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I believe I have actually mentioned seeing David Wilkerson, primary author of The Cross and the Switchblade back in 1971 preach in Turlock, California in a blog entry so long ago looking it up would be more work then getting a response from a certain still fondly thought upon moderator.

Apparently he is in glory now having been killed in an automobile accident in Texas the 27th.

Though I have serious issues with some of his teachings on the Holy Spirit over the years ...

So. Haven't felt like blogging lately. Guess you've gotten used to that. Not much to say really. One or two things of note I guess but I can't be bothered to write them out now. Well, one important thing. Last time I wrote my dog was called Saskia. I forget. Did I mention I didn't like the name. I'm not fond of it anyway (my apologies to any Saskia's out there) but as a name for a dog I think it's pretty bad. Three syllables. SAS-KI-A. Just doesn't sound right. It's too long. Mum asked a while ago ...

I was in some charity shops today – those shops where people donate their old or unused stuff to be sold by the charity for a small profit – as my wife and I like browsing in them. I bought three books for a quid – actually they came to 50p as it was an “Everything Half Price” day.

I bought Hammond Innes The Strange Land – mainly because it is a 1966 copy, and I find the cover alluring. I got a Len Deighton – Hope which is the second in his Faith, Hope and Charity trilogy. They didn’t ...

Yes, I Love Big, Boring Books

I'm a contrarian
by nature and by heart:
authoritarian
of the dumb and the smart.
So, you say that "Moby-Dick
goes dully on and on"?
And Dickens' *yawn* Pickwick
Papers a marathon
of tedium and woe?
For me such dullard cries
bestow a golden glow
of heavy levity
upon those boring books
of noted gravity.
Of Kindels, texts or Nooks --
I am ...

Help!

Yes, it's me asking for assistance again. I'm in need of some reading advice. I started reading 'The Life and Times of Michael K' by J M Coetzee this morning and realised I JUST CAN'T TAKE IT! It's just to depressing and too hard going. What I'm in the mood for is the literary equivalent of Bjork or I (heart) Hukabees. Something quirky and a bit fun. Something like Richard Brautigan ( but not Richard Brautigan 'cos I've read everything he's written). Dilemma part 2 is that I ...