<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from katielou.blog-city.com</title><link>http://katielou.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2008 katielou.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:26:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from katielou.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://katielou.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>democracy, or not</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://katielou.blog-city.com/democracy_or_not.htm</guid><link>http://katielou.blog-city.com/democracy_or_not.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://katielou.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=democracy%5For%5Fnot</comments><dc:creator>Katielou</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Disappointing, though hardly unexpected-or unsurprising- the news that Morgan Tsangirai has pulled out of the Zimbabwe &quot;elections&quot;. As I drove to church this morning, I heard on the news fears about the police moving in at a sports stadium]]></description><category>world</category></item><item><title>RIP e.s.t.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://katielou.blog-city.com/rip_est.htm</guid><link>http://katielou.blog-city.com/rip_est.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:49:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://katielou.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=rip%5Fest</comments><dc:creator>Katielou</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[How sad. Esbj&ouml;rn Svensson, a third of the fabulous Esbj&ouml;rn Svensson Trio , has died in a scuba accident . So I guess I won&#39;t be watching them again live at the Sage next spring. Was worth the queue to meet him the first time though. Lis]]></description></item><item><title>is it all in the nose?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://katielou.blog-city.com/is_it_all_in_the_nose.htm</guid><link>http://katielou.blog-city.com/is_it_all_in_the_nose.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://katielou.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=is%5Fit%5Fall%5Fin%5Fthe%5Fnose</comments><dc:creator>Katielou</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Apropos of I can&#39;t quite remember what, I had a conversation a while ago with Jane and Elliott about how a nose job can utterly confuddle people&#39;s sense of their identity in a way that they didn&#39;t expect, even given the nose they wanted.]]></description></item><item><title>persons behind the mask</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://katielou.blog-city.com/persons_behind_the_mask.htm</guid><link>http://katielou.blog-city.com/persons_behind_the_mask.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:10:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://katielou.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=persons%5Fbehind%5Fthe%5Fmask</comments><dc:creator>Katielou</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[For all those of you who believe that SecondLife is a &#39;game&#39; or that everyone has a perfect Barbie-esque look and shape, here&#39;s a fantastic video from Rob Wright. He expresses it below more eloquently than I, but I am fascinated by this,]]></description><category>secondlife</category><category>avatar</category></item><item><title>fresh meals</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://katielou.blog-city.com/fresh_meals.htm</guid><link>http://katielou.blog-city.com/fresh_meals.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://katielou.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=fresh%5Fmeals</comments><dc:creator>Katielou</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Whilst learning about machines in order to build and script them in the virtual factory, I&#39;ve been submitted to - amongst others - this. Some of it is fascinating, but my, some of it doesn&#39;t half encourage you to cook fresh....]]></description></item><item><title>making cheese</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://katielou.blog-city.com/making_cheese.htm</guid><link>http://katielou.blog-city.com/making_cheese.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 21:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://katielou.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=making%5Fcheese</comments><dc:creator>Katielou</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Yesterday morning, as I drifted in and out of sleep/consciousness curled up on the sofa under a cocktail of drugs intended to give me a voice to sing with last night, I had Saturday Morning Kitchen on in the background, and I dreamt they showed you h]]></description></item><item><title>need inspiration?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://katielou.blog-city.com/need_inspiration.htm</guid><link>http://katielou.blog-city.com/need_inspiration.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://katielou.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=need%5Finspiration</comments><dc:creator>Katielou</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[...for that special present... check out Toplots.co.uk  for something different. I can recommend a personal tour of Durham Cathedral and Deanery , open for bidding from the 3rd of June, but there are lots of other options if you prefer lawnmowers or]]></description></item><item><title>sad builder</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://katielou.blog-city.com/sad_builder.htm</guid><link>http://katielou.blog-city.com/sad_builder.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:58:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://katielou.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sad%5Fbuilder</comments><dc:creator>Katielou</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Oh dear. I appear to have turned into a geek. Second Life was all very well when I was relaxing in a hot tub on the beach, or modelling an evening gown collection almost as extensive as my real life one, but recently I&#39;ve become a geek. Officiall]]></description><category>secondlife</category></item><item><title>see outside the box!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://katielou.blog-city.com/see_outside_the_box.htm</guid><link>http://katielou.blog-city.com/see_outside_the_box.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:36:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://katielou.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=see%5Foutside%5Fthe%5Fbox</comments><dc:creator>Katielou</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It&#39;s not generally allowed to take pictures inside the Cathedral, and so usually you get to see the standard shots. But sometimes, even when you&#39;re so familiar with the place that you almost could imagine one day taking it for granted, your b]]></description><category>cathedral</category></item><item><title>recycle NOW!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://katielou.blog-city.com/recycle_now.htm</guid><link>http://katielou.blog-city.com/recycle_now.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://katielou.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=recycle%5Fnow</comments><dc:creator>Katielou</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Woo. Simple things  Today I have put out not only my last lot of unsorted rubbish (well, sort of) and my new bags of recycling. I&#39;ve actually had recyclable stuff piling up all over the kitchen in anticipation of the start of the new collections,]]></description></item><item><title>Naughty Co-op</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://katielou.blog-city.com/naughty_coop.htm</guid><link>http://katielou.blog-city.com/naughty_coop.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:34:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://katielou.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=naughty%5Fcoop</comments><dc:creator>Katielou</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hmm. I'm such a supporter of the Co-operative, and its fair trade products and initiative. 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When you are as familiar with the work as I am, you see, hear, smell all of this just by being in the room with it]]></description></item><item><title>Secondlife and digital theology</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://katielou.blog-city.com/secondlife_and_digital_theology.htm</guid><link>http://katielou.blog-city.com/secondlife_and_digital_theology.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:51:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://katielou.