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WHAT PRICE TALENT?
THE SITUATION Washington DC, at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007, this man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. People rushed past on their way to work. After about 3 minutes, … Continue reading
ARE YOU GOING TO FINISH STRONG?
Life isn’t always roses. There have been times for me, as I am sure there have for you, when everything seemed just too hard. I have lost those I did not think I could live without; and there was a … Continue reading
IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS THE WYRD
You can call me weird. I really don’t mind. In fact if you said I was in the way of the Wyrd, about two thousand years ago, it would have been a huge compliment. It would mean I was – … Continue reading
IS EVERYONE BORN WITH A SOUL?
So who is this in the photograph? Do you recognize the face? What a cute little baby! It’s someone very well known. Instantly recognizable as an adult, in fact. I’ll give you a clue. It’s a he. What do you … Continue reading
ANASTASIA’S SECRET – and what it means to you
We all like to think we know who we are. But do we really? Are you where you were born? Are you your family, your friends, the place you were born, the place you lived? It is a question we … Continue reading
A LION. 2 UNARMED MEN. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WILL SHOCK YOU.
There was a time not that very long ago in sunny England when you could buy a lion cub in Harrods for the very reasonable sum of 250 guineas. Two young ex-pat Aussies, John Rendell and Ace Bourke, decided to … Continue reading
DOES YOUR MONSTER KEEP YOU FROM THE MASTERPIECE IN YOU?
I think we are all are tempted believe that we will write our masterpiece when we finally master the techniques of the craft. But perhaps the most powerful force at work in our writing cannot be mastered; it can only … Continue reading
APRIL FOOLS DAY: SPAGHETTI TREES AND FLYING PENGUINS
It’s April Fools Day on Sunday. I’m warning you now so you can be alert. Jokes from friends or family are bad enough – but it’s the major broadcasters who are worst. In Britain, one of the most famous April … Continue reading
HAPPY NEW APOCALYPSE
The world is supposed to end in 2012 which gives me a problem. Should I wish you a happy new year? This year’s Doomsday prediction is based on the Mayan calendar, which ends December 21 or 23, 2012 (depending on … Continue reading
WHY DO GOOD PEOPLE DO BAD THINGS?
I wanted to follow up on my November 13 post “For Evil to Triumph,” about the general bewilderment around the behaviour of those involved in the Jerry Sandusky affair. I referenced the Stanley Milgram experiments. “[Milgram's] tests were designed to … Continue reading
