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Posted in Education, Existential, Humanity, Humor, Humour, Philosophy, Uncategorized on Feb 29th, 2008
I am grateful to Prospect for enlightening me. (And by the way, this is written ‘tongue in cheek’ so don’t flame me with angry comments. It’s Friday morning, and I’ve wound down already!) Apparently there is a big difference between maths undergraduates, and those studying philosophy. I always suspected that was [...]
Posted in Existential, Health, Humanity, Psychology, Religion, Therapy on Feb 21st, 2008
“We have the answer. If you have any problem coping in any way, there is a quick and obvious fix. It is free. All you have to do, is just take it. Let it rule your life and you will be free. Compulsive thoughts? No problem, just pray. Depression? [...]
Posted in Existential, Literature, Poems, Relationships on Feb 15th, 2008
One the Death of Summer
Day was a bright one,
A summer, a rain -
Your kiss was a grey one,
A dying, a pain:
And earth was unending,
A round one, a ball -
But love had its ending,
The finite - the gall
Of a life-time,
A season, a year,
Like the dawn of a day-time,
The dew, and the fear
Of a noon-tide,
The parchness, the [...]
Posted in Existential, Humanity, Relationships, Uncategorized on Feb 14th, 2008
Strange things do happen. There was a white envelope. I recognised the logo. It belonged to one of my publishers that I hadn’t heard from in at least 10 years. I was expecting the standard letter. “Dear Mr Xyzabc, we regret to inform you that despite monumental efforts by our [...]
Posted in Existential, Health, Humanity, Isolation, Psychology, Science on Feb 7th, 2008
“There are only four people who think they are Napoleon in my borough, and I know all of them …”
This was an off-the-cuff remark made at a very informative three day course that I went to five years ago. The man delivering the training was a very senior clinical psychologist who has spent most [...]
Posted in Censorship, Existential, Faith, Human Rights, Humanity, Literature, Religion, Science, Society, Technology, Television on Feb 3rd, 2008
It is a strange world - one after the flood. Many foolishly thought the flood was the result of global warming, but those at the Temple knew differently. It was divine retribution for those who doubted Him and tried to use science to thwart His wishes. It was retribution for those who [...]
Posted in Education, Existential, Faith, Internet, Other Blogs, Psychology, Religion, Science, Uncategorized on Jan 15th, 2008
Did you know that:
George Bush planned the September 11 attacks,
MMR injection triggers autism in children,
the ancient Greeks stole their ideas from Africa,
Creation Science disproves evolution,
homeopathy can defeat the AIDS virus,
Jesus and Mary Magdalene sired a dynasty of Merovingian kings,
MI5 killed Diana, Princess of Wales?
If you did know any of these things, you have been a [...]
Posted in Existential, Health, Humanity, Mortality, Relationships on Jan 1st, 2008
Throughout my life I had heard rumours that things change when you reach your fifties. In my twenties, thirties, and forties I laughed at men who grew fatter, lost most of their hair, staggered sleepily to the toilet in the middle of the night, and who mysteriously talked about bits that struggled to function. It [...]
Posted in Art, Existential, Faith, Relationships, Religion on Dec 3rd, 2007
The Courtyard of a House in Delft by Pieter de Hooch, 1629-1684
They do say that good art hits a nerve - it tingles the mind and moves the heart. This picture means a lot to me. I stumbled across it in a small, slightly darkened room, in the London’s National Gallery. There [...]
Posted in Existential, Faith, Humanity, Mortality, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion on Oct 24th, 2007
“If they win, they win. If they lose, they win!”
This statement was spoken with frustration and a degree of sarcasm in Christopher Brookmyre’s recent comic novel “Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks”. In this book Brookmyre wittily explores and exposes the fraudulent activities of people involved in the world of the paranormal. One of the major themes [...]
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