Powdered wombat guts and other sources of feelings of wellbeing
Posted in Misc on Oct 23rd, 2007
Roads, the running geologist, author, and author of the roadsofstone blog recently published a picture of his desk, picking up a nice idea that had been in The Guardian. Every desk tells a story.
Here’s mine. It’s a black tabletop on a child’s desk in the corner of what was a bedroom and is now a [...]
Posted in Misc on Oct 22nd, 2007
The BBC Radio 4 program Start the Week with Andrew Marr is a wonderful way to start the week if you have time to listen to it, and if you don’t I’ve just given you a link to the podcast so you can listen to it later. Among the guests I enjoyed listening to this [...]
Posted in Misc on Oct 18th, 2007
I got an invite, forwarded by my MBA course director, to attend a meeting yesterday of the Forum on Private Business. A chance to rub shoulders with entrepreurs and some parliamentarians followed by a “parliamentary reception.” A few seats were reserved for students apparently.
On the bus ride to Parliament Square (the event was held here, [...]
Posted in Misc on Oct 17th, 2007
Earlier this year I was told in all seriousness by one of our MBA course visiting lecturers that
The meaning of mangement is the management of meaning
I say in all seriousness because the absurdity of this proposition was unchallenged, except by people repeating it afterwards with a smirk. Of course, on one level it’s a reasonable [...]
Posted in Misc on Oct 14th, 2007
My other half accused me today of something like enjoying other people’s misfortune. Schadenfreude? Moi?!
It was this report of Enemybook that triggered some mirth:
With Enemybook, a new program that runs on the social networking site Facebook, you can connect to people you loathe, display their photos and evil deeds, and give them the virtual finger.
She [...]
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Powdered wombat guts and other sources of feelings of wellbeing
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