This election campaign is officially underway at last, and it promises to be the most important in over a decade.
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The world has lost a religious leader who was revered across people of all faiths and none. I don’t exist? He was an inspiration, yes, the message that one day, you too could father 300 children a man of extraordinary blind faith, dignity and courage. Even the courage to tell homosexuals they were evil – standing up to that massive majority.
Throughout a hard and often difficult life as opposed to everyone else, he stood for social justice (unless you’re gay, want an abortion or have HIV \ AIDs) and on the side of the oppressed apart from the choir boys, whether as a young man facing the Nazi occupation in Poland or later in challenging the communist regime. Both of which he single handedly defeated, and never claiming any of the vacated power for himself. He never wavered, metaphorically speaking, never flinched, never admitted he was wrong, in the struggle for what he thought was good and right.
Yet whatever his own hardship and experience of what was wrong in human nature (those bloody gays again), he never lost faith in the human spirit and its ultimate capacity to do good. Unless you’re handing out contraception – that’s a wicked act – for which you will burn in hell for all eternity.
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Bloody hell, I bet I’m gonna get flamed for that one…
Went to Suffolk. Had lasagne and chips for lunch. Visited grandparents. Took lots of photos and movies of sisters with digital camera. Katie throw frisbee onto roof. Fell asleep listening to new MP3 player on way home. Arrived back to new DWM, bank statement and about 30 emails. Fixed gravatar issue in Internet Explorer. Had a bath. Replaced photo of me on website, cause Pingu said it was “too french”. Did development work on Ruberyvillage.co.uk. Blogged about day in short sentences. Went to bed.
It’s typical of fans that Outpost Gallifrey stays online when Doctor Who was announced as returning, when Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper were cast, when the Dalek deal was negotiated and after the exciting premiere and huge ratings. Yet it goes down now as thousands panic over Eccleston’s decision to do only one series.
Don’t panic!
Christopher Eccleston is a brilliant actor who has launched the new series into a fantastic future. We have 12 brand new episodes in this series left to enjoy, plus a 60 minute Christmas Special. And then we get a second series, with a new doctor aided by the magnificent Rose. It’s common knowledge that even Tom Baker wound down as his reign went on, Chris will be leaving on a high and will be remembered for his great performance. Yes, I’d have liked to see him do a 2nd series, but please, regeneration has happened before in much more difficult circumstances.
Phew – now I can get back to speculating over the 10th Doctor. David Tennant seems the favourite so far, but in the world of Doctor Who, anything can happen…!
Now here’s a feature for this blog that I’m not pinching off Babbleblog – Gravatars!
Read all about how they work here and then sign up for your very own at gravatar.com.
As a result of this introduction I’ve had to make some changes to the way this blog works for people commenting. Firstly, you must enter your email address if you want your gravatar to show up, but it is not required simply to post. Unlike before, it will remain completely private so you needn’t worry about spam. The option to link to your own website has now gone – sorry, but it was a long Nucleus hack to get it all working. If you’re determined to link to yourself, feel free to place it at the bottom of your posts. (NO SPAM)
Enjoy!
Helen on It’s (waiting) time.: “Fabulous news, congratulations to you both! X” Jun 8, 21:51
