tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198597352024-03-07T07:07:14.393+00:00Wotsup With Da Man CDChristopher Dryden - man of words, born with a dictionary in his mouth, now lets loose on the net with his first blog. Take a journey through the mind of the world's greatest Christopher Luketon John Dryden. He's unique ... just like everyone else.Ur Man CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699483501118337533noreply@blogger.comBlogger582125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19859735.post-24696226076801520772009-12-31T21:55:00.004+00:002009-12-31T23:16:08.418+00:00Another Step On The JourneyAs much as I want to ignore the goings on of this particular time of year I don’t need to on this occasion – it plays into my favour. My dad was never one for these kinds of thing – not a party man, not one for the big festivities and all that kind of jazz. He is a man who takes most things in his stride and takes every day as it comes. Each day was another day to him – another day to do Ur Man CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699483501118337533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19859735.post-30548359258263511352009-12-30T23:54:00.003+00:002009-12-31T00:08:18.272+00:00Power of the StoryI enjoy spending some time reflecting on the issues of life. It’s good for me. It keeps me sane when I want to go berserk. So anyway, today I was given that opportunity to do some reflecting and it occurred to me that the story has a lot to do with whatever success I have in life. I do like a good story. I enjoy a good story whether it’s true or not. Indeed some of the best stories are trueUr Man CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699483501118337533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19859735.post-50876077301656924872009-12-29T23:57:00.003+00:002009-12-30T00:13:54.927+00:00Five AliveFor some reason when I thought of the title for today’s blog I was thinking about a fruit juice that I think was called the same name because it had five different fruits that contributed to the juice. I’m not sure if it’s still around or if it’s been taken off the market. It would be a pity if it has ... only for the purposes of this blog, not because I like it or anything. Those juice Ur Man CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699483501118337533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19859735.post-58074002465876690202009-12-28T22:48:00.005+00:002009-12-30T00:16:41.392+00:00When God Says Lets ReasonI am a sinner. When AA was set up and started encouraging its members to introduce themselves by acknowledging the particular addiction from which they suffered, they were following a confessional tradition that has spanned the ages. I’m not arrogant enough to believe that Christians started it and initiated it and have a patent on it, but it is a crucial part of the confessional element of theUr Man CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699483501118337533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19859735.post-91434476384707222742009-12-27T23:49:00.001+00:002009-12-27T23:51:28.951+00:00Thanks For The Things That LastAs I’ve noted before I’ve just suffered for the umpteenth time the fact that me hard drive has been corrupted seeing the end of a lot of work over 2009 and usually bringing on a season of mourning and great sadness. It did cause considerable inconvenience over the time I was without it and I won’t pretend it didn’t hurt at the time. Yet unlike on previous occasions the feeling of loss wasn’t Ur Man CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699483501118337533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19859735.post-80797721184049158362009-12-26T23:18:00.005+00:002009-12-30T00:15:47.450+00:00Just Chilling - Just BloggingWhen you get the chance to be with your wife and children and enjoy time with them it is so cool to treasure time with them. I’m grateful for the opportunity to be able to do that over today and much of this week. Today sees the end of the first full week we’ve had since we’ve moved here and it has been fairly eventful without being a strain. We’ve been to Nottingham, went to a wedding and alsoUr Man CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699483501118337533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19859735.post-88874868584500508822009-12-24T23:26:00.005+00:002009-12-30T00:14:57.565+00:00And On We GoToday has been a very good day for me and the family. We be chilling up here in snowy Salford and the family Dryden be here settling in the new crib. The girls were away for a few days whilst we had to attend a wedding. Now we’re all back together and have enjoyed Thursday in each other’s company. What’s really been a boost is the return of IT to the life of dmcd! Hooray! So expect some Ur Man CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699483501118337533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19859735.post-31535429556653151922009-12-22T10:00:00.003+00:002009-12-22T10:12:18.590+00:00Just Like Starting OverOur life together, is so precious together, we have grown.So starts one of the last big hits of John Lennon. I used to be big into the Beatles. Not so much collecting all their records - I had mates who would give me tapes and I would ensure they would get the tapes back having kept a copy. I was into their