"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." "Like I always say, there's no 'I' in "team". There is a 'me', though, if you jumble it up." We would worry less about what others think of us if we realized how seldom they do. Wisdom - that part of knowledge that isn't only true, but also happens to be helpful. Wisdom speaks softly... Thereafter the volume increases proportionate to the level of ignorance A punctured bicycle
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Will nature make a man of me yet? All designed objects are propaganda for a certain way of life. Sometimes we need to stop analysing the past, stop planning the future, stop figuring out precisely how we feel, stop deciding exactly what we want, and just see what happens. We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person. "Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by incompetence." --Napoleon Bonaparte The best designed clothes: invite being removed but reward being kept on. It's that you just can't take the effect and make it the cause | Hipster-hate blogs are multiplying online. But who are these much-maligned trendies – and why do people find them so irritating? Perhaps we should learn to love our skinny-jeaned friends instead There was a party going on in London E5; a house party in one of the Victorian terraces that line the streets in this modest area of east London. There had been parties on the street before, only on this particular Friday evening two months ago, guests wore Ray-Bans, deep-cut v-neck T-shirts and skinny jeans. They were also, according to one partisan report, in possession of “a sound system [ continue reading Hipsters? they are getting on some people’s nerves, or so it seems ] The extraordinary level of road violence against Britain’s children is underlined by a new report. This report will, of course, be totally ignored by the Department for Transport, politicians, the medical profession, the new ConDem petrolhead government, and the Association of Chief Police Officers, all of whom are full committed to the car supremacist status quo. By tomorrow this report will be forgotten and will recede into the mist. One child in every class is killed or injured in a road accident by the time they are 16, new figures show. During their childhood one in [ continue reading Road violence against children in Britain ] It’s too early to determine conclusively why U.S. creativity scores are declining. One likely culprit is the number of hours kids now spend in front of the TV and playing videogames rather than engaging in creative activities. Another is the lack of creativity development in our schools. In effect, it’s left to the luck of the draw who becomes creative: there’s no concerted effort to nurture the creativity of all children. (CLICK HERE FOR MORE »» The Creativity Crisis – Newsweek: .) [ continue reading The Creativity Crisis – Newsweek ] Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Brian Burnham. Mr. Burnham holds a Masters of Education in Counseling from the College of William and Mary and is a Care Coordinator for Riverside Behavioral Health Center. “His heritage to his children wasn’t words or possessions, but an unspoken treasure, the treasure of his example as a man and a father.” — Will Rogers Jr. While growing up, our fathers, whether for good or ill, are our earliest and strongest examples of manliness. Even for those who grow up fatherless his influence is a major one, conspicuous [ continue reading Losing Dad: How a Man Responds to the Death of His Father ] YouTube – A Few Good Man “You Can’t Handle the Truth”. you sleep under the security that my silence provides The Journey is the Thing from Tony Blazejack on Vimeo. Sorry to interrupt your afternoon with this tear-jerker but man, this is intense. Maybe it’s the weather here in NYC today but watching this was a really moving experience. I’m stunned. Makes you think about people who have lost their lives on a bike. (CLICK HERE FOR MORE »» Prolly Is Not Probably The Journey is the Thing: .) [ continue reading The Journey is the Thing ] Photo: IAN JONES The study by the National Literacy Trust suggested a link between regular access to books outside school and high test scores. Almost nine-in-10 pupils now have a mobile compared with fewer than three-quarters who have their own books in the home, it was disclosed. Children ‘more likely to own a mobile phone than a book’ – Telegraph. [ continue reading Children ‘more likely to own a mobile phone than a book’ – Telegraph ] A restaurant owner opines on the importance of the dining experience. Mr. Marzovilla welcomes young children at his restaurant, even discounts their meals on Sunday evenings, and is not above serving a simple appetizer portion of pasta to please little ones. But he has strong opinions about food, and about the messages parents convey to their offspring through what they eat. Children’s menus aim too low, he argues — they’re a parenting crutch. Tags: food parenting (CLICK HERE FOR MORE »» kottke.org The children's menu: the death of civilization: .) [ continue reading The childrens menu: the death of civilization ] Works for me! The working mother who cannot be at home to cuddle a distraught child