Accuracy, clarity and naturalness

  A Bible translation consultant colleague was drafting an account of an incident which happened recently in Ivory Coast. He e-mailed it to colleagues for comment re accuracy. Below is a short extract. First draft: Apparently, we heard later, a green mamba had gone up the trouser leg of Didier’s younger brother, sitting near a [...]

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“the once innocuous red knickers now draw snickers”

In Leadership Lessons from Superman’s Underpants, Skye Jethani concludes with this paragraph: So, there are four leadership lessons I’ve taken from the controversy surrounding Superman’s underpants. What do I think about the decision to abolish the briefs? I will withhold my opinion until I see the movie. In the end, if it’s a great script [...]

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Titanic meets Samson and Goliath

Humphhhhh! Disappointed that only Alan in Belfast commented on my recent post Belfast Photo Puzzle. Perhaps my enjoyment in taking some photographs on a beautiful sunny morning around the once famous Belfast shipyard just didn’t scratch my readers where they were itching. This area now rejoices in the name Titanic Quarter! Yes, in  N. Ireland [...]

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Revolutionary new air travel experiment

Ryanair defends use of “sky oars” in new sub-economy Galley Class Ryanair has robustly defended the introduction of ‘sky oars’ in their new sub-economy class. Each oar is operated by a row of three passengers and the designer, Patrick from Marketing, thinks they could help propel the aircraft. Stripped to the waist and heavily manacled, [...]

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How to fix the UK economy No3

Dear Mr. Cameron, Please find below our third and final (for now at least) suggestion for fixing the UK’s economy. I should add, Mr Cameron, that I am slightly apprehensive that some of my readers are equating these ideas with some of your current policies eg the NHS and weekly bin collections and thinking that I, [...]

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How to fix the UK economy No2

Dear Mr. Cameron, Please find below our second suggestion for fixing the UK’s economy. Let’s put the pensioners in jail and the criminals in a nursing home. This way the pensioners would have access to showers, hobbies and walks. They’d receive unlimited free prescriptions, dental and medical treatment, wheel chairs etc and they’d receive money instead [...]

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How to fix the UK economy No1

Dear Mr. Cameron, Please find below our suggestion for fixing the UK’s economy. Instead of giving billions of pounds to banks that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan: You can call it the Patriotic Retirement Plan: There are about 10 million people over 50 in the work force. [...]

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An Old Testament take on April Fools

I just can’t resist re-blogging Wonky Donkey by Kevin! It’s all about Shrek / Sherk / Balaam and a talking donkey. It’s probably doing things the wrong way round, but I’m going to give you the punchline – and encourage you to read the whole blog! The angel left them, amused at the things Yahweh [...]

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Wonder where the day went?

Yesterday was just one of those days. It started well, I got to the office early and took time to read my E100 passage in Exodus 1 & 2.  Just before Lois, our work experience Sixth former, reported for duty, the Oki printer proclaimed “Fatal Error Message”. But I’ve learned not to trust a printer [...]

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Ten Commandments for Short Term Mission

These ten commandments are not new, but as the season begins in the northern hemisphere when many Christians, young and older, begin to think about which mission trip to go on in summer 2011 – they are very timely and worth reading. For quite a few years I was responsible for Wycliffe UK’s summer teams. [...]

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