From Twitter 12-16-2010

• 12:21:50: Morning all. Still thinking about writing my sermon for Sunday. I wish I could finish it now so that Friday & Saturday would be stress-free.
  
• 12:29:48: Andrew: Otter alert! RT DentonPolice: 12/15/2010 21:29 | 22 yo | EXPIRED REGISTRATION http://twitpic.com/3gbh5c
  
• 12:31:23: Josh! Is! Blond! RT DentonPolice 12/15/2010 21:41 | 19 yo | THEFT < $ 50.00 http://twitpic.com/3gbkqp
  
• 12:32:41: Bob's a Conehead RT DentonPolice 12/15/2010 21:29 | 29 yo | GRAFFITI PECUNIARY L http://twitpic.com/3gbss9
  
• 12:39:46: Look into the eyes... RT DentonPolice: 12/16/2010 01:45:05 | 22 years old | ALCOHOL PUBLIC INTOXICATION http://twitpic.com/3gd7lp
  
• 12:41:37: John looks quite tasty... RT DentonPolice: 12/16/2010 03:19 | 23 yo | ALCOHOL PUBLIC INTOX http://twitpic.com/3gdngi
  
• 13:42:44: Off to the quacks...see you later!
  
• 21:57:30: RT @Naoij: I'm back did you miss me? << Indeed, I was wondering where you'd landed...glad to see you back.
  
• 23:18:21: RT @JoexEd: @chrishansenhome whats an otter? << Think of a thin bear...
  
• 23:20:51: RT @jonk: @dchizzle i'm going to la a couple days for the usual christmas thing. << La-la-la-la-LAHHHHH-la-lahh-la-LAH! Have a good one...
  

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Bishop Nick Baines translated to Diocese of Bradford

I resisted the urge to put "I Told You So, Part 1" as the subject of this blog post.

Downing Street has just announced, and Bishop Nick has confirmed on his blog, that he has been nominated by the Queen to serve as Bishop of Bradford, in Yorkshire. The story is also on the Diocese of Bradford's website.

You may recall that a while back I predicted that Bishop Nick would be the next Archbishop of Canterbury, predicating that on his translation to a Diocese within the next few years. This is the first part of that prediction, which has now come true.

To repeat what I said about him, in summary, I believe that the deficiencies of one bishop/archbishop/incumbent of a parish are then compensated for in the appointment of his or her successor. One major deficiency of the current Archbishop of Canterbury is that he is a piss-poor communicator. ++Rowan was appointed as a compensation for the shortcomings of the previous Archbishop, who was thought to be somewhat deficient in the thought department. The next Archbishop of Canterbury will have to be someone who is not only intelligent and pastoral, but also a great communicator. Bishop Nick GETS Twitter and the blogosphere better than any other occupant of a seat on the Bench of Bishops in England. He is a good blogger, a good writer, a Tweeter of note, a broadcaster on the populist BBC Radio 2's God-slot, and (to my mind) a good bishop. He is also relatively broad-Church leaning toward Evangelical, which is where Buggins's Turn would place the next Archbishop.

As for the Diocese of Southwark, this will place our new Bishop, Christopher Chessun, in the position of appointing two Suffragan Bishops and the Dean of Southwark in the first few months of his tenure. I expect that the third suffragan, Bishop Richard Cheetham of Kingston, will be translated sometime in the new year, which will give Bishop Christopher a clean slate of new suffragans to work with. I also expect that some of the six Archdeacons will retire or take new posts or be en-mitred within the next two years or so.

So, watch this space, folks.

Meteorology is fun!

Today's joke:

It's late Fall, and the Indians on a remote reservation in South Dakota asked their new chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild.

Since he was a chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the old secrets. When he looked at the sky, he couldn't tell what the winter was going to be like.

Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he told his tribe that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village should collect firewood to be prepared.

But, being a practical leader, after several days, he got an idea.

He went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked, 'Is the coming winter going to be cold?'

'It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold,' the meteorologist at the weather service responded.

So the chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more firewood in order to be prepared.

A week later, he called the National Weather Service again. 'Does it still look like it is going to be a very cold winter?'

'Yes,' the man at National Weather Service again replied, 'it's going to be a very cold winter.'

The chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect every scrap of firewood they could find.

Two weeks later, the chief called the National Weather Service again. 'Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?'

'Absolutely,' the man replied. 'It's looking more and more like it is going to be one of the coldest winters we've ever seen.'

'How can you be so sure?' the chief asked.

The weatherman replied, 'The Indians are collecting a shitload of firewood.'