Cold Turkey? Over the last few weeks I've come to realise that while my task in MLPK is not one of constant driving intensity, with high expectations from high numbers of people to do many, many things, it is one of high stress, a task of enormous size for which my finite resources are all too finite, and often my reliance on God not being complete enough (and I know, we never can make that grade anyway).

However, although we're not rolling down the shutters until a bit later this week, this will be the last blog for a while. Andy has some very well-reasoned thoughts for his break, I wish I was as well-thought through. Hopeful Amphibian continues to write with insight and clarity, and I'm really looking forward to dissonant bible. Good in Parts has the moving observations.

And me? I just rattle out fast despatches - even this one.

I need a break - so that will be good. I need to drink less. I need to shout less. I need to be wound up by my daughter less, and play with, and praise her more. Maybe most importantly I need to leave behind this little one-eyed god, the monocular oracle that is the computer VDU.

So that's it. I will go through cold turkey over the next ten days or so. The wired world will continue fine without me for a while. I will be back, and I hope a little more reasoned, and de-stressed.

Maybe then I will be ready to enjoy Greenbelt and meet some of you. You've not heard the last of me. And maybe you will discern from afar the desparate, frenzied efforts of Dr Moose to relax and be...

Shalom.  ¶ 8:30 pm