Mark is married to Jo and is a 23 year old youth and schools worker based in South Cave (near Hull). Mark spent 4 years as a youth worker in Peterborough whilst studying for a degree in youth work & ministry with Oasis.
As I previously mentioned this year Jo and myself headed to Greenbelt after the encouragement of a good friend and the temptation from Greenbelt of a free youth worker ticket paid off so on Friday we packed up the car and headed down to Cheltenham Racecourse. We arrived at around 12 and joined the queue [...]
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The Wedding Blog
On August - 14 - 2010 1 COMMENT
So Jo and myself have got married, been on honeymoon, received all the wedding gifts, received some amazing photos which we’ve put in frames, written thank you cards and received our wedding video (on a complete tangent if you’re getting married avoid Clearview wedding videos in Caister at all costs…worst, most unprofessional video I’ve ever [...]
The iPhone 4
On July - 4 - 2010 2 COMMENTS
Regular readers of this blog will know that I’m quite an Apple fan…I converted to Macs 2 and a half years ago and would never look back…my iPod has kept me company through many-a-journey and nothing out there compares to the Apple operating system and mp3 players. However the one product I was never sold [...]
Ipad Review
On June - 5 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
Ever since back in January when Steve Jobs announced the iPad after many rumors anticipating the tablet device (I blogged on this here) I have been eagerly awaiting the chance to actually try one out. In my originally blog my initial thoughts of the iPad were mixed…you may remember me blogging: Whilst I think the [...]
Escape This Town (My Album)
On May - 20 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
Before I waffle on for a bit you can download ‘Escape This Town’ free here at bandcamp (name a price of zero) or be lovely and pay for it on amazon mp3 or iTunes Back when I was 16 and I could only play the drums (and a tiny bit of keyboard) I started song [...]
The Rise & Fall of Five Iron Frenzy DVD Review
On April - 21 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
Back in 2003 the Christian band Five Iron Frenzy called it a day…played their last gig at Filmore (USA) and the 9 piece band separated…I was 17 and had never heard of the band. It wasn’t until I was introduced to them by Ben & Hayley individually in 2004 that I eventually purchased their EP [...]
Day 41: Can’t we just have RATM again?
On March - 29 - 2010 5 COMMENTS
A campaign has sprung up in the last month aiming to get the Delirious? song ‘History Maker’ to number 1 for Easter…the Facebook group (here) has almost 50,000 members (which I’m not sure is enough for a number 1) and is encouraging people to download 1 of 2 versions of the Delirious? song. Alongside this [...]
Day 14: Owl City – Ocean Eyes
On March - 2 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
A while back a friend on Facebook posted the status ‘If you like Relient K look up a band called Owl City’ and so I headed to Spotify and I have to say I wasn’t impressed. In all fairness I had it on in the background and didn’t pay a lot of attention to it [...]
Day 2: No Supermarkets For Lent!
On February - 18 - 2010 3 COMMENTS
Whilst lent is meant to be a time or preparation and should be something to bring you closer to God one thing I am trying this year amongst things that achieve the former (I hope!) is avoiding supermarkets. Local Veg! I had a conversation with someone at church about farm shops last week and so [...]
Worship – Screaming
On February - 6 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
A couple of years ago I post some stuff on the lack of lament in our worship using the picture to the left and once again in recent weeks as I’ve pondered worship and varying the music we use to worship (see this post) I’ve been thinking about the way we express our worship. Dave [...]
Fairtrade Kit Kat – Live!
On January - 29 - 2010 3 COMMENTS
So the Fairtrade Kit Kat has hit the stores and Morrissons in particular have been plugging it with a leaflet at all their checkouts and whilst my initial response wasn’t very positive I thought I’d give Nestle a chance and give their leaflet a read. The lovely people at Nestle (sarcasm) have decided that when [...]
Apple Event – Review – iPad
On January - 27 - 2010 2 COMMENTS
I’ve just sat for the last hour or so watching the live feed from the Apple ‘Come see our latest creation’ event coverage and whilst I have a few blogs in the pipeline (which will appear over the next couple of days) I thought I’d do a round-up post with some thoughts on the Apple [...]
Top Albums Of 2009
On December - 19 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
As the year nears a close and the battle for the Christmas number one ends tomorrow I thought I’d blog my top 6 albums of 2009. I always buy a lot of music and 2009 has been a good year for music so here is my favourites! (in no particular order) 1 – Bowling for [...]
Dear Jack – DVD Review
On November - 21 - 2009 1 COMMENT
Long term readers of this blog will know the love I have for Andrew McMahon’s band ‘Jack’s Mannequin’ having seen them live earlier this year and putting their ‘Everything in Transit’ album into my top 5 albums (and to this day it probably remains there). Those who don’t follow the band may not be aware [...]