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=secondlife%5Fand%5Fdigital%5Ftheology</comments><dc:creator>Katielou</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Whilst researching for the essay I&#39;ve just had to write on my theology course, I&#39;ve been touring churches in secondlife (yes really). I was directed after I&#39;d finished to the Basilica of St Francis at Assisi. Frankly, it&#39;s worth creat]]></description><category>secondlife</category><category>faith</category></item><item><title>away on residential</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://katielou.blog-city.com/away_on_residential.htm</guid><link>http://katielou.blog-city.com/away_on_residential.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:01:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://katielou.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=away%5Fon%5Fresidential</comments><dc:creator>Katielou</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I seem to have been away a lot recently, without having been away at all.&nbsp; I&#39;ve been writing an essay (felt more like a novel) for my theology course, for which I&#39;ve spent lots of time on the web and in second life, and lots of time writ]]></description></item><item><title>damn. we&apos;re back to bye bye blog</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://katielou.blog-city.com/damn_were_back_to_bye_bye_blog.htm</guid><link>http://katielou.blog-city.com/damn_were_back_to_bye_bye_blog.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:08:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://katielou.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=damn%5Fwere%5Fback%5Fto%5Fbye%5Fbye%5Fblog</comments><dc:creator>Katielou</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[oh dear. where does the time go? this time last year I was arguing with blog-city about not being able to keep my blog, and learning more than i ever wanted to know about building my own blog in my webspace. then dad went into hospital and everything]]></description></item><item><title>a different world</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://katielou.blog-city.com/a_different_world.htm</guid><link>http://katielou.blog-city.com/a_different_world.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:43:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://katielou.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Fdifferent%5Fworld</comments><dc:creator>Katielou</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today was the installation of our new college chaplain, and this brought people out of the woodwork to the service - I hope Anthony&#39;s not expecting a full chapel every week! I found out that some lovely people from our senior common room who I&#3]]></description></item><item><title>boston guide</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://katielou.blog-city.com/boston_guide.htm</guid><link>http://katielou.blog-city.com/boston_guide.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:58:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://katielou.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=boston%5Fguide</comments><dc:creator>Katielou</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Well, whaddya know. I took - especially for me - lots of nice photos of Boston in the sunshine, but for some reason, the one I took in the cloud of the library has been included in a Schmap web guide. Not of the library, but of the Old South Church b]]></description></item><item><title>&quot;no such thing as away&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://katielou.blog-city.com/no_such_thing_as_away.htm</guid><link>http://katielou.blog-city.com/no_such_thing_as_away.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:24:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://katielou.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=no%5Fsuch%5Fthing%5Fas%5Faway</comments><dc:creator>Katielou</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ian posted these in Facebook, but I think they deserve wider attention. A chap in the US who has kept ALL of his rubbish for a year.It makes interesting reading, and I'd like to see the exhibit. I'm sure there must be someone out there wantin]]></description><category>conscience</category></item><item><title>en route...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://katielou.blog-city.com/en_route.htm</guid><link>http://katielou.blog-city.com/en_route.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:07:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://katielou.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=en%5Froute</comments><dc:creator>Katielou</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I'm here:]]></description></item><item><title>tango</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://katielou.blog-city.com/tango.htm</guid><link>http://katielou.blog-city.com/tango.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:23:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://katielou.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=tango</comments><dc:creator>Katielou</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[One day I'm going on holiday to Argentina to learn argentinian tango in situ. I'm about to post on our theology blog about a post which included this picture, and it's such a beautiful picture I thought I'd put it here too. For no oth]]></description><category>painting</category></item><item><title>no fuel day</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://katielou.blog-city.com/no_fuel_day.htm</guid><link>http://katielou.blog-city.com/no_fuel_day.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:22:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://katielou.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=no%5Ffuel%5Fday</comments><dc:creator>Katielou</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There's a group appeared on facebook this week called 'No Fuel Day - 19th November'. I've been considering joining it, only I'd not be very good without fuel. Entertainingly I found it because Paul D joined it - and someone less l]]></description><category>conscience</category></item><item><title>a fine balance</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://katielou.blog-city.com/a_fine_balance.htm</guid><link>http://katielou.blog-city.com/a_fine_balance.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://katielou.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Ffine%5Fbalance</comments><dc:creator>Katielou</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Being a shop assistant/market trader type person is such a fine balance, isn&#39;t it? Sometimes you have chosen something - shoes perhaps - and the assistant is too bothered by their own carefully-studied pose of nonchalance to either not notice you]]></description></item><item><title>eateries 1,2,3</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://katielou.blog-city.com/eateries_123.htm</guid><link>http://katielou.blog-city.com/eateries_123.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:03:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://katielou.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=eateries%5F123</comments><dc:creator>Katielou</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Had an exceptionally nice evening out last night, and have just been naming the new Flatbread Cafe  as definitely a contender amongst my favourite restaurants in Newcastle. Right next door to my number 2 favourite, Pani&#39;s , it&#39;s a new persian]]></description></item><item><title>Gillian&apos;s wedding</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://katielou.blog-city.com/gillians_wedding.htm</guid><link>http://katielou.blog-city.com/gillians_wedding.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:19:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://katielou.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=gillians%5Fwedding</comments><dc:creator>Katielou</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&quot;And we now take a moment of relative quiet to offer our own prayers for the bride and groom&quot; adlibbed the vicar, as the child who had screamed and kicked the panelling all through the service continued to do so, but even still, it was a lo]]></description><category>sagechoir</category></item><item><title>living theology today</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://katielou.blog-city.com/living_theology_today.htm</guid><link>http://katielou.blog-city.com/living_theology_today.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://katielou.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=living%5Ftheology%5Ftoday</comments><dc:creator>Katielou</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There&#39;s nothing like being a sucker for punishment, is there? 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