Continuing along the same track as my previous post (see what I did there? 😃) there are many pieces of writing that use the metaphor of a train journey to depict our own life journey. Like all metaphors (just most metaphors?) it does break down eventually, but it does help illustrate what I was getting at with the idea of ephemeral friendships.
Are Friendships Ephemeral
Having broken my silence yesterday I am challenging myself to write here more often, even if it is just a few words. Today I am returning to a subject that I addressed in my only other previous post this year – friends. However I am coming at it from a slightly difference direction, one that has been occupying my mind recently.
You Can Fool Some Of The People…
Its been a while since my last post – really need to do this more often. The events in New York over the last few weeks surrounding a certain ‘high profile’ trial have finally spurred me to take up the pen (or keyboard) and put down a few thoughts.
Building a Highlights Reel
Some years ago now I wrote a post in this blog entitled You Don’t Know Me – this is a sort of revisit of that subject, but with a different emphasis. The topic was brought back to mind during my “70 for 70” project contacting ‘old’ friends and colleagues.
Reflections Around New Year 2023
Wow – a whole year without a single post in this blog – actually well over a year. 😮
What Is My Favourite ….
It is a question often asked – what is your favourite music; what is your favourite restaurant; what is your favourite book? The list is if not endless then very long. I don’t know about other people, but for me it is always a question that elicits an answer that is – at best – evasive. The problem, for me, is that all the topics on which one might be asked “your favourite” are extremely subjective and it is, again for me, nigh on impossible to come up with a definitive answer.
Wise Paraphrase
Perhaps an unsurprising source for something like this, but sometimes it is necessary to skip the political correctness and say exactly what you mean. I am sure that I have at least mentioned Dunning-Kruger before – the problem with something like that is that it seems like high falutin’ mumbo jumbo to the ears of many people – so perhaps it is better coming from the mouth of John Cleese.
Imaginary Worlds
Not sure where this will go, but I have been thinking about this for a few days and it would seem sensible to try and map out some preliminary ideas. Also it is rather a long time since I was active on this blog.
WARNING : Proud father post….
This was originally posted on Facebook, but I thought it worthwhile to immortalise it here as well. 😂
The Logical Endpoint of Usandthemism
As you will have noticed – assuming you have read any previous posts – the notion of us vs them has been a recurrent topic in recent posts – and actually it goes back a long way in the posts in terms of the way in which I see the world and how we each “belong” to different groupings – often arbitrarily and fleetingly – sometimes quite deliberately and long term – and occasionally permanently due to “force of circumstances.