material especially the stuff from Help onwards. I was also eager on following their solo Ur Man CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699483501118337533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19859735.post-63191874839604153822009-12-20T08:41:00.004+00:002009-12-20T08:50:56.775+00:00John P Kee Chill OutIt's a Sunday morning where I should be chilling, but I'm here in Stoke traipsing all over the place with a 6ft 9in settee which me mate reckons can fit in the window of the crib in which we live. It will have to as it can't fit in the door! Then as well as that there's a wedding to attend this afternoon. As long as I've got this evening to chill and can also get me own stuff done tomorrow Ur Man CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699483501118337533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19859735.post-60240026552555805952009-12-15T19:47:00.001+00:002009-12-15T19:49:29.055+00:00When I'm In A Funk In The Twilight ZoneAs I’m appreciating all the more, life is not about what we want and desire at any given time. I am appreciating that it is about flexing around the needs of others and being sensitive to the responsibility that vocation brings about in your life. So even when you don’t have your own ICT equipment, the world does not stop turning, your pregnant wife does not stop requiring your love and devotion,Ur Man CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699483501118337533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19859735.post-10932963146946687032009-12-11T17:21:00.001+00:002009-12-15T11:34:47.131+00:00Things to Look Out ForSo I better look to get this book then!For His Name’s SakeShalomdmcdUr Man CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699483501118337533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19859735.post-89615965517485317092009-12-11T11:49:00.002+00:002009-12-11T11:52:54.693+00:00Culmination of ThingsSo much to say, so little time as Take 6 once put it. In many ways it is the culmination of a number of strands that have been buzzing around in the atmosphere for the last two years or so. I would love to be able to write at length, but time does not afford me to do that at this time.Here’s what is going on in nutshell. Throughout 2009 there have been a number of developments through each Ur Man CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699483501118337533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19859735.post-54578782643061887782009-12-02T18:51:00.005+00:002009-12-11T11:27:05.122+00:00ForetasteI read and hear people often talk about heaven and what it would like to be in heaven and how they would like to experience heaven on earth. I’ve found these musings intriguing from a background that always left heaven for where God is and where we’ll never go as I’ve read me bible. In any case the paradise picture that they all endeavour to paint is very much one based on what our imagination Ur Man CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699483501118337533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19859735.post-57436930345965393872009-12-01T23:05:00.001+00:002009-12-01T23:07:16.534+00:00Errr ... About That HiatusIt’s been a while and there’s good reason for that too – the dreaded technological difficulties. I even have to use the wife’s one to put this together and anyone who knows about the wife’s cute little machine knows that it has to take something for this to be the case.I hope to have my equipment working real soon.As ever there’s been a lot going on with me and there are a number of big changes Ur Man CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699483501118337533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19859735.post-76788570153699803312009-11-24T21:20:00.001+00:002009-11-24T21:20:00.181+00:00Living For Spiritual Highs - Walking Through Spiritual LowsMy church background is pretty interesting and the things that I’ve learnt over my time in Stoke-on-Trent and especially at the YMCA has been eye-opening for so many reasons. I’m extremely grateful to God to be exposed to these things and experience a lot of them as well as observe them. The more I see new things and they connect with God the more I’m amazed at how wondrous and beyond my Ur Man CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699483501118337533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19859735.post-75149531444688984322009-11-23T19:25:00.001+00:002009-11-23T19:25:00.343+00:00You Don't Have To Roll The Old Chariot AlongI had one of those trains of thought lately that you don’t ignore because it gets you thinking about something that you often take for granted. OK, you may not being the ever observant, considered and thoughtful person you are, but until I grow up to be just like you, I’m left with these occurrences. Who was the writer who put together the song Roll The Old Chariot Along? (We sang it Ur Man CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699483501118337533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19859735.post-15311931109879755962009-11-22T20:09:00.002+00:002009-11-22T20:12:51.455+00:00Divided LoyaltiesSometimes when I watch movies, especially James Bond ones, I listen out for when the title of the movie will be mentioned. (Obviously in my opinion Roger Moore always delivered his best of all the Bonds, that raised eyebrow just convinced