Why yes, I do have a thesis to write. How could you tell?
Today I took a break from fixing non-existent bugs to attend the Crows Nest Fair with Catie (and, unexpectedly but pleasantly, Peter). I did like the book stall with one section labelled "women's books" and another labelled "blokes", but I was a little disappointed overall.

Eventually I decided to stop looking at books and T-shirts and instead to collect as much religious material as people were willing to hand me. I didn't do a great job at this, but I was very polite about it and ended up with four separate sets of flyers.




Northside Community Church: Definitely has the nicest show bag. Includes "Christianity explained", which was helpful. Includes business-card-sized invitation to church.


NCA Church: Slogan "ordinary people -- extraordinary God" which I thought pretty snappy. Includes similar business-card-sized invitation to church, which somewhat detracted from the novelty of the idea. Also includes a small chewy sweet.


Falun Gong: Apparently this is a "spirituality practise" rather than a religion. In any case, I really just got a newsletter talking about Falun Gong for people who know what Falun Gong is, which was both nice (no advertising) and confusing (what is it?)


Twelve Tribes: Last time I visited the fair, followers from this group were holding hands and dancing around in a circle to music. They were at it for hours, which was pretty impressive. Unfortunately this year there was no dancing, just a couple of people selling bread and distributing "The Voice", which includes a fun story about our responsibility towards the environment.

EDIT: Later I bought some honeycomb from "Poppy's Honey", and I asked Poppy how long it would last. She rolled her eyes, laughed, and said "This? Longer than religion." But I put it in the fridge anyway.