Month: July 2025

How get the maximum benefit from a conference

I have a bee in my bonnet. I don't know whether anyone will take notice of me, but my role in life includes helping the helpers behind the scenes. One of the ways I can be useful is at a conference or gathering.  In the old days, before the internet, lecturers were sought out to enlighten the masses. They were delivering new information that many had not heard before.  Now we all have access to...

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Donald Trump impersonator – nightmare visit to IKEA

Hilarious “The Whole Thing Is a Con Job” – Trump’s Windmill Rant at EU Presser Try this one featuring Tulsi Gabbard check out the whole lot here  Anyway this has nothing to do with my visit to Dr Kam in North Bristol. So I visited for the second time doctor Kam who is an Indian who has an intuitive understanding of the body i.e. that it's actually a living thing and not a piece of meat. In his...

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A visit to friends when you can just be yourself

There is lots of good material on the Internet I am increasingly interested in the phenomenon of 'reels' which are brief videos during which someone makes very profound points or shows interesting and amusing episodes e.g. a dog doing somersaults into a swimming pool. They are well chosen by Facebook and can indeed become addictive.  They also appear on X. I sometimes watch the reels for half an...

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6 am on a Saturday morning -and THIS??? + business cards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOyWAHhFuO4 There are many faiths but also many attitudes and this one hit me right between the eyes. Please take away what you can from this video. I find one or two uncomfortable statements which unfortunately do ring true. OK he does take an absolutist position but I find the lack of waffle very refreshing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwIa6is_Eh0&t=222s The...

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See a graveyard, learn the history

My son works in Mumbai as a International Primary School teacher and is with us for a few days. It is interesting to note how when a visitor arrives, we are prompted to do something that we would not normally do in an effort to decide what the visitor would like.  In consequence we visit places and do things that we would not normally do. This normally works very well because it reintroduces us...

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Losing your credit card … and other stories

Today's reflections were caused by a problem I had with my software on my new website that I'm doing for someone else because they are already spreading themselves too thin. It is within my heart to assist.  Stages realise you have a problem believe you're the only person on the planet who's had that problem believe that there's no solution flagellate yourself for being stupid stop flagellating...

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