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I need a Break from Hysterical Headlines.
Do you need a break? From what?
News and the people in it can be hysterical, unfortunately not in a funny way.
It is provocative nonsense and is exhausting for anyone really trying to establish the truth.
So my first Executive Order if I was elected President of America would be to ban Hysterical Headlines
I thank Modern American Politics for heightening the role of The Presidential Executive Order,without so many being issued I wouldn’t have known about them.
Namaste.Thank You for Reading.
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Easy Peasy
The most important invention in your lifetime is…
Internet is the best invention and leveller ever.
It’s like a super insect that has the power to provide the most delectable nectar or to sting with the most vicious poison that will make the unwary sick in mind and body.
It’s the genie that has already jumped out of the bottle and is running rings around the mediocre.
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Idle Ideal Day
Prompt: Describe your most ideal day from beginning to end.
If only not to feel that all is lost and mediocre and that there is hope in the World for everyone.
To idle away hours contemplating the good and understanding and learning how to improve life as it is not how I’d like it to be.
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Too Big Of A Question!
How do significant life events or the passage of time influence your perspective on life?
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Fou-Fou’s
Something on your “to-do list” that never gets done.
Ha,ha,when I think of what I do get done,how can I get upset about what I don’t tick off on a list?
So the things I don’t do on my imaginary list are just Fou-Fou ‘s.
And this is a picture of a Fou-Fou.
Namaste and thank you for reading.
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My Favorite Thing To Cook
What’s your favorite thing to cook?
Being practical in this modern world cooking can be a chore and not something we look forward to doing.
Where we have the time and resources to cook,then anything Mediterranean is my favorite,be it roasted vegetables in olive oil, baked feta cheese coated in sesame seeds and honey, aubergine dip and fresh mint with fresh tomatoes.
Ah if only, those flavours and textures could be every day
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I was born with a Brain
Prompt :Write about your First Computer
” A computer is a device that processes inputs to product outputs. By this definition the brain is a computer because it takes in information and produces outputs.” Quote from Googling The Internet.
The brain takes information and transforms it into something else. So my first computer was my brain and an amazing tool it was and I like to think still is.
However , one figure, stands out in the history of the Computer and she was born in the midst of the hedonism of George the Third ‘s reign she would become a renowned mathematician and the first person to see the potential of a machine converting raw data to something other than it’s component parts ie. not simply a machine for calculation, but a much broader canvas. That person was Ada Lovelace, the only legitimate child of Lord Byron.
Ada Lovelace’s clear concise thinking lead us to the concept of the computer as a clever machine. Dear,Dear Ada was a mathematical genius and was able to see the potential in Babbage’s Analytical Engine and took her place in history as a “Wicked Mathematician.”, but also someone who encouraged others. Not dare I say it someone who wanted to dominate others.
A lot of water has gone under the bridge since then, some of which would be best assigned to a watery grave. Computing has been turned into a megalomaniac , male dominated globally polluting market place reserved for those with big budgets and even bigger egos.
Let’s face it , we have access to amazing information and we can choose to use it for good or for bad and that is what I reckon Ada Lovelace envisaged.
We have lost our way, just as a child’s brain develops and goes from being open minded and questioning to trying to satisfy the demands of the modern world and with that it’s megalomaniac , egotistical entrepreneurs whose goals just aren’t actually clear other than to dominate people, the market or perhaps the World, under the guise of Philanthropy.
Ada knew a fake when she saw it, and in honour of her, although by no means a brilliant thinker, I intend to be a free thinker and my brain , my first computer plays a part in that.
If I lose it , it’s OK , there are plenty more independent , quality thinkers out there and they will always be there, and able to use technology for the good of all. Let Ada be your inspiration.
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One man’s perfect space is another man’s irritant.
You get to build your perfect space for reading and writing. What’s it like?
To someone who must write , the perfect space is everywhere. You will put up with anything if the ideas are flowing. In fact the great CS Lewis told his step son that interruptions were important, an interesting point of view from a dedicated academic from one of the greatest ivory towers of educational attainment.
I think now it’s the tools we use and the support that is available that is edging “space” out. Word Press, Wi-Fi, Google and Artificial Intelligence broaden the research and accuracy of the subject matter, as does a good pair of headphones and a suitable P.C. and software, not to forget Security Software and an awareness of the foolishness that often occurs on the internet.
With this writing can occur. Whether it is good writing or not only the reader can decide. Perhaps this is what my title refers to , one man’s pleasure is another man’s irritant. It applies to space too.
Every writer though deserves a holiday and the perfect place for a writer is of course a retreat. Mine would be beside the sea with pleasant weather and a sea breeze , plenty of walks and a pub serving good food nearby. I would want some company from self-sufficient people who know me and know when to give me space.
The space would need every mod con and an excellent coffee machine and said writing tools above. Would it be a cottage or a 1930’s Art Deco building? I think I would prefer a Poiroesque Art Deco Building with an architecturally significant staircase leading onto a large simply furnished room at the front of the house with a balcony and sea views. For a few hours a day I would edit my scribbles and then return to real life to gain inspiration.
No I don’t ask much do I?
Namaste. Thank you for reading.
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My Favourite Automobile ( One that works)
What is your Favourite All Time Automobile?
Nowadays a Car that functions and is not too costly to run is what most people aspire to and why not?
They have become a necessary accessory to modern day life with suburbs and retail parks and leisure time to spend them in. Not to mention the dreaded school run if darlings Johnny and Jacinta didn’t get into their first choice of school and the New House Purchase fell through before the start of the new term. The journey to school is now a twenty minute car ride and not a twenty minute walk. Let’s face it the promise of Public Transport, is just that , a promise.
Thus some worship the Car, but most see it as something, dare I say it, is a necessary evil.
Some see the Car as the Devil Incarnate, and impose sitting in queues on it’s hapless inhabitants.
So My Favourite Automobile is quite a touchy subject for some.
However ,my Cars have always had names, sometimes just based on their brand name. So we have had Mini, Panda, Lil’ Audi , Van and currently Fred. They were always favourites as they always worked and always got me out of trouble. I always talked to them and in truth they had manuals written by humans who had rules and regulations in mind that meant explaining how to do something was an encyclopaedic experience. I much preferred just fiddling and I’m pleased to say that all my Cars were most helpful and never complained.
Thankfully the gear stick pattern has always been the same although light switches were always a bit of a challenge.
They were all my Favourites as they were part and parcel of my life. I won’t mention my experience with Company Cars as it was a shame , they never felt like mine and in truth I couldn’t connect with them and just like a hire car I suppose they were just there to be used.
In my later years , I probably won’t be able to afford a car, but I will look back with fondness to all my cars.
Namaste . Thank you for taking the time to read.
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