believe me good will come

One of the wedding tasks assigned to me by Sarah was to take photos with Jesus:

Jesus miraculously appears…

Jesus with Bishop Tom and Vicar Paul.

Jesus drumming.

Jesus and the happy couple.

Jesus on the high altar.

Jesus with Grace and some farm animals.

Michael, the church cat, ignoring Jesus.

Jesus with my nephew Oliver - the youngest person at the wedding.

Jesus with my Nana - the oldest person at the wedding.

Jesus with Rich - the scariest person at the wedding.

There are plenty more photos, you can see some more here on Flickr.

• The situation in Darfur is worse than ever. F**k.  Read more here.

• “how come marketers can put 9 million copies of the latest Harry Potter book into the hands of ten-year-olds worldwide in one day when aid and government workers can’t put a 12 cent anti-diarrhoea drug into the mouths of needy kids in the space of ten years?” - interesting question. I read it here, on a random Myspace page [sorry, either I put the wrong link in there, or the page has subsequently been edited...]. 

• The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ruled that there is enough evidence to try Congolese militia leader, Thomas Lubanga, in the court’s first trial since its establishment in 2002. Lubanga is accused of recruiting child soldiers during DR Congo’s brutal 1998-2003 civil war. The ICC also plans to charge suspects soon for atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur region. The ICC was set up in 2002 as the world’s first permanent war crimes court. The United States has fiercely opposed the ICC, claiming it could be used for political prosecutions of its soldiers […]. (BBC & AlJazeera) 

• “To be short and clear, we committed a mistake, regrettably.” – Shimon Peres, Israel’s deputy prime minister, admits that dropping a million cluster bombs on Lebanon in the last 72 hours of the Israel-Lebanon conflict in July-August 2006 (when Israel knew a ceasefire was in sight) wasn’t a very nice thing to do. (AlJazeera) 

Sarah (my little sister) and Joe were married on Saturday. It was a glorious day. Here are a few of my photos:

Just before the bride arrived: Charmaine & Donald (Joe’s parents), Mum, Aunty Eleanor (Mum’s sister), Bishop Tom, Vicar Paul.

It’s only a few days out from my little sister’s wedding. So I thought I’d better get a haircut to look respectable. But the girl gave me the worst haircut I have ever had. And I’ve had some pretty bad haircuts in my time: