Tim | May 30, 2010
This blog, like most, does not cite references and there is no review process. So, like most blogs, it is almost useless blather. Almost. It’s only functions are that it just might contain a point of view that you haven’t encountered before or that it might be written in an entertaining style. There is not [...]
Tim | May 27, 2010
What follows is my opinion of why people are the way they are and my technique for understanding how they might react to a situation. I have found that it makes a great many otherwise incomprehensible human reactions seem unsurprising. Homo sapiens appeared about 200,000 years ago. For the following 190,000 years we pursued a [...]
Tim | May 22, 2010
I think there is a disconnection between what the US voter thinks the President, any President, can do and what he is capable of politically. They like to feel that their President is powerful and they assume that this means he is like the Mikado; he only needs to think that something should be done [...]
Tim | May 21, 2010
It has just occurred to me that the latest Dr Who series may be using the same plot device that was brilliantly used by the Star Trek franchise to “reset” their world so that future programs didn’t have to be consistent with all the old stuff. In Dr Who the “crack in the wall” has [...]
Tim | May 17, 2010
It is no longer an acceptable shorthand to refer to the period between the fall of the Roman Empire in the west and the rise of Charlemagne, as the Dark Ages. That is, it is only acceptable as long as you make it clear that you are well aware that life went on in the [...]
Tim | May 13, 2010
There are new episodes of Foyle’s War! (Series 7) It is something of a novelty to watch a series about an incorruptible policeman who can be relied upon to do the right thing always. Our society has given way to easy cynicism concerning the motives of any of the people who enter public service. This [...]
Tim | May 12, 2010
I found a golf ball on the course this morning… called Aqua. It floats. It was about 10% lighter than a normal ball and I lost it almost immediately. It got me thinking though; how infuriated would you have to get, about hitting into the lakes, before you decided that all the balls you hit [...]
Tim | May 9, 2010
I would like Australia to be a Republic, but I haven’t been offered a version I can accept yet. I have two lines of thought on the topic that I haven’t come across elsewhere. The Nature of the Presidency – The “One Big Red Button” Option Our politicians are keen on the idea that they [...]
Tim | May 8, 2010
We live in an age of incivility. I suspect it will only end with the onset of some all-consuming catastrophe which requires the arming of all. In days gone by, civility was the order of the day among people who went about heavily armed. Hmm, perhaps one should be careful what one wishes for. In [...]