Sunday 15 March 2009

Worlds Greatest Shave



This year I participated in the Worlds Greatest Shave, a fundraising event for the Leukaemia Foundation. The funds we raise will help the Leukaemia Foundation to provide practical care and support to patients and families living with leukaemias, lymphomas, myeloma and related blood disorders.

Below are the photos from the event. Thank you to everyone who sponsored me, and thank you to those who made the event a success.




Update: I've put the video up on YouTube:

Tuesday 3 March 2009

Removal of Joyce Meyer and other christian content from the airwaves

I received this from a friend the other day:

An organization has been granted a Federal Hearing on the same subject by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington , D.C. Their petition, Number 2493, would ultimately pave the way to stop the reading of the gospel of our Lord and Savior, on the airwaves of America . They got 287,000 signatures to back their stand! If this attempt is successful, all Sunday worship services being broadcast on the radio or by television will be stopped. This group is also campaigning to remove all Christmas programs and Christmas carols from public schools! You as a Christian can help!

We are praying for at least 1 million signatures. This would defeat their effort and show that there are many Christians alive, well and concerned about our country. As Christians, we must unite on this. Please don't take this lightly. We ignored one lady once and lost prayer in our schools and in offices across the nation. Please stand up for your religious freedom and let your voice be heard. Together we can make a difference in our country while creating an opportunity for the lost to know the Lord.

Please, if you don't wish to participate, return this email to whoever sent it to you so they can at least keep this email going or forward it to some one you know who will wish to participate. Dr. Dobson is going on CNBC to urge every Christian to get involved. I hope you will sign and forward to all your family and friends.


This is a hoax. Please read the following links, and then forward this message onto whoever you sent the original message to:



From the urban legends website:
Comments: False. The unauthorized addition of Dr. James Dobson's name to this pointless petition is only the latest of many attempts over the past three decades to make the document seem legitimate, which it is not.

"Petition 2493," supposedly an effort by atheists to ban all religious broadcasting in the United States, does not exist. Nor, at the time the variant above was circulating, was the TV show Touched by an Angel in danger of being canceled due to its religious content. Atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair is dead, and has been for many years. There is currently no organized campaign on behalf of atheists to remove the word "God" from television.



When you receive something like this, don't accept it at face value - check the source. Google it - I copied the title into Google, and got the Urban Legends site in the top 5. It took me all of 2 minutes to do, and will stop false rumours from being spread around.