
Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: therefore let us keep the feast; Not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness: but with the unleavened bread of sincerity [more…]
Ethics
Virtue signalling – A Lesson From Buddhism
Buddha and Half a Pomegranate THE Lord Buddha had announced that on a particular day he would receive alms with his own hands for the support of the poor and the unfortunate, and had begged [more…]
Engineering
Gmbd, something about pixels
I looked at some of these videos where they put another head over a bit of film and I thought; “that seems to wobble about a bit, I wonder how they do that because I [more…]
Philosophy
Gmbd, wanting things
It might be my star sign that causes me to have a love for people as a species but then I love everything walks or slithers. When I consider people I can’t help but see [more…]
Christianity
Going to Church
As a nipper, I was brought up in what was a fairly typical, English family. Mum, Dad, siblings and normal sorts of stuff. We were what I call typical Church of England. We all went [more…]
Philosophy
Gmbd, Class
Growing up in a working class family post war. Let’s try to imagine. The State made your parents go to war and risk their lives to defend the state. Doubtless most would have done that [more…]
Arts
The Organ (ii)
Wind The accompanying image is taken from Dom Bedos’ ‘ l’art du Facteur d’ Orgues’ (1776), and shows, among other things, a single organ-blower, operating one of three ‘feeders’ – or possibly, pumping two of the [more…]