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No telemarketer gets a sale by saying "Is your Mom or Dad home?" First off, I don't always get carded for alcohol purchases at the grocery store. Second, children should be trained to answer the phone with "Friend, foe, or telemarketer?" And third, no,

Connections

Dave announced the "Women's Scrapping Night" in church today. Actually it's a scrap-booking, stamping, and creative outlet thing, but scrapping is better than stomping, which it got called last time. And I'm going to go, to be social, and to say

A moment's quiet

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I'm a civil servant working in Cheltenham

Don't be daft, of course I'm not. Cheltenham is a town in Gloucestershire, England, and the home of Government Communications Headquarters, also known as GCHQ. Their website is titled "GCHQ: British Intelligence." In other words, saying you're a civil servant working in

Traffic

Driving isn't a solitary thing, it's a group activity. You can read the mood of someone from their driving, who's impatient, who's placid, who should be avoided because they drive up your exhaust pipe. The trouble is, you don't often

Ikea, God, and crash helmets

Martin Roth wrote an article The Bible vs. the Ikea Catalogue - Which is Winning Hearts? Ikea is a Swedish furniture store, selling some really good looking stuff at prices a little high for my liking. 115 million copies of their 2003 catalogue have been printed, and there's a

Money Matters

Now this is eminently sensible. In addition to teaching about English, maths and science, the National Curriculum will teach them to handle money. BBC News story: Lessons in money for school children School children are about to start learning how to deal with debt, save for retirement and even what

The Living Web

Link from Simon Warren. Mark Bernstein's article on A List Apart: 10 Tips on writing the living web. Worth the read. In summary: 1. Write for a reason 2. Write often 3. Write tight 4. Make good friends 5. Find good enemies 6. Let the story unfold 7.

Google blocked?

BBC News story: China 'blocking Google'. China appears to have blocked access to the popular search engine, Google. The site was repeatedly inaccessible when tested by BBC News Online using a system developed by the researchers at the Harvard Law School. Google has become popular among users in

Sheep

Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the

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