What is it that allows us to love? Quite a big question. But allow me to proffer one possible answer, by way of a blogaversary gift to you. A begerm’d blogaversaryGentle – nay patient and perhaps overly tolerant – reader, time has stolen a march on me. I received an e-mail from the good folks […]
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Are your Buddha quotations ethically sourced?
It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you spend any time on Twitter, you will very soon come across tweeted quotations of a motivational or spiritual bent. But can you trust these endless quotations? Are your Buddha quotations ethically sourced? Say such a quotation grabs you. You then face a Twitterers’ dilemma. To RT […]
Abundance thinking: Give all your good stuff away
Gentle reader: Do you fear there will never be enough? Or do you know there will always be more? I love serendipity. You never know when a serendipitous moment or confluence of events/thoughts/circumstances might occur. But there will always be further instances of serendipity. When something serendipitous happens, you should always take note and savour […]
A great time or a lousy time
Gentle reader: You may well not like Black Sabbath as much as I do. You may well not like them at all.* I defend to the death your right not to dig the Sabbath. But even as much as I love them, I do not think I love Black Sabbath as much as Henry Rollins. […]
What’s the first rule of Quiet Club?
How does silence make you feel? When did you last experience total silence? Would you pay for silence? Silence is hard to come by. And it is the easiest thing in the world to destroy. Silence is not for everyone. “Silence is at once the most harmless and the most awful thing in all nature,” […]
The pride and joy of the 35-year service certificate
When’s your workaversary? Do you know how long it’s been since you entered the grown-ups’ world of work for good? I have a ridiculous memory for dates. I realised the other day that today (Saturday 30 August 2014) marks my 20-year workaversary (if we’re comfortable with using a term like that). It’s exactly 20 years […]
Away from the rectangles
Tune out, turn off, drop out. How tough do you find it to switch off from the myriad modes of communication, distraction, delight and infuriation that our magnificent modern world has to offer? Do you suffer from a terminal fear of missing out (FOMO)? Why do you think that might be? My ever-eloquent friend Heather […]
Write with purpose, expecting nothing in return
What’s the best medium for self-expression for you? If you’re of the blogging persuasion, what do you think makes for compelling, authentic writing? I had a highly enjoyable Twitter chat on these topics with US blogger and outstanding gent Christopher De Mers recently. Christopher has written a post entitled Selfies, which identifies four key qualities […]
Monty Python’s Bicycle Repairman sketch: It was 45 years ago today
Bicycle Repair Man’s superhero origin story took place on the first ever day of filming for Monty Python’s Flying Circus, with cameras starting to roll on Tuesday 8 July 1969!
The flash in the Beatles biographer’s eye
The game is afoot. A new piece of the puzzle is discovered. It was my good fortune to attend the ‘premiere’ screening of the 50th anniversary souped-up, “very clean” re-release of the Beatles film A Hard Day’s Night at the BFI in London on Thursday (3 July 2014). I also got to see one truly […]
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