“It’s perfectly logical,’ said Dr Snyder. ‘It’s absolutely proved. You can’t lie.’ ‘But I can,’ said the Martian. ‘Work on the logic of that a while, Mack.” ― Fredric Brown, Martians, Go Home “What’s blood yapping about?” is a… Read More ›
Month: February 2024
Time To Bring On The Dancing Bears
“Having learned to write news, I now distrust newspapers as a source of information, and I am often surprised by historians who take them as primary source for knowing what really happened. I think newspapers should be read for information… Read More ›
It’s All In The Perception
“Someone can decide it’s in their best interests to agree to something, but a choice is only really a choice if there’s a genuine alternative. Otherwise it’s manipulation and it’s taking advantage.” ― Jane Harper, The Lost Man Last… Read More ›
Everything Needn’t Be a Fight
“I’ve seen how easy it is for people to be manipulated, Emeka,’ I say sadly. ‘All it takes is careful observation of trends and behavioural patterns and it can be pretty easy to make people do what you want them… Read More ›
The Dance Goes On Unencumbered
“Craters. Burnt houses. Women weeping for sons and daughters. Suffering. In my profession, there is no chance of unemployment. The real difficulty is having enough faith in humanity to believe that someone will care.” ― Marie Colvin, I try… Read More ›
It’s You. Hi, You’re the problem, It’s You
“History does not always repeat itself. Sometimes it just yells, ‘Can’t you remember anything I told you?’ and lets fly with a club.” ― John W. Campbell Jr. Sure is a lot to report on when it comes to… Read More ›
Teaching is Hard
“He’d no time for reports. He suspected that about 95% of the written word was never read by anyone anyway.” ― Colin Dexter, Last Bus to Woodstock Teaching is a hard job. It is a really hard fucking job…. Read More ›
Governor Lee Is Talking, But How Close Are We Listening?
“Civilised life, you know, is based on a huge number of illusions in which we all collaborate willingly. The trouble is we forget after a while that they are illusions and we are deeply shocked when reality is torn down… Read More ›
Sharing the Peas
“The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.” ― Wole Soyinka Over the last several months, as a family, we’ve been on an interesting journey. My son has about completed his middle school years, and it’s time to… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 