Yearly Archives: 2006

Mother love

Posted on January 24, 2006 by acb

Last year a pretty Australian girl was caught with four kilos of cannabis in her luggage entering Bali and sentenced to 20 years. Cue general Australian outrage, protestations of innocence, and so forth. So this afternoon I was looking for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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But how to sign oneself?

Posted on January 24, 2006 by acb

Well, here you are, retired person still full of energy, and you discover this blog racket, full of young people talking informally. So, how do you sign yourself when you leave a comment? Scroll to the bottom to find out. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in God | 2 Comments

Silly gadget fun

Posted on January 24, 2006 by acb

The latest gadget is ["a little Nokia phone,":http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=119374] which I bought because I was exasperated with the Motorola clamshell losing the power of speech: often the only way to hear the person on the other end was to turn on … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Hot, throbbing — and married

Posted on January 24, 2006 by acb

I was once asked by a distinguished Cambridge theologian whether it was permissible for the Archbishop of Canterbury to practise oral sex. In the context, this was meant to show that certain lines of enquiry should stop at the bedroom … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Edukashun bill

Posted on January 23, 2006 by acb

Andrew Adonis may not be right about how to mend the state system, but at least he sees it’s broken. There was a brief fuss in the papers at the end of last week because one of the “Academies” had … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in British politics | 1 Comment

A fairy tale of Wyoming

Posted on January 19, 2006 by acb

Brokeback Mountain is beautifully acted, powerfully told, and lovely to look at. I’m glad I saw it. All the same, I don’t believe it, in the specific and damaging way in which it is possible not to believe in a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Blather | 4 Comments

an epistemological note

Posted on January 17, 2006 by acb

If I am told something theological about x in the world, I have learnt some theology, but nothing about x. Continue reading →

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Blow jobs: the conclusion

Posted on January 16, 2006 by acb

UPDATE: we can all argue this with even greater authority now that the article has appeared online David Weman said in comments that he was sure the article was silly because Matt Yglesias had said so. Here is actual conclusion … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism | 14 Comments

Sic transit, without recycling

Posted on January 16, 2006 by acb

Here is a well told story that is greatly to the credit of Country Joe MacDonald, a man I would admire even if he didn’t name his band after such interesting creatures. Continue reading →

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Blow jobs and doom

Posted on January 15, 2006 by acb

There is an extraordinary and very thought-provoking piece in1 the Atlantic magazine this month about the sexual habits of American teenage girls. It seems to be widely reported, and may even be true, that they offer blowjobs as we used … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism | 9 Comments