Paperclips:
• Is that magnetic strip around the lid of the Paperclip Dispenser like a dark nightclub corner for paperclips? I've certainly noticed a lot of paperclips getting together there. Is the bottom, container part of the dispenser the paperclip nightclub's dance floor? It gets pretty crowded down there, more like a mosh pit really.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
William
Writing a blog post almost every day is... not always easy. However, it is always good for practising writing. Fun facts, with Sam.
If toys/stuffed animals come to life when you leave the room, cats & dogs are actually secret agents when we're not looking and all the insects in our gardens are really living in advanced societies like us but on a smaller scale, what does stationery do when we're not using it?
The pens that spend most of their time in those fairly confined pen cups on our desks, is that just like being stuck in a non-moving elevator? Having to make conversation with the strangers around you, although, they'd probably all know each other quite well, having spent so long in their mutal cup.
Are sheets of paper the party animals of the stationery world? When we put a stack of moderately important sheets somewhere out of the way for later reference, do they just go nuts and see how far they can float away by jumping off the nearest ledge? This would certainly explain why old pieces of paper are so hard to find again.
To be continued..
If toys/stuffed animals come to life when you leave the room, cats & dogs are actually secret agents when we're not looking and all the insects in our gardens are really living in advanced societies like us but on a smaller scale, what does stationery do when we're not using it?
The pens that spend most of their time in those fairly confined pen cups on our desks, is that just like being stuck in a non-moving elevator? Having to make conversation with the strangers around you, although, they'd probably all know each other quite well, having spent so long in their mutal cup.
Are sheets of paper the party animals of the stationery world? When we put a stack of moderately important sheets somewhere out of the way for later reference, do they just go nuts and see how far they can float away by jumping off the nearest ledge? This would certainly explain why old pieces of paper are so hard to find again.
To be continued..
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Betty
Accents you wouldn't think attract the ladies but probably do:
• David Attenborough's
..Moving on,
Not really sure what to write, something occurred to me a while ago but I've forgotten.....
Listening to audio books is a great way to achieve something, even when you're not doing a whole lot. By this I mean that if you're engaged in something, a task/chore/unpleasantness, that doesn't demand a large portion of your brain's power, you can listen to an audio book and absorb something useful at the same time.
I've been unaware of the marvelous benefits of audio books until now: I used to argue that they couldn't ever compare to the level of involvement and retention you get from actually reading the words, but I see that I was putting audio books in the wrong category. They're not a substitute for books, they're like a more extreme sport version of books. A similar relationship exists between skiing and the Skeleton luge: both sports involve sliding head first down a mountain but each sport does so in a very different way.
Skeleton luge is all exhilaration and immersion whereas skiing is relaxing and satisfying. I postulate that this is also true of audio books and actual books: audio books feel like that scene in The Matrix, where Neo is learning martial arts via cognitive osmosis: a shorter, more full-on version of the real thing.
P.S. They're also a great way to appreciate the oratory talents of the chosen 'reader-outer'.
• David Attenborough's
..Moving on,
Not really sure what to write, something occurred to me a while ago but I've forgotten.....
Listening to audio books is a great way to achieve something, even when you're not doing a whole lot. By this I mean that if you're engaged in something, a task/chore/unpleasantness, that doesn't demand a large portion of your brain's power, you can listen to an audio book and absorb something useful at the same time.
I've been unaware of the marvelous benefits of audio books until now: I used to argue that they couldn't ever compare to the level of involvement and retention you get from actually reading the words, but I see that I was putting audio books in the wrong category. They're not a substitute for books, they're like a more extreme sport version of books. A similar relationship exists between skiing and the Skeleton luge: both sports involve sliding head first down a mountain but each sport does so in a very different way.
Skeleton luge is all exhilaration and immersion whereas skiing is relaxing and satisfying. I postulate that this is also true of audio books and actual books: audio books feel like that scene in The Matrix, where Neo is learning martial arts via cognitive osmosis: a shorter, more full-on version of the real thing.
P.S. They're also a great way to appreciate the oratory talents of the chosen 'reader-outer'.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Gerald
The difference between soda water and mineral water has always been a source of much confusion for me. Until now.
I had no idea that natural sparkling mineral water actually is sparkling, or effervescent, when it's taken out of the spring and bottled. The bubbles forming naturally has something to do with the water's reaction to Limestone but this isn't important or interesting, it's much more fun to think of it as beverage-based magic.
Apparently, people used to drink from and bath in mineral water springs for the medicinal benefits and healing properties. I used to be a soda water fan; cheaper, more widely available, but now I think I've switched to bottled magic water.
