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Continue reading →: Darts
I have measured our back yard and it is the perfect width. 7 feet 9 and a quarter inches fits neatly with room to spare. The fence is taller than the 5 feet 8 inches to the bullseye and has enough surrounding fence for stray darts. I have attached the…
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Continue reading →: Schrödinger’s cat
Thought experiments don’t come much better than Schrödinger’s rebuttal of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics. Observation can in some instances change the outcome. But the cat in the box is both alive and dead until the box is opened. Quantum superposition works as a theory for the very small,…
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Continue reading →: You should help if you can
Last night the BBC broadcast the Big Night In, a collaborative appeal on behalf of Children in Need and Comic Relief. Interspersed with humorous and innovative offerings by well-known comedians we were informed about those less fortunate than ourselves and asked to donate what we could. Organisations like Unicef, Amnesty…
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Continue reading →: Anglo Celts everywhere celebrate
Happy Saint George’s day everyone. What a guy, slaughtered a mythical beast, founded a nation, established a state in the USA, and was the name of six kings of England (some of them completely bonkers.)
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Continue reading →: Let’s get creative with sound
Now then boys and girls, are you sitting comfortably? Then, I’ll begin. So began one of my earliest sound memories, a radio programme called Listen with Mother. The combination of storytelling and soothing music (Lavender’s Blue, Dilly Dilly…Lavender’s Green) had me entranced as a boy of about 5 or 6.…
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Continue reading →: You should see the other guy
We are all having a tough time with lockdowns and death taking a heavy toll. But just imagine for a moment if you had fled religious persecution and found yourself in a refugee camp…not the easiest situation to imagine. Now picture the scene where you’re living in a tent with…
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Continue reading →: Music to live by
As our family approaches 4 weeks staying at home, we are amusing ourselves in different rooms around the house. I got first dibs on the dining room with its view of Divis mountain and patio door. Here I sit with my notebook listening to music as I tap away inexpertly…
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Continue reading →: No booze today
No booze today My love has gone away The bottle stands forlorn A symbol of the dawn No booze today It seems a common sight But people passing by Don’t know the reason why How could they know Just what this message means The end of my pubs, the end…
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Continue reading →: Free at last
There are many opportunities for creative thinking, necessity being a right mother and all that. Some writers have put their stuff online free of charge and live streaming of cancelled public events is now a thing. Even the Grand National was organised as a virtual race. Bookies gave the proceeds…
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Continue reading →: Choice and Necessity
In the world, there are different political philosophies that determine our economic systems and consequently the choices we can make and the freedoms we enjoy. In the face of the covid19 virus, those different systems expose our vulnerability to react promptly to the best effect. The South Koreans have harnessed…
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