can relax – her voice on the phone soothes as much as a hug, a study suggests. BBC News – Mother’s phone call ‘can be as soothing as a hug’. In the early hours of Monday morning my wife had a Non ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. You might be more familiar with the term heart attack. Thankfully she is now recovering in hospital. We didn’t call an ambulance at the time, it didn’t follow the pattern you see in films (no falling to the floor clutching left arm) and it didn’t cross my mind that this could be serious. We had organised a party the day before and I put it down to heart burn. I feel pretty damn foolish about this now. Thing is, it didn’t occur to [ continue reading STEMI? | Get well Dr Joolz ] It’s exam time folks and we have some advice for all you teen social-media addicts out there. GIVE IT UP AND MATRICULATE LIKE IT MATTERS My little sister is a big number today. How did that happen so quickly? Happy birthday Alison. And my nomination/mention for an inspirational tech-maven for Ada Lovelace day 2010 #ALD10 is … my Mum, Dorothy McNeill. Mum went, on her own, from Anfield, Liverpool to Bahrain in the 1950′s as an IBM ‘stenog’ (not that far from Babbage). Pretty flippin’ amazin’ as far as I am concerned and an inspiration to me since 1958. Especially fortuitous for this posting as that is where she met my Dad. That’s all I want to say about that. Submersion of young babies (Taken from the publication ‘Make a Splash) Brief voluntary or incidental submersion may be included in lessons under the guidance of the teacher and at the discretion of the accompanying adult. Neither forced nor prolonged submersions are recommended. View British Swimming document Submersion_of_young_babies.pdf 68.60 kB Stanage edge February 2010 The average young American now spends practically every waking minute — except for the time in school — using a smart phone, computer, television or other electronic device, according to a new study from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Enlarge This Image Ruby Washington/The New York Times “At night, I can text or watch something on YouTube until I fall asleep,” Francisco Sepulveda, 14, said of his smart phone. Multimedia Graphic Raised on Screens Those ages 8 to 18 spend more than seven and a [ continue reading If Your Kids Are Awake, They’re Probably Online ] Yeah you knew that, but we are still chuffed. So with Millie training Porridge for his next job in the Yukon there was time for me to snap a Panorama using the iPhone app that goes by the imaginative name, ‘Panorama, I am trying out lots on the phone and the mac and will post others here soon. I will be endeavouring to include as many people in the shots as possible! Click HERE to see the pic and scroll it. and that’s all I want to say about that. “Blundering interventions into family life, like lunchbox inspections, undermine this special bond. Suddenly, even from an early age, children are told that parents are not the best people to protect their interests; apparently that job should fall to the state instead. When a child is given a letter to take home from school for having brought in the wrong food – or even sent home themselves in disgrace – that child is being told that mum and dad are an embarrassing failure. Schools, which should be concentrating on providing a stimulating education, are forced into battle with parents over [ continue reading Put the lunch police back in their box ] a velocipede with armbands! “ €135. “ (CLICK HERE FOR MORE -> bookofjoe BIT Riding Scooter: .) …and what do the young people see parents, teachers and admin-staff eating? Have you seen the size of many teachers and school admin staff? Have you seen the cakes, chips and kebabs taken to staff-rooms at lunchtime? The tins of Quality Street and boxes of Roses in the school office. At every school function school-raffles mean head-teachers hand bottles of wine and scotch to staff and parents and boxes of chocolates are everywhere in front of the same kids humiliated in every lunchtime stop & search. Witness the amount of kids walking to school with [ continue reading “Junk food fills children’s lunchboxes” – SO WHAT! ] | Shirdi Sai Baba: "Before you speak, ask yourself: Is it kind, is it true, is it necessary, does it improve upon the silence?" Well known fact that any kiss where one or other party is in control of heavy machinery doesn't count for quality assessment purposes. There is no nonsense so arrant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action. The honest heart that's free frae a' intended fraud or guile. However fortune kick the ba', Has ay some cause to smile. Life consists in replacing one worry with another, and one desire with the next, what the Buddhists call ‘grasping’ or upādāna in Sanskrit "Every saint has a past. Every sinner has a future." "Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die." A wrong decision isn't forever; it can be reversed. The losses from a delayed decision are forever; they can never be retrieved. heavy words thrown lightly And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools “The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.” |
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