Watched: Steve 🎬 Excellent movie. Old school sensibility but with brilliant use of contemporary film techniques.
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Nothing happens next. This is always it.
“The world will show you if you give yourself to the world.” — James Low
Back to work this morning. Feeling pretty rough but, hey ho. No work, no pay. “We go on—not upward, not forward, but just on.” —...
Good morning.
Full of a nasty cold today. Fortunately off work but need to rest before a run of four long days.
Knowing the name of a singing bird adds nothing to the hearing of its song.
Well we got the draw, ending their clean sheet run by putting two of the five goals they’ve conceded all season past them. We remain...
SUNARS
And so we take on Arsenal at home this afternoon. The biggest match of our season so far and the stiffest test yet. It will...
Good night.
Post by @[email protected] “Every complex system is one black swan away from revealing it was duct tape all along. Supply chains, financial systems, social trust....
“I was doing some errands in town earlier and saw a woman on crutches trying, but failing, to descend a ramp. I approached her and...
Our existence is our statement. Our being is our saying. Everything is said in our living.
Post by @[email protected] “We have parasocial relationships with people we’ll never meet and transactional relationships with our neighbors and we still read 2000 word thinkpieces...
So back to work today on a late shift. Taking our main car as the boy (who recently passed his driving test) is borrowing ‘mine’...
“I think and think and think. I’ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.” — Jonathan Safran Foer
“Confronted with computers that can produce fluent essays, instead of being astonished at how powerful they are, it’s possible that we should be surprised that...
Good evening.
“Just live your damn life!” — Warren Ellis
Every day I am grateful that LLMs cannot do the physical and relational care work I do all day. Until the robots come that is…
This is as good a place as any to record my prediction for our Premier League standing come the end of the season in May...
Still figuring out what the hell is going on around here… In the meantime I think a swim might be in order…
Managed to get out for a short walk. The river was not exactly raging but was certainly running high, fast and dirty. Another day of...
“Finally, I know enough to know that I don’t know anything. From this point on, I welcome what comes. All of it. Everything.” — Finally
Attempting to get out for long walk today but heavy rain is keeping us in. In the meantime enjoying the new little updates and tweaks...
Nothing has to be done if nothing is happening – or rather notice that something is always happening.
Trying to get vaccinations sorted before Xmas for our trip to India in January…
Arthritis in her back legs means she can’t really control where she ends up when sitting or lying down.Not sure I’d even be that accurate...
Good afternoon.
“What we are is obvious, ordinary, and complete without any story at all.” — Kat (Katrijn) van Oudheusden
Never mind Left and Right it’s the top and bottom we need to concern ourselves with.
Hearing interesting things about Yorgos Lanthimos‘ Bugonia, particularly Jesse Plemons’ performance…
“When all this settles, what remains is a life lived in the ordinary way but without the metaphysical overhead. The self functions as a means...
My wife is having a nervous breakdown at the hands of Microsoft Word. Surely the worst software in history.
The Lads take on Everton tonight.Score prediction? I’m going for a 1-1 draw. UPDATE: Nailed it.
So here I am back on Scribbles 😊 I just couldn’t stay away. Stay tuned for who knows what?
It’s not about getting rid of one perspective and stabilising another. Swapping one story for another. It’s about recognising and accepting that everything is impermanent....
Well hello again. It’s been a while. Heaven knows why I’m posting here, now. These things happen!
The end of an (extremely tiny) era. This will be the last post here on Just so. I will continue to post on Thisness at...
It doesn’t take much reflection to reveal how much of our experience is made up of our opinions about experience. It is enormously liberating to...
Good morning.
This morning, gentle rain. The brook babbles a little louder. Cars hiss by while the dog snores.
If we don’t assimilate and integrate traditional ancient wisdom into the ordinary reality of our own lived experience then we’re completely missing the point.
Paying close attention to our mind and the myriad thoughts that arise, it’s possible to see the difference between thoughts ‘of’ experience and thoughts ‘about’...
So much unnecessary fear, anxiety and suffering (as well as groundless hope and optimism) is caused by confusing a story about what is going on...
This is how I see all brands, slogans and advertising.
““Finding meaning is merely a matter of finding a better story. Stories put your pains and pleasures into a context you can accept. But when...
Good morning.
