Friday 26th Jan

Friday lunchtime prayer meeting went well again. That was only our second one at the new mid-day time and it seems to be going really well. Even more people turned up this morning, about 16 in total, that is 4 or 5 more than last week which is brilliant. When a lot of people turn up the hour seems to go faster than ever.
Mary's at work this afternoon and Lucy is working at home, which leaves me at the office wondering which bit of work to attack first.
We haven't been to see Dominic (new grandson) for a week or so and I fear that if we leave it too long he will have changed a lot and we will have missed out on a stage of his development. Must arrange a visit next week.

An interesting thought occurred to me; if it is true that you can tell what a person is like by looking at the books on their bookshelf then how much more accurate an appreciation would you get of someone by looking at their "Favorites" on the browser of their computer? After all there are probably more people surfing the net now than there are reading books. On the office computer my favorites contain Amazon; E-bay; some book purchasing websites; bank sites; the BBC homepage; the Western Mail and the Times online; a few photography, motorbike and cycling sites; an online Bible site; the Met Office; LDC Website; the AA routefinder; some general Christian and specific church sites and a few other bits and pieces. The computer at home has so many favorites on it that last night I had to start deleting them to make it quicker to get to the ones we use most often. And which do we use most often? Probably the banking sites, followed by the Western Mail for the rugby. When working I tend to use the Bible site - great site by the way - BibleGateway.com - loads of different versions of the Bible, study guide's,commetaries and so on. Use Amazon a lot for books; but have found Green Metropolis very cheap (£3.75 per book inc P&P) although choice is a little limited. So now you know what's on my favorites list, what does that say about me?
Talking of computers, I went into the Library the other day full of apologies for late returns. The librarian told me that in future I could not only renew my books online but even check where the books that I want to borrow are at any given time in all the libraries across North Yorkshire, fantastic I thought, but now realise that you all probably knew that years ago!! So now N.Yorks.Libraries sits as the newest entry at the bottom of my list of favorites. One thing that I have never done is read an online book, there's something more satisfying about holding a book and turning the pages.