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consumer culture

There is no getting away from the fact that we live in a consumer culture.  Ever since Edward Bernays fathered the world of PR we have been heading to an advertising heavy culture in which we find ourselves deceived by what is truly fulfilling in life.  I’ve been doing a great deal of thinking around [...]

once a pessimist, always a pessimist

Low budget, simple story, okay acting: once.  Lovefilm delivered to me today a gem of a film.  It’s an atypical boy meets girl kinda flick, a musical in fact and it goes something like this: boy is a part time vacuum repairing busker, girl is a single czech mother just about making ends meet.  His [...]

wisdom?

The dictionary tells me that wisdom is all about knowing how best to respond in a specific situation.  I honestly can’t see how teeth have anything to do with it (although obviously you get them a little later in life when, it stands to reason, you are wiser).
Anyway - I lost mine today.  In the [...]

unexpected wonder

The best kind of wonder is unexpected.  Great event anticipation is all very well, but it is the unpredictably joyful dinner party that has made my night.  In fact tonight has brought me joy on several levels.  Some thanks are due to the joy bringers of the evening.  First to Jared for organising and kindly [...]

temptations

There are many things which tempt me, some of which tempt me often.  At this very moment i’m resisting the temptation to break my promise of providing capitalisation.  I’m also resisting the temptation to abuse apostrophe’s in order to see a good friend of mine fly half way around the world to fix it in [...]