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Sunday, May 11, 2008

Mothers’ Day

today is Mothers’ Day here in Australia. This afternoon I took a call from a parishioner who told me that their adult daughter had miscarried at 10 weeks.

Like Sandy, I’m glad I’m a Calvinist. The idea that God was unable to prevent this happening or stood back because He didn’t want to interfere is too horrifying to contemplate.

Job 1:20 Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. ²¹ And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.” ²² In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.

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Another Ould!

Hurrah! I’m an uncle!
Yesterday the long-suffering Gayle Ould suffered a little bit more and produced Reuben Johannes Hugh (David?) Ould.

Everyone doing well. Here’s a quick video to prove it:

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Posted by David Ould on 05/11 at 11:27 AM
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Thursday, May 01, 2008

Jacqui’s birthday

Today is Jacqui’s birthday.

Genesis 2:18 Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”

I reckon God overspec’d Jacqui for the job.

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Posted by David Ould on 05/01 at 06:39 PM
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Friday, April 25, 2008

Man Cold

I have one. Not pleasant.

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Posted by David Ould on 04/25 at 10:47 AM
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Thursday, April 24, 2008

It’s school holidays here at the moment and so our bible study group had a social night - extended seafood dinner. Various dishes; fish pie, mussels, squid etc were produced and a good time had by all.

One of the best things about this sort of evening is that you get to know each other a little better. Perhaps the best discovery was that Will can do this…

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Reaching out to others

This morning, Craig and I got our espresso machines out and made coffees for the mums and dads who drop their kids off at the daycare that runs in our old church hall. We had a great morning of making caps and flat whites and chatting to the parents.

Interesting, that the mums were far more likely to stop and have a drink than the dads. Yet again, an indication that we have to work really hard to connect with men.

A really good way to spend a couple of hours.

Then, of course, there’s other ways to reach out. Like this guy…

nope, don’t think I’ll be trying that. Actually, it’s already been tried in this country…

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Posted by David Ould on 04/23 at 10:32 AM
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Saturday, April 19, 2008

Personal DNA

this is the latest meme going round.

Apparently I am an

As far as I can tell that means not only do I like leading people, I also like telling them what to do.

How did you all get on?

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Posted by David Ould on 04/19 at 12:59 PM
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

other old favourites

It’s not just Jeeves and Wooster that I like. There’s a bunch of good British dramas of that period that also appeal. Not least, these 2 great Agatha Christie productions. First, Miss Marple with Jane Hickson playing the leading role. Miss Marple was always the more gentile detective and Hickson stole the show.

For me the opening titles are really important. They either transport one into the mood or they don’t. In this case see what you think…

I’ve just realised why this works for me. A couple of nights ago I sat with Charis reading to her from ”The Faraway Tree” by Enid Blyton. Blyton describes a comfortable world that doesn’t quite exist. Aside from Enchanted Woods and the like, we have kids by the name of “Dick” and “Fanny”. It’s just the right side of not real.

And Miss Marple is, I reckon, Blyton for grown-ups - at least the way that the BBC presented it. The village of St Mary Mead could quite easily be down the road from Kirrin Island.

Speaking of titles, the opening of Poirot (also from Christie) does an equally fine job of evoking a certain feel. This time rather than the dainty oboe for very English Miss Marple, we have a sultry sax for the Belgian Poirot. See what you think:

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Posted by David Ould on 04/16 at 03:06 PM
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New DVD

I just bought series 1 of Jeeves and Wooster on DVD.

oh joy.

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Posted by David Ould on 04/16 at 02:56 PM
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what Ethan’s watching

I’m currently flying solo with Ethan while Jacqui is out with Charis. He’s watching kids’ stuff on ABC and the show on at the moment is one of his (and mine, to be honest) favourites, Bear in the Big Blue House.

The gentle, soft title character of Bear in the Big Blue House is a talking, seven-foot (213 cm) light brown bear who lives in a house and who loves to help children learn. Despite his enormous size, Bear is child-friendly. He addresses the kids at home directly, talking to them as if they were all his close friends. Bear in the Big Blue House was created for the very young, teaching concepts like shapes, gravity, helping, seasons, and even toilet training. Joining the ever-curious Bear are an assortment of woodland creatures—excitable lemur Treelo, headstrong mouse Tutter, peppy otter twins Pip and Pop and imaginative little bear cub Ojo—all of whom help illustrate the day’s lesson. At the end of every episode, Bear goes out on his balcony to talk about what everyone has learned with his friend Luna, the wise moon.

Bear interweaves learning with playtime. After the musical call, “Where oh where oh where is Shadow?”, Bear’s friend Shadow appears. Together with other shadow friends, the girl puts on shadow plays of brief, amusing stories— often with grown-up humor lurking just under the surface.

In other words, quality stuff that is fun for the adults, as well as the kids. Here’s how it opens up…

and here’s how it will finish in about 10 minutes’ time....

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Posted by David Ould on 04/16 at 09:29 AM
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