A small gift from the Captain
Small, free and useful – best wishes. Download, print and keep it in sight. 2014 Calendar – From The Captain’s Watch by Captain Walker
Articles for tag: future, gift, personal, tip
Saying nice things–by Scrooge!
It’s that time of year when I’ve been receiving the odd season’s greetings – and have been forced to send one or two to various folk. Yes – you got that. People and people on behalf of organisations are emailing me over the last two weeks to say “Seasons Greetings”, “Happy Holidays”, “Merry Xmas” etc. ...
The power of attitude
What is attitude? Where and how does it arise? What is it’s power? Does it have power? What is power? A power is anything that has influence over our being. So I have the power to direct myself to type this, therefore I am in power at this point. If the door bell rings then ...
What if?
What if you speak a truth that is so unpalatable to the rest of the human race? What does that mean? The current status quo dictates that you are marked for ‘exclusion’. Who do you think you are? The ‘establishment’ shall not be disturbed. Now bugger off and think about it (or not).
Of cat love–human love–and Dawkins.
If you’re expecting or looking for thoughts on loving cats or the love of cats, kindly depart now. I’ve been thinking about my cat and his relationship to me (and vice versa – if you please), over the last several weeks. This has led me to think about how humans interact and their relationships. I ...
So arrogant!
I’m so technologically advanced that I only just realised 2 hours after awakening this morning that the time-keeping devices I usually use (wrist watch, bedside clock and computer) had gone back (end of BST that is). This only occurred to me when I spotted the clock on the wall which isn’t synchronised by radio to ...
The Captain’s Brief
“First of all, I’m writing things down. What I discover is, when I write things down, it forces me to think about things much deeper than I did in the past, and I get new ideas. Things I have in my mind sound very simple, but when you attempt to write them down, they become ...
Truth in sick humour
Well as I’ve said so many times, the truth knows no restraint and respects no confines. George Carlin – is famous for sick humour. The clip below is one of his finest. It’s not intended for Brits, who from my experience find difficulty seeing below sick American humour – and who are easily offended by ...
SWOT analysis
SWOT Analysis – a powerful tool for development by Captain Walker Recently the Cap has been reviewing a whole lot of things, about life, work, the future etc. It’s been a difficult exercise trying to work out where to take the ‘ship’ – speaking in parables here. How does one assess what’s the situation, where ...
How different
I’ve been out walking in fields. I stopped and looked at some sheep. 99% of them and their heads down – feeding. I had no reason to think that they were planning a terrorist attack on anyone. In fact I’ve never heard of sheep being arrested for terrorism or any crime at all. They’re peace-loving ...
Rip-off at a famous restaurant
Yesterday I went to a famous restaurant in my home town. It wasn’t very expensive – and in any case I chose to afford their prices. So, what’s the fuss this time – you’re probably wondering. That’s one wine glass with wine in it at extreme left (though you see two glasses – it’s a ...
When people feel they are smart (i.e. clever).
On the Rock, crawlers there might say, “He t’ink he smart!”. In England they might say, “He’s trying to be clever.” Basically this is about people creating a perception that is not matching up with something. It could range from twisting the truth to telling pure lies. I’m not going to go into detailed examples ...
Strange loss and gain
Just take it as follows – because no questions will be answered and no further details provided. Yesterday I was about to fill up my car with diesel. Well not exactly my car – who the devil fills their car with diesel? I obviously mean the tank of the car! Chyrsst!! I have to explain ...
Barcelona!!
The Cap has been watching – and listening – very carefully to Barcelona… Um.. it’s an alternative Rock group – hardly recognised by many. However, the Cap is a supporter of small bands who are really trying to get ahead. As some may know, the Cap is also Life Member at Magnatune…and they’re ‘not evil’. ...
Books and more
For the last two years or so I’ve been thinking more and more about publishing stuff. I must say that I have been hesitant. All of my writings have not been inspired by the ‘love (or want) of money’. In fact as I get older I grow to resent the effect money has on minds. ...
The idiot’s prayer
“I did not know what to do!!! I asked you for help. You did not help me. You are selfish and unhelpful!” – by Captain Walker
Thought for tomorrow
“Never Let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You” – Mardy Grothe
Chief Tecumseh’s words of wisdom
So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service ...
George Gamow–not forgotten
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. ...
Disturbed!!! The Lost Children
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 ...
Afterlife
Just listen.. or not.
Yet more tips on being popular
[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 ...
Imagine this
Imagine that you became aware of some danger that was about to materialise and cost thousands of lives in the next two hours. You then approach a few people and explain to them what you had discovered. They look at you with a blank stare. You try again. They utter some words back that you ...
Tamasic
Word of the day: ‘tamasic’. I’ve been judged by an intelligent individual (who will remain nameless – and no it is not a mental patient) as being involved wholly or in part in “tamasic” qualities. This is taken as intended to mean any one or all of the following: I’m a lazy irresponsible cheat, who ...
Opportunistic citizenship–part 1
The two words come together on Google but the concept has not been defined as I do here. And – there is as yet no single set of words that will define completely ‘opportunistic citisenship’ [OC]. I’ll give a thumbnail sketch of what OC may involve – but it is not a full concept at ...
When you need a favour
There is an unwritten agreement between whatever you call ‘friends’, that if you need a favour: that your friends will pay attention to your need assist in whatever way they can for no fee. will do the above willingly, and without need of you begging about it. – subject of course, to the favour being ...
Situation on a bus. My bad.
Yesterday I got on to bus in my local town to get to the train station. Nothing spectacular about that you may think – and rightly so. After all people are doing this a zillion times a day – innit? I do this short journey of about ten minutes, on average once every month ...
Of riots in banana republics
This article in a Trinidad & Tobago newspaper 2012-03-10: Rio Claro protests shuts down courts, caused some concern. It is often said by people of the Rock (abbreviation for Trinidad & Tobago) – either on it or of undying allegiance to it – that such actions are justified because “people have a right to protest”. ...
Waste of my life–the early years
I just calculated that approximately 570 hours of my life between the ages of 5 and 11 were spent compulsorily participating in the singing of bhagans in a language I did not know or understand. I was told to believe in God – and that this was the way. Today, I cannot recall a single ...
CAPTAIN’S LOG – NEWCASTLE– Part 2
The situation in the taxi actually begins on the morning of 2012-02-01. This was the first day of my three-day conference at The Hilton in Gateshead. It was cold so I decided to take a taxi from City Express Hotels to the Hilton at Gateshead. I called Budget Taxi’s. A taxi marked Budget Taxi’s arrived ...
