I love words :-)) and I was prompted to define a word used at a coffee morning I have just attended. Whilst our beautiful England language lasts (though I would not give it more than a couple of generations) let us enjoy the subtleties. I find the most economical way of understanding a word is looking at its etymology. So, down to business.... Efficient - what dos it mean? This word first...
This was from someone who had seen one of my videos and wanted to know more. We spoke briefly on the phone and I asked for his email. I do not know him. Oh that all humans could emulate this tone and caliber of response. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I have received such a heartfelt and truly transparent communication from another human being. This shows me that the...
Megabus have recently decided to pull out of most route and for a couple of weeks there was a big blank where journeys should have been. Yesterday I got announcement that we have created a brand new website. Whoopee. To me part of it looks rather rushed but I think it will settle. The developers probably had a gun to their head to get things done quickly. Hey there!!!!! It's official. Our brand...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM8xJ04j1qI I've been recommended a book by Federico Fagan called Irreducible which is about consciousness, life, computers and human nature. It is a technical and scientific work and I noticed that there are many words that although I am familiar with I have not examined them in as much depth as I could have done, so reading this book is a chance to do this ....
https://www.youtube.com/live/lbbaxUC4eSQ So when did you last have an argument? When did you last have a dialogue with people with whom you disagreed? I think that many lessons can be drawn from this YouTube Christian versus Muslim where both are obviously very well informed and are jousting with each other without loss of respect. The first thing that I learn is that you need to back up your...
I've just listened to a Radio 4 file report saying that someone who was a convicted pedophile, Stephen Cottrell, is going to take over from the Archbishop of Canterbury during the interregnum period. What gets me is that when people are not only ignored but promoted and I do not understand the state of mind when people who have sex with underage people who are in their trust, ask to perform oral...
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