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Thursday, March 20, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Hospital
I took my daughter for a pre-op at the hospital today. One of the weird things I noticed was the way some people think you're a doctor when you wear a suit. Not specifically asking me if I was a doctor, but looking at me in a way that suggested I might suddenly whip out a stethoscope and check their pulse.
A similar thing once happened when I visited a school as part of a site vist, where some kids parent assumed I was a teacher and asked me how they were getting on.
Suits have power.
We have a weird deferential relationship with doctors, in much the same way we do with plumbers. I wonder what happens when a plumber and a doctor meet? They probably immediately leap on each other and fight to the death, or circle each other warily at the very least.
God forbid a car mechanic were to walk in as well.
A similar thing once happened when I visited a school as part of a site vist, where some kids parent assumed I was a teacher and asked me how they were getting on.
Suits have power.
We have a weird deferential relationship with doctors, in much the same way we do with plumbers. I wonder what happens when a plumber and a doctor meet? They probably immediately leap on each other and fight to the death, or circle each other warily at the very least.
God forbid a car mechanic were to walk in as well.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
"...so I sacked the wind guys and the stylist, bought an outboard and never looked back."
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Monday, March 17, 2008
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Trust
Blogs are great aren't they? You can have my opinions for free, they
say. Well, here's mine, my lovely, great, steaming opinion. The world
appears to be blasting along at 110 per, straight into a financial, economic armageddon, with a good dose of religious war thrown in for good measure.
Or does it? Can we really trust our news media? There it sits, twenty four hours a day, pumping out rolling updates on nothing much, until something does happen, then we get constant coverage of the side of someones house (if it's a murder), a field (if it's a body), or some civic building (court case, financial collapse, important statement about deaths imminent).
What's the bias in all this news about? Well, misery and fear sell, so stories about murder, wars and people generally being bastards to each other make most of the news, rather than a man with a nice cat.
There's probably loads of books on it, which cleverer people than I would point you at; I think Michael Moore makes a point about it in one of his books. The point is, are things as bad as they seem? A group of scientists published a report last week which calls into question whether humans really are responsible for climate change. They're probably funded by oil companies or something, so that's probably a bad example, now I come to think about it.
say. Well, here's mine, my lovely, great, steaming opinion. The world
appears to be blasting along at 110 per, straight into a financial, economic armageddon, with a good dose of religious war thrown in for good measure.
Or does it? Can we really trust our news media? There it sits, twenty four hours a day, pumping out rolling updates on nothing much, until something does happen, then we get constant coverage of the side of someones house (if it's a murder), a field (if it's a body), or some civic building (court case, financial collapse, important statement about deaths imminent).
What's the bias in all this news about? Well, misery and fear sell, so stories about murder, wars and people generally being bastards to each other make most of the news, rather than a man with a nice cat.
There's probably loads of books on it, which cleverer people than I would point you at; I think Michael Moore makes a point about it in one of his books. The point is, are things as bad as they seem? A group of scientists published a report last week which calls into question whether humans really are responsible for climate change. They're probably funded by oil companies or something, so that's probably a bad example, now I come to think about it.
I need answers, but can I trust Gordon Burns on North West Tonight?
Friday, March 07, 2008
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Monday, March 03, 2008
Attack of the Cones
Kind of like "March of the Penguins", only with cones. I'm not quite sure why so any cones were needed, but there they were.
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