Observations on the world and its inhabitants
“But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.” – Luke 12:48 – New King James Version of the Bible ...
I just bought George Gamow’s book ‘One, Two, Three Infinity.’ I had been toying with the idea of buying this book for months. The book is/was important to me. At around the age of 12 – 17, I used to spend many hours after school reading and trying to understand what was in this book. ...
The Gaslight Anthem does it! I must say this is so reminiscent of another time when punk rock was fashionable. I’m so delighted that the greatest era in music is back. Yep – amma snapping fingers and bopping all over my floor. LOL. They’ve really worked on their act and this album. I’m just getting ...
It’s an amazing age of the internet; the greatest time to be alive and to make one’s presence known – but.. but..these are dangerous times!! If you get your image or personal details out there on the internet, bad things will happen to you. People will find you, harass you, stalk you, send you stuff ...
I’ve only just discovered Missy Higgins a few days ago. I’m unapologetic – cuz I have so much going on and I don’t have the time that others have to be looking and finding out who’s good and great. Anyways, her voice and style are just great. She makes the lyrics come alive. Yes – ...
This is about failures to apply what is known, what has been learned and appreciated – and things of that nature. Why is that important to anybody you may ask – and as you are about to move on swiftly to the next webpage or whatever, you must know that you are exactly the sort ...
This is a misanthropic viewpoint. If you don’t like this sort of thing leave now. I often come across people who make decisions about various things. A few things that are common to poor decision-makers are as follows: Psychological states: In general they are adversely affected by their own psychological states, which they may or ...
I’ve been reflecting on human behaviour for quite some time – 22 years to be precise. In recent months I’ve really been troubled by what I refer to as ‘mind games’. Yes I know Eric Berne has written a book, The Games People Play. I probably read the book over 20 years ago and have ...
“..If you just sit and observe you would see how restless your mind is. If you try to calm it, it only just makes it worse. But in time it does calm. And when it does there is room to hear more subtle things. That’s when your intuition starts to blossom and you see things ...
There are some people in this world who seem to think that unless they are told, they won’t know, couldn’t have known or ought not to have known. So you have to tell them every bledy thing i.e. turn left, turn right, shut up, speak up, don’t say this, say that, this is not appropriate, ...
Oh well, I was expecting a delivery – it’s just not the one I was expecting! LOL. My cat, Rocco, was probably trying to please.
This is why I wonder sometimes whether I’m suffering with Asperger’s Syndrome or sumik. I just don’t see the world as others do – and you know what – I like it like this!!! Leave me with whatever syndrome I suffer – untreated! It’s the rest of the world that is stupid or mad! Read ...
“Be thou not a brick. Instead embrace self-awareness and the discomfort associated with self-directed change.”
The Cap is still rather ‘disturbed’ as you will see.. and ‘Disturbed’ no doubt adds to the levels of ‘disturbance’. I’ve been moved by Disturbed’s lastest compilation album ‘ The Lost Children’. Fear not, before you reach to your ‘Freudian’ textbooks to assist you in your amateur psychoanalysis of my person, know that your System ...
Me and a crew member [instead of crew member and I – cuz I decide how I write, or need to write] were approaching an automated checkout. Crew member becomes flustered that I approach the machine at all, so he departs. He knows about my history with machines!! LOL. I press a button on screen ...
Just listen.. or not.
“Throughout theological history we have been assured by religious leaders that if we perform certain rituals, repeat certain prayers or mantras, conform to certain patterns, suppress our desires, control our thoughts, sublimate our passions, limit our appetites and refrain from sexual indulgence, we shall, after sufficient torture of the mind and body, find something beyond ...
I’ve been watching a phenomenon over the last year, which I refer to as quasi-logic. I don’t know what other word is more appropriate. So I just decided to pic the closest in my imagination. It’s a very painful thing to report on. I’ll try to explain but words in text minus expletives are weak ...
[Disclaimer: none of these tips are guaranteed to work. No liability is accepted for damage or loss arising from use of these tips.] After my first round of tips on being popular – How to be popular – Twenty core tips – some further tips came to mind as I reflected some more. Here they ...
This is brutal – as you might have come to expect. This is the situation. You send an email to someone. You double check that it’s left your email box and it shows as ‘sent’ in your sent box. You wait on a response. There is no response or acknowledgement after several days, which is ...
This is a summary of my tips on being popular. Of course they are experience-based, as against objectively evidence-based or researched. And the reason I know they work is because I almost never use them – but I see others using them and succeeding a lot of the time. Smile nearly all the time – ...
Well I’ve not shared music vids on this site for some time. As usual, I’ll expect others to make wild inferences or assertions about my state of mind. You know, everybody feels they’re a psychoanalyst these days. The pop-psychalagy shit (American accent for psychology) seriously gets on my nerves. See – now that I’ve said ...
I can recall when I was a youngster, my parental figures commanded me not to have sweets just before main meals. There were stern warnings that I’d ruin my appetite. They would also withhold fizzy drinks or water until the plate was clean. Well, well – it so happens that there is now a good ...
You should see a set of photos below with what might at first glance appear to be dots. But as you look closer you should notice that they are tiny spiders. They were about 1mm across at the widest diameter. I call them robots – ‘bots’ for short – for the rest of this post. ...
Well, I’ve been in Budapest from 21st May 2012 for a few days holiday and some dental work. You can get stuck on the dental work, I’ll remain stuck on the holiday. I mean I don’t know what it is with people – the moment they hear ‘dental work’ – ooooh wow – that becomes ...
Hey look, those who know the Captain will say that I’m ultra-critical, nit-picky, fussy, hard to please – and things of the like. So when you hear me say a thing or place is good, listen up!! Right – I came over to Budapest for dental work. Calm down at the outset!! You know the ...
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I’m giving an example of how the humans assess risk. Recently I came across a human who would not drink tap water, especially from hotels for fear of contracting Legionnaire’s disease. In a nutshell there are 500 cases of the disease in the UK per year, of which 160 cases are contracted abroad. There is ...