I had no idea that natural sparkling mineral water actually is sparkling, or effervescent, when it's taken out of the spring and bottled. The bubbles forming naturally has something to do with the water's reaction to Limestone but this isn't important or interesting, it's much more fun to think of it as beverage-based magic.
Apparently, people used to drink from and bath in mineral water springs for the medicinal benefits and healing properties. I used to be a soda water fan; cheaper, more widely available, but now I think I've switched to bottled magic water.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Sandy
Hello,
Did you know the word 'hello' was invented purely to have something to say when you answer the phone?
Fun facts, with Sam.
Moving on,
I have begun this blog because I love writing. I've not created a blog until now because there seems like there is almost too much freedom with a blog. Unless of course it's on one of those sites that has a theme. Perhaps this site has a theme, and catagorises their blogs, I don't really know. Furthermore, how do people even become aware of a blog? Word of mouth most likely, or perhaps very cunning Internet marketing... such as facebook spamming.
I also imagine it's a popular vehicle for rants on various topics; everyone loves a good rant.
My goal with this blog is to try and defy all catagorisation; to create a blog so random and filled with non sequiturs that people may read it simply to see if something interesting has been posted yet. I wouldn't hold your breath on that one, it'll most likely just be stuff... well written stuff mind you, but stuff none the less. Actually, do I want that to be my goal? I just decided on it as I was writing this; seems like a pretty good goal, why not?
Hmm, maybe I'll go for a more condensed version of Qi, I love that show. Qi seems to focus on things that you expect have an obvious answer but actually don't. Ironically, that sounds a bit too restrictive for a blog, I don't know how many of those things I could come up with. Nah, I think I'll stick with my original goal and just write whatever comes to mind, or whatever is on my mind at the time, or whatever just recently fell off my mind.. into a puddle of irreverence.
I shall begin with #8. (because it's a random number, beginning with #1 has so been done)
- INCEPTION -
Good movie. I don't know if it was the fact that I hadn't eaten a lot and wasn't very well hydrated prior to seeing the movie, or the copious number of narrative layers, but I did get a series of mild headaches during my viewing. Despite this, I still had a great time, very engaging. Very original. There were a couple of moments where you felt that concepts were introduced to the audience a bit hastily and without sufficient spoon-feeding (as in the delightful training sequences with Ellen Page) but the film is so ambitious and tries so hard to impress you, you can forgive it easily. And the somewhat sudden reconciliation between Leonardo di Caprio's character and his love interest, although well written, seemed a bit of an anti-climax. Overall, well worth seeing... twice.
PS. Just like to give a shout out to JP, if he's managed to read this far you're an awesome human being.
Did you know the word 'hello' was invented purely to have something to say when you answer the phone?
Fun facts, with Sam.
Moving on,
I have begun this blog because I love writing. I've not created a blog until now because there seems like there is almost too much freedom with a blog. Unless of course it's on one of those sites that has a theme. Perhaps this site has a theme, and catagorises their blogs, I don't really know. Furthermore, how do people even become aware of a blog? Word of mouth most likely, or perhaps very cunning Internet marketing... such as facebook spamming.
I also imagine it's a popular vehicle for rants on various topics; everyone loves a good rant.
My goal with this blog is to try and defy all catagorisation; to create a blog so random and filled with non sequiturs that people may read it simply to see if something interesting has been posted yet. I wouldn't hold your breath on that one, it'll most likely just be stuff... well written stuff mind you, but stuff none the less. Actually, do I want that to be my goal? I just decided on it as I was writing this; seems like a pretty good goal, why not?
Hmm, maybe I'll go for a more condensed version of Qi, I love that show. Qi seems to focus on things that you expect have an obvious answer but actually don't. Ironically, that sounds a bit too restrictive for a blog, I don't know how many of those things I could come up with. Nah, I think I'll stick with my original goal and just write whatever comes to mind, or whatever is on my mind at the time, or whatever just recently fell off my mind.. into a puddle of irreverence.
I shall begin with #8. (because it's a random number, beginning with #1 has so been done)
- INCEPTION -
Good movie. I don't know if it was the fact that I hadn't eaten a lot and wasn't very well hydrated prior to seeing the movie, or the copious number of narrative layers, but I did get a series of mild headaches during my viewing. Despite this, I still had a great time, very engaging. Very original. There were a couple of moments where you felt that concepts were introduced to the audience a bit hastily and without sufficient spoon-feeding (as in the delightful training sequences with Ellen Page) but the film is so ambitious and tries so hard to impress you, you can forgive it easily. And the somewhat sudden reconciliation between Leonardo di Caprio's character and his love interest, although well written, seemed a bit of an anti-climax. Overall, well worth seeing... twice.
PS. Just like to give a shout out to JP, if he's managed to read this far you're an awesome human being.
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