Category: Rants
My house on Google maps: street view. I have to admit, it is kinda cool. While this probably amuse me for the next 5 minutes, I think it’s actually a useful tool for finding hard-to-get-to places. For all the fuss about privacy, I completely understand, but realise that this isn’t a 24-hour view. Anyway, my 5 minutes of amusement are over. Back to real life. Next time you come over, you know what my place looks like. Ciao.
I don’t believe in accidents. Random, sure. Unplanned, sure. Unintended, sure. Coincidence, nope. I had one of the most random, unplanned, unintended meetings on Saturday. What I thought would last, say, two hours ended up lasting for the good space of about 6 hours…
Just this morning I was writing a request to a company for some assistance with one of their services. I found myself wondering whether I should write the word “please” in writing my request. It really got me thinking. We tell our kids to say please, we expect others to say it and yet, when we actually come to say it, we hesitate. I realised that we’ve begun to tie an association of weakness and inability to this word – “please”. No longer does this word carry positive overtones, rather, now, quite negative connotations. You say, “please”, when you need…
I’m surprised that tomorrow will be the first day that I’m actually looking forward to the study that comes with the start of a new semester. Weird! Never in my life have I anticipated or wished that I was back in a classroom. It’s not a feeling I suspect will last long, but it very existence is a surprise and if any of you well enough you’ll be asking me to go see the shrink very quickly. What makes it even more weird is my first class will have a revision test to go with it…? Something wrong me…I think…
