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Monday 29 Mar 2010

This joke cost an arm and a leg to make...

Blogged by James Preece 4 Months ago...

This has had me laughing all day...

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Monday 14 Dec 2009

Communion on the Tongue

Blogged by James Preece 7 Months ago...

We are lucky enough to live in a diocese where the H1N1 trick has yet to be pulled, but not everybody is, which is why I found this cartoon very funny...

[from Drawn to Catholicism]

Unfortunately, you can tell that the artist is a Catholic convert because he got something quite wrong in his picture.

I have corrected it for him...

There. That's what Catholic Churches look like.

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Saturday 26 Sep 2009

Jeremy the Annoying Horse

Blogged by James Preece 10 Months ago...

I liked this...

Found on B3ta of course but that was just a warm up really before the real fun begins with this one.

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Friday 25 Sep 2009

Advanced Encryption Standard: The Comic Strip

Blogged by James Preece 10 Months ago...

If you work with computers for a company that handles, stores and processes credit card information (which I do) and if you pull the short straw (which I did) then you end up being responsible for making sure your company is PCI DSS compliant.

The PCI DSS people love their acronyms, so I am busy filling in a PCI DSS SAQ SOC and am stopping regularly to use the glossary. It stands for "Payment Card Industry Data Secrity Standard Self Assessment Questionnaire Statement of Compliance" and in English that means I'm filling in a form to tell Visa that we don't put credit card numbers on CDs and leave them on trains.

Okay... so there's a bit more to it than that. A lot more... actually it's a nightmare.

As part of checking our PCI DSS compliance I needed to learn about encryption which is what I have spent the last few days doing and that's how I stumbled across this awesome cartoon about AES... sorry, that's the Advanced Encryption Standard.

Everybody should know the three "big ideas" about cryptography...

You can read the full stick figure guide to the advanced encryption standard which comes with handy "exit" points depending on how far down the rabbit hole you want to go.

Me? I just love it when people explain complex stuff with pictures.

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Thursday 27 Nov 2008

The Terminator

Blogged by James Preece 1 Year ago...

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Thursday 16 Oct 2008

It's all relative...

Blogged by James Preece 1 Year ago...

Originally blogged by How the west was lost / The Cellarer

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Wednesday 25 Jun 2008

Babies

Blogged by James Preece 2 Years ago...

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Year for Priests

Recent Comments

victor

Tweren't nothing -- your marriage is worth more than a bazillion songs! And I'm really glad you both appreciated it....

Sarah

How lovely. Wishing you many more happy, holy and healthy years together.

Yorkmum

Wishing you a happy holy, wedding anniversary.As it happens the Eremite and I share an anniversary with you... 16 years for us today.

Ella

The song was great - I loved the catechism reference!

Ella

Congratulations anniversary buddies!16 years - now that is worth celebrating!

When someone gives you a gift reply with Thank You Cards. When our Father God gives you a gift reply by living through his will. And acting with kindness and love.

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To the Blessed Virgin Prayer for England

O Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God and our most gentle Queen and Mother, look down in mercy upon England thy "Dowry" and upon us all who greatly hope and trust in thee.

By thee it was that Jesus our Saviour and our hope was given unto the world; and He has given thee to us that we might hope still more.

Plead for us thy children, whom thou didst receive and accept at the foot of the cross.

O sorrowful Mother! intercede for our separated brethren, that with us in the one true fold they may be united to the supreme Shepherd, the Vicar of thy Son.

Pray for us all, dear Mother, that by faith fruitful in good works we may all deserve to see and praise God, together with thee, in our heavenly home.

Amen.

Couple's Prayer

O God, our heavenly Father, protect and bless us. Deepen and strengthen our love for each other day by day.

Grant that by thy mercy, neither of us may ever say one unkind word to the other. Forgive and correct our faults, and make us constantly to forgive one another should one of us unconsciously hurt the other.

Make us and keep us sound and well in body, alert in mind, tender in heart, and devout in spirit. O Lord, grant us each to rise to the other's best. Then, we pray thee, add to our common life such virtues as only thou canst give.

And so, O Father, consecrate our life and love completely to thy worship, and to the service of all about us, especially those whom thou hast appointed us to serve, that we may always stand before thee in happiness and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Babies Bedtime Prayer

Father, thankyou for all the good things that have happened to me today.

Thankyou for keeping me safe and well, thankyou for fun and laughter with my friends, thank you for what I have learned, thank you for all those that I love.

Help us all to sleep soundly tonight.

Amen.

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