Monthly Archives: August 2003

Rwanda

Posted on August 22, 2003 by Bene Diction

Retired Canadian Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire continues to be haunted by what he witnessed and went through in the horrific genocide in Rwanda in 1994. In a book to be released this fall: Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of … Continue reading →

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Friendship

Posted on August 21, 2003 by Bene Diction

Don’t walk behind me, I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend. – Albert Camus He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to … Continue reading →

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Inconspicious

Posted on August 20, 2003 by Bene Diction

There is a guy parked in the alley behind my place. Nice car. Very clean. He is just sitting there. Occasionally he touches his right ear. He has a laptop. And occasionally it looks like he is talking to himself. … Continue reading →

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Around the world

Posted on August 20, 2003 by Bene Diction

A Canadian UNICEF worker is among the dead in the suicide bombing of the UN building in Baghad. 32 year old Christopher Klein-Beekman from Courtenay, British Columbia, had been the UNICEF program co-ordinator for Iraq. Three Canadians were injured along … Continue reading →

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A Wee Survey

Posted on August 19, 2003 by Bene Diction

When two Canadian bloggers have a bit of spare time on a slow August afternoon, mischief is afoot. Instead of whining about how slow the blogosphere is, Richard Bott of looking back…looking forward and I decided to test our friendship … Continue reading →

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Use your AIM to check hits

Posted on August 18, 2003 by Bene Diction

If you enjoy blogging so much that you log-sit (check your site counter umpteen times a day) you can now use AIM to notify you when someone is reading your blog. It’s an HTML script, and if you use MovableType … Continue reading →

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BC Forest Fires

Posted on August 17, 2003 by Bene Diction

Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night, restless, unsure why you are up? When that happens I ask God if there is anything He wants to bring to my attention. I believe in prayer and I … Continue reading →

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A very quiet Saturday

Posted on August 16, 2003 by Bene Diction

One happy blogger is back…and they didn’t go through a power black out. Ireneq had server problems. For those of us who enjoy this hobby, I can post! I can post! kind of covers it. Blog on! Now, if Cre8d … Continue reading →

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