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Be thankful for the annoying things

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My friend Kath sent me something by email that made me want to put it on my blog.  I found a better version on the net that I’m quoting here.  It’s been changed slightly for grammatical corrections.

Next time your morning seems to be going wrong, the children are slow getting dressed, you can’t seem to find the car keys or you get stopped by every red traffic light, don’t get mad or frustrated.

Thank God instead. God is at work watching over you.


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Dan Brown’s secrets to writing

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Thanks to the recent court case involving Dan Brown, author of ‘The Da Vinci Code‘, and the authors of ‘Holy Blood, Holy Grail‘, we have been able to learn all of his secrets to writing a good story. Thanks also to Slate’s ‘The Dan Brown Code‘ for writing about it, so that I can summarise Dan Brown’s successful writing secrets for you here:

Essential elements to have in the story

  1. It needs some kind of secret society, secret government agency, or a shadowy force involved
  2. A ‘big idea’ that contains some kind of moral ‘grey area’


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