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Category Archives: Miscellaneous
Trickle, Brook, Stream, River
When it rains water collects in little puddles and hollows in the uneven earth. Sometimes the water sinks into dirt until the dirt can hold no more and the water forms the puddle. If the rain continues to fall it … Continue reading
Makeup Your Mind
(I’m close to reaching my goal of 250 posts. What happens then? I don’t know). I’ve just read a story about someone who went for 30 days without makeup. I’m not sure why I read it as I, like most … Continue reading
Posted in General, Internet, Miscellaneous, Society
Tagged beard, body hair, cold cream, exfoliation, Makeup, self-esteem, spouse
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Taking to the Air
This week I am going to do something different. I’m not a big fan of aeroplanes, but a few planes appear to me to stand out from the rest. These are the planes that, to my mind, represent the high … Continue reading
Fake News
All news is fake to some extent. When a reporter watches some event unfold he or she will have their own in-built and acquired biases, no matter how hard they try to keep them under control. Those who watch or … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, General, Internet, Miscellaneous, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Society
Tagged 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (United States), alternative facts, Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Baudrillard, Fake News, Gulf War, Huffington Post, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Trump, United Arab Emirates, United States, Veteran, World War II
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Photography – Yet Again
I wondered if I had ever written a post about photography. So I checked. The answer was that I’ve done quite a few. Oh well, it’s a big subject! I don’t count photography as a hobby of mine, but more … Continue reading
Posted in General, Miscellaneous, Photography, Weather
Tagged Bridge, Fungi, Kereru, photography, Trees, Willowbank
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Shadows of Reality
Plato’s Allegory of the Cave has people chained in chairs facing a blank wall. All that they can see are the shadows cast on the wall of the cave. When they break free from their chains they discover that reality … Continue reading
Posted in General, Miscellaneous, Philosophy, Science, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged atoms, Cave, day, gravity wave, Higgs boson, Kant, noumenon, phenomenon, Plato, reality, sceptic, shadow
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The Tyranny of the Minority
It would be nice if everyone could agree what is fair and what is not. In an ideal world a believer in a religion would agree with a believer in another religion that they both have the right to believe … Continue reading
