Wednesday 8th Feb

Spent all day workingon a paper- "IMPLEMENTING AND EVALUATING COLLABORATIVE ELEARNING". Fascinating huh? I could tell you a bit about it if you like... Oh, suit yerself!

Another sunny day. Woohoo! The sunlight here is a bit different to back in Blighty. It seems slightly opaque somehow. The mountains in the distance are a little hazy. But heck, it's sure good to see the sun in the sky! I found out via google that it takes 8 minutes for the light to reach the earth from the sun. So the light that started out from the sun when you started reading this will probably have hit you by the time you finish. And the earth is 93 million miles away (on average). That is about 7 million half marathons. And THAT'S a lot of shoe leather.

I took a break from work to watch "Frasier" (brilliant). I also caught a Christian show where they were a-prayin' and a-healin', live on TV. It went something like this:
Man (eyes closed, frowning): "There's someone out there with a pain... a terrible pain..."
[approximately 93 million viewers sit up and say "Good heavens, he's talking about ME!"]
Man: "... you have a pain in your hip"
[7 million people say "You know, I do have a bit of pain in this hip..."]
Man: ".. your right hip..."
[7 million people say "Oh that one? Err, yes, it IS that one, come to think about it!"]
Man: "I want you to know that Gard... he knows about your pain..."
[7 million people say "Oh yes Lord, it really does hurt sometimes!"]
Man: "and Gard is just going to heal you right now, this very minute..."
[the 7 mill say "Yes Lord, heal me now please! HEAL ME!"]
Man: "and Gard is touching you with his hand... you can feel a warmth in your hip..."
[the 7 mill say "I CAN FEEL IT! Oh my gosh, I CAN REALLY FEEL IT!"
Man: "I want you to know that God has healed you, right here and now!"
[the 7 mill stand up- "I'M HEALED! I AM HEALED!! HALLELUJAH!" and start jigging about in their living rooms]
Man: "We need your donations to continue our ministry to the poor and needy... Here's a testimony from a good Christian in Sacramento... A lady who, in her very darkest hour, realised that the Lord was calling her to increase her giving... she did just that, and then wonderful things started to happen..."
[7 mill people scramble for their phones with credit cards in hand...]

I am actually not making this up. It is really like that. They'd be better off doing a half marathon each on their newly restored hips and giving the money to people who really need it.

Some people have been suggesting that this blog is too long and full of useless ramblings. As if!

In other news, I cooked "pan-seared scallops" for tea.