Andy on October 19th, 2008

I’ve talked about religious education (as opposed to religious INSTRUCTION) before and I believe the study of all religions should be compulsory in schools.

I have mixed feeling about whether young children should be indoctrinated into their parent’s faith, but Sunday…

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Andy on October 17th, 2008

Michael Palin for President!
“Bugger, someone beat me to the idea” I was musing to myself - as I’m wont to do from time to time (usually while putting out the washing or feeding the cat) ‘wouldn’t it be great if the…

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Andy on October 16th, 2008

I spent an hour or so today over at the excellent blog Berto: Philosophy Monkey viewing the various videos there - if you visit be sure to view the (40 minutes, but worth it) Pale Blue Dot Episode 1: Wanderers. I…

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Andy on October 14th, 2008

Coming from an html background, I’ve always used a static front page for all my WordPress sites (and I’ve got 8 under my belt now…) but for this site I’ve decided to revert to having the latest posts instead.

Why? It…

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Andy on October 13th, 2008

As this site becomes more widely found it’s inevitable that the frequency of comments increases as well. That’s fine - discussion is valued and supported. But it’s probably time to lay down the guidelines for doing so - now, before…

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