Life
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Are you not entertained?
These are the words of the Gladiator, delivered by Russell Crowe in the film of that name. I was entertained by that, I am not entertained now.. I figure that we turn on the TV to watch sports because we wish to be entertained. I know that’s why I watch sports anyway. I watched very Continue reading
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A writing wish
If there is one TV series I wish I’d written it would be black mirror, it’s just so fudging clever. Most Sci-fi and fantasy, not sure this is the correct genre, postulates the idea of an alternative, a future trajectory, a misunderstood past event, or a clean slate after a disaster. Some imagine myths, some Continue reading
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What’s this ‘WE’ business?
When asked once, while speaking to a bunch of students, to make up a short inspiring poem, Muhammed Ali said “Me. We”. I think this is still the shortest known poem in the English language. What he meant is that I am part of who you are, and vice versa, but he was talking about Continue reading
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Personal in an impersonal space
I’m in Malta, we are celebrating our joint 50th this year and it’s coming up soon. Now I’ve tried to be as positive as possible in attitude about this holiday and mostly I’ve been enjoying the experience. My only problem is my always, my ever, my eternal problem, people. I don’t blame people for herding Continue reading
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Encourage the rebels
The path to greatness is not followed by staying within the lines with your crayons, EVERY intellectual and EVERY scientist and EVERY artist we know by name or reputation got to their position of greatness by being a rebel, dissatisfied, frustrated, and belligerent. So if your child disagrees with their tutors, or you, or even Continue reading
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Inferred, Suggested, insinuated…
I’m about to say some controversial things, they may upset, they may annoy, but I do this. Read it with an open mind, then decide. As ever, I am not an expert and I’m willing to be dead wrong… All advertisements are basically a load of bollocks, and because of them, and other tv shows Continue reading
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Religious Twaddle
One sentence, let’s do this…. Leeroy Jenkins!! I’m an atheist, so to me school RE is a lesson in the history of what demonstrably infantile and ignorant nonsense a certain group of people have chosen to continue, beyond the reasonable excuse of childhood ignorance, and maybe because of family pressure, to believe under certain social Continue reading
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The limits of your experience
We each are limited by what we know, but do we have to be? If I pose you a problem you will try to solve it, of course you will, we are humans and we are good at that sort of thing, each person thinks they are anyways. Unfortunately though, there are many amongst us Continue reading
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Profiling
If advertiser’s notice, or know through research, that the majority of sci-fi TV programmes are watched by white males between the age of 15 and 45, and they target the ads on that channel toward that demographic…. Then how is it any different when the police target the specific groups of persons who, through research, Continue reading
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Ordinary wonders
Our Mr Dracula describes the now to an ordinary citizen that he has invaded the house of. She thinks her home is a dump, he considers it a palace compared to the things he has seen in the past. “I knew the future would bring wonders, I did not know it would make them ordinary” Continue reading
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