December 2003

Trying to take a holiday

December 29, 2003

I am going to try and take a blog holiday and reflect over the next couple of days. Lets see how long I last! I have been reflecting on my own blog and picking out what I think some of the highlights have been since the end of April when I started. If you are [...]

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Could today’s bloggers be tomorrows prophets?

December 27, 2003

Patriot Paradox: “Could today’s bloggers be tomorrows prophets?”

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Google non-bombs

December 27, 2003

The thing about google bombs is that they are only an extreme form of what happens normally, with no intent to alter search engine results. I think many bloggers do not realise that we bloggers are taken very seriously by Google’s algorithms. Why else would the search for first names at google reveal that my [...]

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Google Bombing for God?

December 27, 2003

The subject of google bombing interests me. You might think that by now google would have fixed the well known successful manipulations of its index by bloggers. These include the following successful google bombs french military victories which provides a page suggesting the user try French military defeats (thought to have been prompted by the [...]

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Discucsion with Euan of ‘The Obvious’ continues……

December 26, 2003

Earlier today I blogged about one of my favorite bloggers once again. Now, Euan Replies (in the comments section) The very fact that you find communication between us such a problem when we are each in our own ways trying to make sense of the world around us, makes my point for me. I have [...]

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The Doggedness of War

December 26, 2003

The washingtonpost: “In rogue states, the only diplomacy that ever works is diplomacy at the point of a bayonet. “

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How can a Christian Blog to a non Christian?

December 26, 2003

A while ago I blogged about one of my favorite Non God blogs The Obvious? and spoke about how much I like his blog Following on from this we had some email correspondence about my interpretation of his dream- I will leave you to interpret it rather than stating here what I thought. Anyway the [...]

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The Christmas Story Uncut

December 26, 2003

The Real Live preacher has retold the Christmas story in the The Christmas Story Uncut: “Then she became the first person to ask the question of the ages. This question would someday split the calendar and define history. This question would bring goodness but also dark evil to humankind. This question would be asked a [...]

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Joshua Claybourn’s Domain: Christmas Meditation

December 26, 2003

Joshua Claybourn: “God became man; the divine Son became a Jew; the Almighty appeared on earth as a helpless human baby, unable to do more than lie and stare and wriggle and make noises, needing to be fed and changed and taught to talk like any other child. And there was no illusion or deception [...]

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More on Sin

December 25, 2003

The Times has been doing a series on sin. Now this on pride- Pride makes the confident reckless, the charismatic manipulative and the compassionate careless. It is one big puffed-up chest. The perfect target to be shot down…… Pride is the most antisocial sin, and the seed of all others. It is the mistake of [...]

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Stand up for Christmas

December 25, 2003

ChristWeb: “In one generation … Christmas has gone from being a widespread and joyous public celebration to the holiday that dare not speak its name. We now have ‘holiday trees,’ ‘holiday cards,’ ‘holiday parties,’ ‘holiday songs’ and even, in one particularly egregious advertisement, a ‘child’s first holiday.’ Simply put, there is now raging, a ‘War [...]

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So here it is Merry Christmas, everbody’s having fun…..

December 25, 2003

Happy Christmas to Living room Happy Christmas Absoblogginlutely! Happy Christmas Live journal As many of us settle into Christmas with our familes, remember not everyone is so fortunate…. “i wanna cuddle but there is no one to cuddle with” said one blogger, well consider this a hug to encircle the globe. Here I am wishing [...]

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The Truth Laid Bear: Weblog Alliances

December 24, 2003

The Truth Laid Bear: Weblog Alliances: Unique Inbound Links Instapundit: 2062 The Alliance of Free Blogs: 9740 The Axis of Naughty: 3961 The League of Liberals: 3532 The Liberal Coalition: 1803 The Blogdom of God: 1555 Average Daily Visits (via SiteMeter) Instapundit: 87343 The Alliance of Free Blogs: 18098 The Axis of Naughty: 8586 The [...]

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King of the Blogs: Blather Review’s Acceptance Speech

December 24, 2003

Blather Review says: “Ask not what the blogosphere can do for you, but what you can do for the blogosphere.”

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Thought for the day

December 24, 2003

A blog is for life, and not just for Christmas

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How to include the Blogdom of God

December 24, 2003

Some people are asking how to join the Blogdom of God and how to include the list on their site. To join just send me an email. To add the list (which remember is OPTIONAL) simply include the following code in you site anywhere <script language=”javascript” src=http://www.truthlaidbear.com/AllianceDetails.php?alliance=BG></script> It really is as simple as that.

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In the spirit of bibaritisan politics……

December 24, 2003

Clarity amidst Chaos: “Republicans say ‘Merry Christmas!’ Democrats say ‘Happy Holidays!’ Republicans help the poor during the holidays by sending $50 to the Salvation Army. Democrats help the poor by giving $50, one buck at a time, to panhandlers on the street. Democrats get back at the Republicans on their Christmas list by giving them [...]

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What do you do if no one’s watching?

December 23, 2003

World Magazine Blog: “David Limbaugh asked, ‘Do you believe, as did many of America’s founding fathers, that Judeo-Christian values and freedom are inseparable? If we fully abandon our faith tradition which is foundational to our liberties, will our liberties eventually diminish and evaporate? “

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No collection, no blessing, threatens Bishop

December 23, 2003

A bishop is advocating a tough love solution to Church of England clergy whose flocks refuse to put their hands in their pockets or do good works: refuse to bless them.

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Blogging advice

December 23, 2003

Johann Hari has some advice to bloggers: “Imagine you are sitting in a pub, you’ve grabbed somebody’s attention for just a second, and you are saying to them, ‘Listen. I have something really important to tell you.’ If you can’t do that with your subject material, if you can’t convince yourself that you could hold [...]

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