Snow Snow Snow...

Tom Avery is perhaps the only person I know who's spoken sense about the recent snow falling in London...

What’s so bad about ‘The Big Freeze’?

December 20, 2010 by Tom Avery

Sure, businesses are affected, travels nigh on impossible, it’s cold and wet, the economy suffers and for some inexcusable reason do owners don’t pick up their canine’s doodoo. But look outside! It’s magnificent.


I just do not understand people who don’t like snow! Go and build a snowman, go sledging, have a snow ball fight. What could be better.
I was watching the weather report and couldn’t believe the way the reporter talked about this glorious blanket of white. “Awful amount of snow”, “Thank goodness it’s not snowing in . . .”, “Nasty band of snow”, these were some of the choice phrases he used.
Even better than the fun to be had in snow is the change it effects upon people. Suddenly, you’re talking to people in shops about the snow, delivery men have a story to tell about how they got to your front door, and passersby greet you with a hello and a knowing look is passed between you.


In short, I love snow!

And a congratulations to Tom and Chloe for the birth of their second child, Rocco Winston Thomas Avery, born 13th December!

Bah Humbug...

Our church small group recently came together for a lovely Christmas party... when we heard Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas Time/ Feed the World. We proceeded to rip this song to piece's (despite it's charitable qualities), a few lines were the main sources of annoyance.

a) Bono sings like his life depends on it the following words "Well tonight thank God it's them instead of you" ... real charitable, Bono, real charitable. If I were a starving whoever, wherever I'd be wanting to kick him in the face. Hard. There's nothing quite like a kick while you're down! Great lyric!

b) They all link arms and declare "There won't be snow in Africa this Christmas..." So what. At the time of writing there wasn't any snow in England any Christmas. Do you think African pop-stars get together in the summer all declaring "There won't be sun in Eng-er-land this summer..."??? Me neither.

c) "Where the only water flowing is a bitter sting of tears... Where nothing ever grows, no rain or rivers flow" Whoa! Way harsh!

Great chorus though!