me from the start.) I think that sometimes it is whilst writing the narrative or some dialogue in the narrative that the title for a book or a movie emerges, Ur Man CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699483501118337533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19859735.post-30413333164360857572009-11-21T22:23:00.002+00:002009-11-21T22:25:36.489+00:00Happy ChristophermasOn this day a child was born, at this time a son was given and his name was called Christopher Luketon John Dryden. Up until last night I wasn’t particularly bothered about putting together a blog about a day like today. I don’t think I’ve done it in the past. That all changed when I got the package from my sister which turned out to be my birthday gift. On the back of the packaging she Ur Man CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699483501118337533noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19859735.post-61061574643273523152009-11-21T20:16:00.001+00:002009-11-21T20:17:23.078+00:00A Jacket - A ProphecyI looked at the jacket. It had been worn for years, it was fraying on the shoulder and there were holes apparent everywhere on it. It was just about wearable but it was obviously on its last legs. If it were an animal it would be mercifully put down. There was an evident need for something new to cover in a way suitable for the season ahead. The next step would see changes made, that Ur Man CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699483501118337533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19859735.post-72294248115998874842009-11-20T22:08:00.002+00:002009-11-20T22:13:47.755+00:00Prayer - Taking A Load OffIt’s another Sabbath evening. These are precious, precious times. Times to physically, mentally and spiritually unwind. The rest offered on this day is one in which I am refreshed in the presence of God. It’s as though as I relax further I’m able to give him all the week’s stuff and He in return gives me peace of mind and rest. Were you to be made aware of the stuff that’s been on the menu Ur Man CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699483501118337533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19859735.post-56451606293370148512009-11-18T12:34:00.003+00:002009-11-18T12:37:49.375+00:00From Pride To Repentance: Why It Is So Hard For Me To Say I’m SorryGet this for a link – only last Friday night I’m watching a interview programme with the rock/jazz/pop group Chicago. I had recorded it from a few days before and it was an opportune time to watch it. I’m not the biggest fan of Chicago, but they’ve done a few tunes that I’m familiar with that I like and I’d seen them in some videos with Earth, Wind and Fire and they were alright. I like Earth,Ur Man CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699483501118337533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19859735.post-90850187356834357332009-11-17T22:54:00.003+00:002009-11-18T12:20:01.678+00:00Frustration and MelancholyI’m quite clear that not all the blog entries on this blog are great. Maybe not even good. Perhaps there are one or two that would be considered sub-standard, not really all that interesting or missing something somewhere. What keeps me blogging though is the discipline of getting the thing done from my head and/or my heart and put it out and motivate further thoughts for future blogs or at Ur Man CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699483501118337533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19859735.post-29252891069102754642009-11-16T17:53:00.003+00:002009-11-16T18:00:39.720+00:00Playing Out Of Position - Part TwoReading, I love it. I was sitting down the other day in one of those neat straw made deals in a conservatory in Salford and for the best part of an hour or so I was just chilling and reading the Michael Foot biography. Kenneth O. Morgan (I wonder if he get upset if we miss that crucial O.) did a fantastic job on the book in making it engrossing reading, I hope I get round to doing a review of Ur Man CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699483501118337533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19859735.post-65439902983776476402009-11-16T00:00:00.002+00:002009-11-16T00:05:30.489+00:00Having A LaughPart two of Playing Out Of Position will be published tomorrow. In the meantime I just wanted to share this from something I read today. This article made me laugh. A legitimate report on the BBC with the National Secular Society are complaining that staff in faith schools have to support the faith of the school! Whatever next? Doctors may actually be required to have some desire to Ur Man CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699483501118337533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19859735.post-64298400249297739632009-11-14T22:24:00.002+00:002009-11-14T22:28:04.767+00:00Playing Out Of PositionI don’t usually write about football on this blog. I know I did earlier on in the days of this blog, but since the other blog’s come along I’ve tended to share my comments about the sport to that site. Bear with me over this two-parter, if you’re not that way inclined, there is method in the madness behind bringing this subject up on this blog at this time. I love football, I love watching Ur Man CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699483501118337533noreply@blogger.com0