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Good morning world!

Just to let y'all know what going down in Cheltenham town since I last blogged.

I have a job working as Junior Desktop Analyst for Pandi in Cheltenham mainly supporting users working for Marlborough Stirling.

I am not sure how much longer I will be a member of Salem Baptist as I feel I am being called somewhere else now and I have a fundamental difference of belief to some of the sell leadership which puts me in a dilemma when it comes to working as part of the sell leadership team at Salem.

I am not trying to look for problems where there aren’t any however I have beliefs which I have to maintain and share and if I can't freely do this where is my spiritual integrity?

There is more to it than what I have outlined here but I don’t want to go on to much, however I have a strong conviction that God has made it easy to come to him through his son Jesus one of the way is through a simple prayer of repentance. Also I have a passion for the unity of Gods church and fellowship between denominations.

Silence is Easy!

Silence is easy...It is easier not to blog, so well done to people who blog however buisy they are at the time. I however am not that dedicated so have not been able to blog while finishing my dissertation which is now done and dusted.

The Blog might remain quiet with the prospect of a buisy month of work ahead. Hopefully I will get a few posts in now and again.

At the moment I am working weekends in bristol which means I have looked for a different church to go to in my home town of Yate (Bristol). This has been a refreshing experience and good to see how other churches do their thing, I am going to Christ the Rock in Yate most Sundays at the moment, although I remain closely connected to Salem Baptist in Cheltenham and look forward to starting work at Salem in September.

Who Should You Vote For?

Who should I vote for?

Your expected outcome:

Liberal Democrat

Your actual outcome:

Labour -11
Conservative -3
	Liberal Democrat 67
UK Independence Party -8
	Green 67

You should vote: Liberal Democrat

The LibDems take a strong stand against tax cuts and a strong one in favour of public services: they would make long-term residential care for the elderly free across the UK, and scrap university tuition fees. They are in favour of a ban on smoking in public places, but would relax laws on cannabis. They propose to change vehicle taxation to be based on usage rather than ownership.



You should vote: Green

The Green Party, which is of course strong on environmental issues, takes a strong position on welfare issues, but was firmly against the war in Iraq. Other key concerns are cannabis, where the party takes a liberal line, and foxhunting, which unsurprisingly the Greens are firmly against.

Take the test at Who Should You Vote For

Me and Tony ... mest mates init? :-)

Today has been interesting, arrived at work expecting an ordinary day with nothing eventful happening. This all changed when rumours started to do the rounds that Tony Blair was going to be visiting @Bristol, at first I did not take the rumours seriously as @Bristol rumours aren’t always 100% reliable, further rumours started to develop that Gordon Brown and John Prescott may be the politicians in town.

Things started to develop even further when a small team of police started to scope out the building for security purposes, then stiffer dogs were brought in and police came in and started to dismantle equipment, check in air conditioning ducts, etc. presumably for bombs? Eventually there must have been over one hundred police on site, they were everywhere! Also really obvious undercover security staff were swarming around the building, they all went around with long coats and earpieces talking on there mobile phones.

First signs that someone was coming was when a press pack turned up in a Labour bus with camera crews and presenters and newspaper journalists. They had to wait a bit longer that expected as the train bringing the labour part celebs was delayed...oh the irony.

Camera crews started to group in one area of the square and then they started to move towards the explore @Bristol building. Then Tony Blair and Gordon Brown emerged from the huddle, the sight of two of the most powerful people in the country left students and teachers who were visiting 'Explore @bristol' in shock, Tony got mobbed by school kids shaking his hands and taking his photo using up all the film on the instant cameras they bought with them to capture there day out at @Bristol. Gordon Brown seemed to be largely ignored by everyone. Tony Blair was bustled away to an awaiting conference room with a select labour faithful and friendly press. I followed but got a bit to close and told to not come any closer by some of Blair’s security crew.

About fifteen minuets later Tony left the building under less hustle and bustle and I shouted out to him ... "Bye Tony" (couldn’t think of what else to say) ... he said "bye, nice seeing you" ... Tony talked to be ... in hindsight I would of replied "whish i could say the same", however I am fickle and in my star struck state I didn’t think of trying to be cheeky to the PM.

I also got interviewed by a guy from the Labour party web page however I don’t think they will use the footage as I turned in to a mumbling Bristolian fool at the sight of the video camera.

Tories ... Who are they?

I ask this question because so far in this election I have had no contact with them. In the Northavon constituency where I will be voting the competition is between the Tories and Lib Dems, so far our house has been indulged by Lib Dem literature however not any sign of Tory action so far. One things I find annoying about the Labour and Conservative Candidates are that they don't even live near the constituency, how are they meant to know what is best for an area that they know nothing about, Steve Web the Lib Dem candidate and current MP for the area lives in the area and had lived nearby for a while before running to become MP. It would be good to see people voting on a local basis and listening to what candidates have to say on local as well as national and international issues.

Prime Numbers

I'm reading
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
at the moment, it is brilliant and I started reading it today an will have finished it by tonight! I am amazed the way he has been able to write in such a way that I keep thinking it is actually a teenager with Asperger's Syndrome writing the book. I'm reading what I think is the childrens edition but I'm not 100% sure what the difference between the childrens and the adults edition is apart from the artwork. Mark Haddon writes in a way that makes you really feel for Christopher, I was gutted for Christopher when he found the letters (I don't think that gives to much away). And I found some of the information in there really interesting such as the stuff about probability and prime numbers, no other book has ever made those two topics so interesting :-).

Dan Unplugged

Word for the day:
PLACATE