Category: Thoughts

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  Gravity

  Have you ever thought about gravity? Of course, you haven’t, you’re far too busy, That’s why I’m here. I don’t mean the Sandra Bullock &…

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  All of Me

  I was listening to a love song, “All of me love all of you.” I know, what an old softie. Anyway, I got to thinking…

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  First Law of Thermodynamics

  I came to an amazing realisation the other day. Matter can neither be created nor destroyed. It’s the first law of thermodynamics, yes, there are…

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  2021 A Face Odyssey

  I was looking at my face in the mirror the other day. Imagine my surprise when an overweight, bald guy was staring back at me.…

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  Six Degrees of freedom

  How free are you? I have spoken before about VR (virtual reality) one of the concepts in VR is 6 degrees of freedom (6DoF is…

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  In anothers shoes

  There is an old expression about walking in another person’s shoes. It is meant to get us thinking about what another person’s life is like.…

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  All Dressed Up With Nowhere To Go

  On Thursday 12th Nov I was sitting in my bedroom watching my PC screen avidly. My top half was smartly dressed. The webcam could only…

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  Care For All

  We have come to see care as a professional provision rather than a natural act that flows out of our humanity. Caring is a human…

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  Together, we will overcome

  Here’s a quote from the film Sleepless in Seattle, it’s said by Tom Hanks after his wife dies:‘Well, I’m gonna get out of bed every…

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  Am I dreaming?

  Well friends I’m back and not from the future. Did you know we were friends? Well we are, but that doesn’t mean I will be…

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  Effort Cup

  In my photo scanning, did I mention I am scanning all our old photos. Anyway, I am and it’s an interesting trip down memory lane.…

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  Flying Wheelchairs

  (I have not written for a little while. I have found the Lock Down hard going. So here is a bit of silliness now I…

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  Fly by Wire

  No one could accuse me of being fast. I have been in a wheelchair now for 2.5 years and I realised the other day, the…

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  Capes not capons

  I have the answer to all our troubles; capes. Yes capes, forget cooking capons. Get out of your kitchen and into your sewing room. We…

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  Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow

  I have been scanning photos while lying in bed. Mary is sorting through old photo albums and I am digitising them onto my laptop via…

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  Upload

  There is a recently released Amazon Prime series, made before the virus. It’s an absolute mine of insights to the modern psyche. It is funny,…

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  Pain is an odd thing

  Have you ever stopped to think about pain? We only see it as a bad thing, but pain is there to protect us. Without it…

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  The Depressed AI

  We are always reading about AI taking over the world. But the reality is AI’s are depressed. Have you heard Alexa or Siri recently? Alexa…

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  Who would have guessed

  I have just been in the garden. First time in a week. It’s not that I don’t enjoy the garden, I have just not been…

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  Can you see what I see

  I seem to remember a song that went, ‘can you see what I see?’ Well the obvious answer, especially at the moment, is no. Unless…