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No more ‘Christian music’

brokenrecordI have threatened this a few times over the last year!

On 26th October i said this;

“For the foreseeable future i will not go to “Christian Concerts/events.” (to be followed up with “no more Christian music” which will explain more) I will NOT be involving myself in any promotion of  ANY “Christian Concerts” (unless met by a certain criteria, also explained later)”

And here, is my rather late explanation….

Firstly, the ‘certain criteria’ is so complex that it is best you just don’t ask me to do anything ‘Christian concert’ related. That’s the safest option!

Attendance at such events? Well, here’s the thing………..

I have decided, for now, to say nothing else on this issue. In the same way that i have occasionally shaved off my beard or stopped drinking coffee indefinitely without proper explanation, well i have reasons and its best to leave it at that…………….you get the idea? Abstaining from coffee or shaving my beard generally causes less people to get their knickers in a twist though!

Its time to put that gubbins to bed, i hope! I mean, i don’t want to end up sounding like a broken record!

No more Christian music is just about concerts/events, some of you will be glad to know i am still listening to ‘some’ music that falls under the category of “Christian.” I may elaborate in the future…………

p.s. “The Guilty think all talk is of themselves.” Geoffrey Chaucer

update: i realise a lot of the rabble above will not make sense to a lot of you, sorry about that! Its done now though, and il post a nice picture soon to make up for it!

Ryan Giggs

I remember the hype about Ryan Giggs when he was breaking into UNITED’s first team!  Almost 20 years later and i struggle to know just what or how a UNITED side will look without Ryan Giggs. It has been an absolute pleasure to watch him become the most decorated footballer in English football history with UNITED. I will probably shed a tear when he retires. Congrats on winning the BBC sports personality of the year award………..

Disclaimer…

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The things we say……

Instead of the usual conversation about why i don’t eat chicken & therefore had the vegetarian option yesterday, i managed to tell some folks about my Top Gun comment!

A while ago, we watched Top Gun again and during the Volleyball scene (see below) i innocently said “I bet this would have been awesome on the big screen.” I definitely meant the whole film, but my timing was, at best a little poor & at worst a declaration of my raging homosexuality………..(i’m kidding)

If you really want to know whats going on in Top Gun, what its really about? Check out Quentin Tarantino’s expert opinion here

Suit’s you….

suitI rarely wear a suit!

I rarely wear a tie, and when i do it is usually with jeans because they compliment a tie so well and i need to uphold my cool persona!

Today, i wear a suit, for a wedding. I can handle that, suits can be cool enough i guess. In some circles though, they still send out a message to those around you. In business, in some churches and in politics, they are a sign of………….well……….something, im not quite sure what!

I grew up in a well known “church denomination” who, i think, believe the suit is some kind of 4th cloth member of the Trinity. God the Father, Jesus, the Holy Spirit and the suit! My issues with suit wearing probably arise from this, though i cannot blame every little fickle thing on the ‘dippers’……i really must stop doing that.

In business it is still regarded as standard practice to wear a suit, its a sign of importance, the man in a suit gets respect & attention from those around him. The man, usually me, who chooses to not dress this way, often gets mistaken for someone who has got lost and is in the wrong part of the building. The beard never helps either…….but i reckon it has been my destiny to buck the trend!

As i said, today i wear a suit………..and all around will respect me, like never before!

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