This week Dave Gilpin celebrates after a fantastic weekend with Ps Mike Murphy from Shirelive church in Sydney as well as the completion of ‘Phase One’ of the new Sheffield Auditorium. It’s the start of a new season and nothing is going to bring his confidence down from soaring through heights he has never flown […]

Thanks to the miracle of the DVR I accidentally ended up with a recorded version of Deal Or No Deal. Why would I waste my time on a show that consists of nothing but choosing brief cases and hoping for the best? At least that’s what I thought but I started watching the beginning […]

Sick moms, St. Patty’s Day, G’s Violation of the Law; Whose Verse Is It Anyway?; The Economics of Lent; True Beauty: Modesty and Confidence from a young woman’s perspective - led by the lady podcasters; Devo: Bread of Life

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No matter if you’re changing your job or just because you need something new in your life, moving to a new city could be fun at first and a nightmare after. From things you’ll have to eat, to finding a place to live or to making new friends the road may be sprinkled with lots […]

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I am properly weird this week. Two extremes:
Yesterday I went into H&M and failed to find the Menswear department. Everything else had a sign, but Menswear? Nope. It was probably upstairs, but there was a big Womenswear sign pointing in that direction, and the assistants seemed to be watching, and I felt conspicuous and silly, […]

YouTube has added a new feature which is focused at making videos more personalized and interactive. Users can now add annotations to the videos which they upload on the site. Using this feature, users can add notes, comments, YouTube video and channel links within the the video.
To use this service which is in […]

Testing out the ol’ camera phone.

I had the worse allergies today. The kind where I’ve sneezed and sniffled so much that it’s given me a headache.
It’s a quarter after 10 p.m. as I start this post. I have a fresh Venti Quad Toffee Nut Latte from Starbucks sitting on my desk to see me through […]

Author: Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw (on JOMB)
Illustrator: Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
Published: 2008 Henry Holt (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0805081690
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Funky paint and collage artwork and breezy first person narrative provide an eye-opening peek at a young girl’s experience with amblyopia and strabismus in this upbeat tale of personality, patches, perspective and pride.
You can read more about eye patching […]

Author: Sarah Ackerley (on JOMB)
Illustrator: Sarah Ackerley
Published: 2008 Blooming Tree Press (on JOMB)
ISBN: 1933831073
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Quiet absurdity and understated text relay the hilarious tale of a unique young penguin who swaps stigma for stupendous in this inspiring invitation to embrace our traits.
Podcasts mentioned:

LD Podcast
Stuttering is Cool