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Landscapes or Portrait

2010-01-30T18:06:00+00:00

Yesterday saw the launch of the iPad and finally, for computers, the question of Landscape or Portrait becomes irrelevant. In a way, it has been quite arbitrary that our screens have always been landscape when so much of ...

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You've got Mail

2009-12-25T11:34:40+00:00

The turn of the year finds me still without gainful employment but whilst I might have expected that joblessness would give me plenty of time to do indulge in the finer things in life such as writing and keeping in touch with friends, job hunting, my two choirs and ...

I have heard the future...

2009-08-08T08:07:00+00:00

I am always skeptical when someone claims "this will change your life" but I have heard the future and it's name is Spotify! Actually it hasn't changed my life but it has completely changed the way I listen to music and music is a big part of my life. I have ...

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The Last Post?

2009-06-17T21:12:00+00:00

For anyone who visits here from outside Mo'time, this post is partly for you to let you know that the name of our beloved Blog site is changing so if you want to continue tuning in here, you will need to change the link to

Read more | Posted by Frewin | Comments (6) Tags: friendship, humanism, spiritual humanism, stopping war, zen of sandwiches, miscellany

So proud - shameless plug!

2009-03-28T09:18:00+00:00

My eldest stepdaughter who like so many today, is beset with financial worries and working night shifts in a care home to keep afloat, has nevertheless found the energy for a whole new passion for painting and I am so proud of her and amazed at the work. I have just ...

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When is a Jewish state NOT a Jewish state?

2009-02-15T08:51:00+00:00

So last sunday I am lying in bed listening to BBC Radio 4's programme "Sunday" - what is an atheist Humanist doing listening to religious programmes you may ask? Snoring! My partner puts the radio on to go to sleep because she asserts I snore less with it on ...

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Happy New Year?

2009-01-09T15:41:00+00:00

Firstly let me wish you all a Happy New Year and we all need all the best wishes we can in these dark times! At least on a personal level we can still hope for the best and savour what we may of life! Very soon the Palestinians of the Gaza strip will probably have ...

Read more | Posted by Frewin | Comments (11) Tags: terrorism, disproportionate force, stopping war, facing our faults, restoring balance, futility, them and us, Israel/Palestine

Moldova - What about the Food and Drink?

2008-10-20T11:17:16+00:00

Those of you who have followed this blog for a long time (helloooo - is there anybody out there....)will know that I am a bit of afoodie so you may be surprised that I have not reported on Moldovan food after my recent excursion there - fear not, I will not ...

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Re-regulation

2008-10-15T11:15:27+00:00

It will be agreat relief when the current world economic crisis is over not least because we won't have to listen to religious speakers of every denomination on the BBC's "Thought for the Day" giving mini sermons on Greed and Debt. They're right of course but ...

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More of Moldova

2008-10-09T11:11:08+00:00

So what was different about Moldova? Well not the weather - not when we were there anyway! The first day we arrived in Chisinau, the capital, it rained about 10 inches in twelve hours! I know because there was a bowl outside the window which filled up twice. The main ...

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