Having some “free” time this morning before the Wren Boy run at the local GAA ground, I was browsing The Guardian online and completed “The Donald Trump Quiz of the Year”. The object is to answer 10 questions on “The Donald”. Here’s the link. Being a competitive sort of individual I was disappointed that IContinue reading “Too much time wasted on one man.”
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Open your mouth and let the wind blow your tongue about…..
Oh really boys? It will be that easy?
War and Peace 45 years on…
It’s never too late to set new goals or to revisit old ones and, as long as you persist, just about anything is achievable (even passing A-levels). I eventually passed my A-levels in August 1973, (with grateful thanks to the lecturers at Harrogate Tech). I asked my father if he could get me a copyContinue reading “War and Peace 45 years on…”
It’s always the small that get squeezed the most…
Over the past few years I have seen a few dentists who are being forced into financial situations that are making survival harder with relatively short-term loans that were taken out at “tight” times and their banks declining to support them further by rescheduling the debts over a longer term. Instead of being able toContinue reading “It’s always the small that get squeezed the most…”
Is progress linear or cyclical?
“I thought all my life that progress was linear. Now it’s very clear at best it’s cyclical and it’s very hard to tell we are at the bottom of the wave or are we going to have an upswing.” Louise Arbor (chief prosecutor of the Rwandan & Yugoslav war crimes tribunals) speaking to Alec Russell inContinue reading “Is progress linear or cyclical?”
Sometimes you just have to stop and take your brain out.
Recently I had a Tuesday 4am wakeup to get the 7am flight to Edinburgh. All the way there I was thinking about a series of articles for which I had missed a deadline the day before. When in Edinburgh I stay with Jon and Lisa, my brother and sister-in-law, dermatologists both, Tuesday is a homeContinue reading “Sometimes you just have to stop and take your brain out.”
The Clock of Life
The Clock of Life by Robert H Smith The clock of life is wound but onceAnd no man has the powerTo tell just where the hands will stop,At late or early hour. To lose one’s wealth is sad indeed,To lose one’s health is more.To lose one’s soul is such a lossAs no man can restore.Continue reading “The Clock of Life”
The Monday Morning Quote #500
“Difference is the essence of humanity. Difference is an accident of birth, and it should therefore never be the source of hatred or conflict. The answer to difference is to respect it. Therein lies a most fundamental principle of peace: respect for diversity.” John Hume The 500th Monday Morning Quote and a very personal one.
Quote of the Day – On reviewing all series of The Apprentice
Sam Woolaston writing after 14 years as a TV reviewer. “The Apprentice, maybe more than anything else, drives home that I have been doing this long enough; too long, some might say. I have written 20 – twenty – reviews of The Apprentice, and that’s not including The Young Apprentice, plus interviews with winners, withContinue reading “Quote of the Day – On reviewing all series of The Apprentice”
Sam’s gone and now Cook retires.
Today (weather permitting) will see a great sportsman applauded on and off the pitch at the Oval when England face India in the fifth and final test of the series. I remember Alastair Cook being plucked from the relative obscurity of an ECB Academy tour of the West Indies in February 2006 to fly outContinue reading “Sam’s gone and now Cook retires.”
The Incisal Edge 