What is in Kelvin's Head?

How were my Predictions last year?

31/12/2024

Time to check out how I did with the predictions I made on New Year’s Day 2024.

1 General Election in UK – Labour landslide. PM – Sir Keir Starmer. (No great change in policies from the Tory government that Labour will replace).

Yes – fulfilled in every way.

2 US politics will continue to be dominated by Donald Trump

Yes

3 In the US Presidential election in November there will be victory for the Republican Party.

Yes

4 AI/Deepfakes have a significant effect in electoral politics.

Not really – AI/Deepfakes are present but there’s no real evidence that they swung any particular election

5 Conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine unresolved by end of 2024.

Alas Yes

6 No progress for those wanting marriage equality in the Church of England.

Alas Yes

7 Twitter goes bust or is sold or both.

Not quite. Twitter feels pretty wounded but still Xists.

8 The world will be warmer in 2024 than ever before.

Yes

9 Another country will join Nato.

Yes, Sweden in March.

A new agreement is reached between the UK and Greece on the Elgin/Parthenon Marbles that opens the door for at least some of them to be displayed in Athens.

Close but no cigar.

Not a bad year – 7 direct hits with a few misses.

10 responses to “10 Tips on How to Date a Priest”

Lee Llewellyn-Thornhill

13/02/2015

Yet another great blog Kelvin and as always I’m giggling just a few lines in, its always a pleasure to read your blog and on this forthcoming (actually tomorrow) Valentines Day I send you Happy Valentines day wishes & *hugs*

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June Butler

14/02/2015

So having said that, how was your date? 😀

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1. Kelvin
  
  14/02/2015
  
  Oh, I forgot. …
  
  11 Clergy are experts at knowing how to draw a veil of discretion over anything at all.
  
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  1. Michelle Bailey
    
    17/02/2016
    
    Well said. 🙂
    
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John Duncan

14/02/2015

A rather minor point, but it’s OK to fall in love with your therapist. A therapist (should) be trained to explore this and use it to examine the underlying issues. Without succumbing to it, obviously.

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1. Scott Elliott
  
  16/02/2015
  
  That final comma is *absolutely* important!
  
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Tim

14/02/2015

Should clergy date other clergy, or is it better for clergy to date a lay person only?

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1. Kelvin
  
  14/02/2015
  
  I don’t see why clergy shouldn’t date one another.
  
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JCF

14/02/2015

Outstanding. Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone “in Kelvin’s Head”! 😉

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margaret

25/03/2015

I was married to a episcopal priest for 33 yrs, His previous marriage ended in divorce after 17 years, He reinvented himself as a voc rehab counselor with nys and had ties with the church as per diem for fill ins. This was unique. He loved it. My regrets are never severing his past full time priest life and fully embracing the current with 2 children of our own, Yes we had good times but I felt I was a fish out of water neither here or there. Harry died Feb 2014 we 3 are reinventing ourselves in the here and now but always look back- what if, how come, its hard. My advice. Know that special man in black frim the seminary. Immerse yourself in his life and know it would be quite unique.

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