God Doesn’t Hate Sex!

Last year two good friends of mine decided to challenge the world’s view of sexuality head-on – and open an online sex store.
I must admit my first reaction was a little surprising. Why on earth would an adorable couple like Luke and Linda in the late twenties and who are very committed to Christianity open a sex [...]

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What to Wear to a Wedding

Having never gone through the whole wedding/marriage thing before I’m totally clueless about the whole what to wear issue.
I resolved fairly early to leave any suit combos entitled ‘Matrix’ and ‘Maverick’ to those Year 10 formal kids, and go for something that I’m not going to cringe at in twenty years time.

The Maverick and [...]

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Obama’s Victory and a US Election Wrap-Up

Close but no cigar. I almost predicted the exact electoral college result in the US presidential election.
The Obama surge across middle America even picked up North Carolina (Republican since Carter in 1976) and Indiana (Republican since Johnson in 1964), but failed narrowly to win Missouri.
Perhaps more indicative of Obama’s raid into Republican heartland was how he [...]

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Best Man Speech for Mark and Jen Flegg

On Saturday my brother Mark got married to Jennifer Thackham at the Baptist Tabernacle in Brisbane. They are a wonderful couple and we are all wishing them well on their honeymoon on a deserted island in the Solomon Islands.
The one mistake Markie made with the wedding planning was to ask two of his brothers to [...]

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Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?

SARAH PALIN: Before it got to the other side, I shot the chicken, cleaned and dressed it, and had chicken burgers for lunch.
BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a change! The chicken wanted change!
JOHN MC CAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to [...]

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US Election Crystal Ball 3

With Americans waking up tomorrow going to the polls, here is my final prediction: Obama beating McCain by 338 electoral college votes to 200.

The only possible combination that would result in a McCain upset victory would be if he held North Carolina and Florida (statistically both too close to call) and won in Ohio (Obama 3.2% up) [...]

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Jurassic Park 4

There is going to be another Jurassic Park sequel to possibily be released in 2009. According to IMDB a number of the original actors will be back, including Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern and Richard Attenborough.

I’m really hoping that this time the sequel will live up to the amazing possibilities made possible by the original. Apparently this [...]

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