If you wake up at the same time every morning, follow the same routine through the day until you get into bed at night and haven’t changed that in years, you need to eat your apple differently today. Why? Well, no other reason than to get a new view on your life. Why is it [...]
More photos about the Wild Dog hunting the Impala is on Flickr. (Warning: not for sensitive people)
It is not easy to judge others on merit. It is much easier to measure them by what you consider to be the truth. The African Wild Dog hovers on the edge of extinction because man measured its behaviour in human terms. The “inhuman” way in which wild dogs were seen ripping pieces of flesh [...]
So what? Nothing. Earth did not make a sound when he gave life up at 03:30 this morning. People are still passing my house on their way to work. Taxis are picking up and dropping off people next to the garage opposite the street. Two petrol attendants warm themselves in the weak winter sun. The [...]
“It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this universe” – Thomas Carlyle, British historian and essayist. Which, in my view, reflects the culture that we identify ourselves by what we DO, while we claim to be a society that values [...]
Although I am not a journalist anymore, I keep an interest in the industry. Got this one in my feeder: reporting a court case on Twitter? You have to see it on technolo-j and the microblogging here (Scroll down till you find the relevant tweets) Gosh, it remains an exciting industry to be in! So [...]
For years I have been making notes of all kinds of information, quotations and wisdom which I peruse from time to time just to “loosen my mind” (one of my many favourite phrases). This morning I came across this one: “They were married for 50 years without once fighting. In the end, the marriage ended [...]
I have a good friend who does not even use a calculator because she has an immense dislike of numbers. She does not think in terms of anything “logical” such as numbers. She thinks in terms of shapes and colours – her own explanation. That reminds me of a game I used to play with [...]
Thank you to Robin Gardner of Haenertsburg, South Africa who e-mailed to say that the quote attributed to Helen Keller in the previous post was actually said by Edward Everett Hale 1822-1909 as is explained here The correct information about Keller is here The wrong info appears here here and here Thank you Robin, good [...]
“I am only one, but I am still one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do – Helen Keller Which means that you need to do what you have put off until now and it means you must do something small [...]
Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It’s already tomorrow in Australia – Charles Schultz Which is exactly why you should stop worrying about things that are beyond your control or which might not happen at all. Take all the energy that you planned on using today to deal with imaginary problems, [...]
Recently, we bought a sweet melon which turned out not to be completely ripe, but it usually only needs a few days of peace and quiet to get to the stage where one can eat it. Over the weekend one could smell the sweet, fruity taste of a ripe melon, so we cut it. It [...]
I have referred to Seths Godin’s blog before because he has that rare ability to say a lot in one breath. This is another interesting question Seth asks. Be sure to visit there and especially look at the last paragraph. The tool is questions, the purpose insight
I am well under way on my new project and naturally I am doing a lot of research. Received in my RSS box this valuable insight by Scott Karp at Publishing 2.0 about the way in which local news ought to be brought to the people. http://publishing2.com/2008/06/04/what-newspapers-still-dont-understand-about-the-web/ Even if you are not in the news [...]
Human beings are fallible, even if you dress them up and call them courts. That is why you should look after yourself.
