St. Thomas Pancake Supper: Feb. 28/06

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St. Thomas' Sr. Youth Play Jenga & Twister: Feb. 28/06

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Mardi Gras

I went to a Mardi Gras party this past Saturday evening at St. Paul's Anglican.

I won a couple of sets of beads.

Sorry, I have no pix available of how this was achieved.

Passport

I thought I'd take the opportunity not to whine about something. About 2 weeks ago I applied for my passport and was told it would be ready by Feb. 22 by reg'd mail. "Sure!" I thought.

On the 21st I received the notice that I had a parcel to pick up at the P.O. So I picked it up yday (the 22nd).

So, that's pretty good. The passport dep't actually does their work speedily ...

but then I thought...

speedily for identity thieves, too?

NOT THAT I KNOW ANY OR HAVE THE SLIGHTEST CLUE HOW TO GO ABOUT IT.

Another achievement in my life

I am not a very good Hearts player, but last night I finally managed to surpass Player 2 on my PDA in games won. I have 96 and s/he has 95. The other two are in the 80's.

My biggest shortcoming, I think, is my inability to see when I should *plan* to shoot the moon, especially at the card-passing stage.

So should I reset the scores or continue on?

Skore!

I've been neglecting to tell you each time I score -- and in fact I have the last two FNs. If I recall correctly, I was assisted last night by timlap and Elvis. (I am not making this up.)

Am missing tulrich from these events.

Timlap pointed this out to me FWIW:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472062/

St. Thomas' Indoor Olympics: Feb. 19/06

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Parade of Teams

Catch the "Ground" on the "Javelin"

Short Track Pig Race


Weight Lifting

Brain Gymnastics

The Parallel Even Bars

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Camp Gitchigomee St. Valentine's Dinner: Feb. 18/06

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Why Choose Camp Gitchigomee? Feb. 2006

Why Choose Camp Gitchigomee?

Camp Gitchigomee is fun.

To see what we mean have a look at thunderbaycamp.mindsay.com for pictures of games, theme meals, campfires with music and skits, swimming, canoeing, crafts and archery.

Camp Gitchigomee is a Christian camp.

Each person is valued as someone made in the image of God. The staff work to ensure that this respect for one another is upheld and to help the whole community work and play together co-operatively.

This does not mean that campers must identify themselves as Christians of any denomination or believers in any spiritual path for that matter. We do exist to encourage children, youth and adults to develop a relationship with God through faith in Jesus Christ, but high pressure methods of coercion are not our style. Example and encouragement are what we aim for. See our Camp Philosophy page for more information.

Camp Gitchigomee is associated with Anglican churches in this area, but again this does not mean that campers must be Anglican (or be baptized first, own a prayer book or Bible). Staff come from various Christian denominations, but our Anglican connection provides what could be called "classic Christianity in a contemporary form". Our history demonstrates that we are not just some fly-by-night sect.

Our inter-denominational staff teams focus on the central themes of the Christian faith.

Camp Gitchigomee emphasizes Community.

The focus of a camper's community is his/her cabin group. There are always at least two staff per cabin group and at least one of them is an adult. Each of the three cabins has sixteen beds.

Thus the size of the whole camp group reduces the likelihood that anyone will feel overwhelmed and lost in the crowd. As well, this way every camper and staff member can be included in each week's Secret Pal program.

The size of Camp Gitchigomee has allowed for the development of the Log program. Every camper and staff member receives a small painted log for every week s/he attends (and some off-season Camp activities as well). After a few years this can result in quite an impressive collection, which tells the owner's Camp Gitchigomee history.

Economic inequalities among the campers are reduced by including the two Tuck items per day in the fee. This way no camper has to go without, while other children overindulge.

Camp Gitchigomee cares about God's Creation.

Nature study is often part of the program, and can include bird watching, stargazing, tree and plant identification and water-creature study.

The Bible teaching times often direct our attention to the beauty surrounding us as well.

Recycling is practised.

Camp Gitchigomee is a safe camp.

Campers are well-supervised day and night and are not allowed to go beyond the camp boundaries (or even onto "The Point") except with staff as part of an organized camp activity.

The legal standard for First Aiders on site is adhered to and in most cases a Registered Nurse spends the week as well.

A qualified Waterfront Director and Lifeguard (in addition to other staff) supervise swimming and canoeing according to Ontario regulations.

All staff go through a screening process, including reference checks and a Police Record check.

An evacuation plan is in place in case of fire or extreme weather.

As with all such camps, the Government Health Inspector visits at least once a summer to ensure that health and safety regulations are followed.

Guardians are asked to communicate dietary or allergic concerns about their children so that these may be honoured. The site is nut-free.

Camp Gitchigomee offers good value.

Sign up now (before June 1) and receive the $15 Early Bird discount (therefore $180 total for all weeks but the Canoe Trip). This includes three meals+snacks+tuck each day, all activities and a bus ride to Thunder Bay on closing day each week (except the Canoe Trip).

Partial bursaries are available. Contact the Camp for more info. Email gitchigomee@hotmail.com or phone the voice mail at 622-0020.

Last Update: Sept. 17, 2008

St. Thomas' Sr. Youth Group: Feb. 14/06

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Sundaes!

Matt arrives just in time.

The fruit cancels out the cholesterol.






"Love makes me barf!"

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Today at L.U.

I hung out for a little bit at the university today. While I was waiting by the microwave in the caf for the meal ahead of mine to be nuked, I pondered that any student who might happen to notice me could easily think that I was a prof.

Then I realized that I could even be Prime Minister. Stephen Harper and I are the same age.

Or I could at least be a cabinet member, since I'm unelected.

Sorry, that my posts of late have been pretty shallow. I have been tossing around deeper topics such as Final Judgement (why I believe in it, but have a lot of uncertainties about how it will "work") and thoughts on whether or not God rewards (in any sense) "non-believers" for anything at all.

So, I'll leave those there to tantalize you. Maybe that will be it.

I enjoyed King Kong, but running with the dinosaurs didn't work for me. I find it hard to believe that anyone (even principal characters) could survive that. Only a few red-shirts got it. In addition, it was one of the less convincing-looking combinations of CG and live action.

I didn't find it long -- especially compared to "The New World". I kinda wish that in that one timlap and Black Mamba and I had whispered among ourselves "That's Pocohontas, right? She's going to visit royalty in England and then die. I'm outa here."

The extended dewey-eyed shots in Kong tried my patience a bit -- but most of them were of Naomi Watts and so I didn't mind that much. I could have lived with fewer Kong closeups, though. (Reminds me of all those Ring-in-hand shots in LOTR. Ooooo, it's the Ring!)

How did they know his name was "Kong"? The indigenous priestess used the word a lot in her language and we picked it up because we knew the name of the movie and there were closeups on her when she did, but I doubt that it was obvious enough for the characters.

Macbeth kept his hands to himself.

"The document contains no data". Thus said Blogger when I just clicked to create a post here. But it was mistaken. Whew!

Been too long, but now that I'm here I realize I want to check on my pizza, have supper and then soon thereafter head off with Macbeth to see King Kong at the Cumberland.

So that's all for now. Lame.

St. Thomas Anglican Coffee House: Feb. 9/06

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Put on by the Deanery Youth Unit to raise money for Matt & Sadie's missions trip to Rwanda with Nu-Vison.

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DYU Coffee House for Nu-Vision Rwanda: Feb. 9/06

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