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Continue reading →: Twaddle
There is far too little twaddle available to the drinking classes. To remedy this sad situation I advocate mass rallies, facebook campaigns and the boycotting of common sense for an undisclosed period of time (or until everyone lightens up). The human condition is permanently risible, so there is very little…
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Continue reading →: Intellectual – copy right?
The current vogue for nicking anything that is digitally available is an area where Immanuel Kant and his moral imperatives carries little weight, except in the legal profession or among academics. My own view is that shared use for non-profit is very different to purloining what is not yours for…
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Continue reading →: Subversion – turn it up?
Turning a thing on its head can be amusing, but mostly you just get the opposite. Subvert a revolution, and give birth to a dictator. Start an uprising, overturn the old order, and get a new order with all the idealism and passion of those wet behind the ears, and…
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Continue reading →: InkInk, the sort that comes in bottles and the discerning or old-fashioned writer dips his or her nib (or possibly quill) into before drawing out words of wisdom on the page or vellum. Ink appeals to a certain type of writer, the lover of letters the admirer of calligraphy. You…
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Continue reading →: Youth – wasted – on the young
Rejoice rejoice sang Bertha Noyce I have discovered the secrets of youth! She kept them on the mantelpiece and let them gather dust Her friend advised her use them now – you must, oh yes, you must! But Bertha scorned her friend’s advice , thinking her uncouth A burglar stole…
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Continue reading →: Cause
Cause and effect, the twin towers of typical debate. You say teleology I say telly ollie who? Dictionary.reference.com gives this definition of teleology – “the doctrine that phenomena are guided not only by mechanical forces but that they also move toward certain goals of self-realization.! http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/teleology?s=t&ld=1063 You could chew on that one for a while over a decent coffee or a fine wine, maybe a peaty single malt……
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Continue reading →: Bees or wasps?
Our wild back garden is a hive of activity, whether insect or mammalian. My friend, who is a scout leader, recently spotted the busy little flying creatures under our sprawling thingy (bush/tree) – you can tell I am not exactly David Attenborough. I finally took steps to clear a path…
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Continue reading →: Egregious entertainment
London 2012, the summer Olympics and showcase for the nation. Without doing any more than turning on the telly, a nation can feel a sense of national pride. Look what we can do. To top it off we win gold, silver and bronze in magnificent exertions. Paralympics make the show…
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Continue reading →: Yoshi – goshy
My friend Ronan may well correct me, but yoshi is a brilliant word to express what gosh really can’t. Here’s a yahoo answer to the japanese /english translation of ‘yosh’ – “”The correct term is actually “yoshi” if you are speaking of the word in Japanese. It is an expression…
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