Archive for April, 2010
Sunday, April 18th, 2010
You couldn't be that good and not know it, somewhere in your secret heart, however much you'd been abused into affecting public humility. [Lois McMaster Bujold]
Despite my dislike for ‘reality’ TV, I do occasionally watch programs like ‘Pop Idol’ and ‘X Factor’ mainly because the family with 2 budding singers ...
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Sunday, April 18th, 2010
I have always had a bit of unease whenever I hear of Western countries attempting to tell third world countries, particularly African countries about how they should run their economies, their politics and all other ‘civilised and modern’ ways of improving their lot. As we have seen with the ‘credit ...
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Saturday, April 10th, 2010
‘I am going to be a star’.
Many young people dream this at some point in their lives. Sometimes we try and discourage them and in other cases we encourage them. Sometimes, reality sets in and they settle for what’s on the plate. Sometimes, as seen on such TV shows as ...
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Sunday, April 4th, 2010
If you regularly read my blog, you will know that I tend to take anything sold by the ‘quote a minute’ self help American gurus with a large pinch of salt. One of the central planks of the success brigade is that if you decide where you are going, the ...
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Saturday, April 3rd, 2010
I may be getting on but my heart is still young and once in a while I don’t act my age and go out to a club with the hope of having a good dance and a drink, of course. Last night, something that occurred to me that I have ...
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Saturday, April 3rd, 2010
I am not so sure why but this story from the BBC website made me sad. I think, but I am not sure, it has something to do with ‘5 minutes of fame’ or is there a sense that there is much more to the story than meets the eye?
“The ...
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