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Category Archives: Lifestyle
20 Ways To Stoke Your Self-Confidence
Now you know I am a positive thinking person – well then check this out – great stufff (mostly 🙂 )
I found this on Medium – supposedly the replacement for WordPress
Actually – it is, although “a lot in your face”, quite good. Â I wouldn’t take all the 19 as a “Must do” – and I certainly don’t agree with the “loudness” of the whole thing. However it does, in it’s way, contain some basic truths.
I must congratulate ANYONE who has read the Bhagavad Gita – which I have somewhere – but every time I pick it up to read it I put it down again not long after, boring, boring, boring. Nothing there for me I am afraid.
Bruce
Dealing with stress: What the symptoms are and what can you do about them | The National
Some simple, practical advice that will not add yet more stress to your life.
Dealing with stress: What the symptoms are and what can you do about them | The National.
How British is Britain? – BBC News
Interesting story – watch the video!!!
Russell Peters – “Somebody Gonna Get Hurt, Real Bad!!!!!!!!” – YouTube
There is a lot of this guy on You tube – but I like him.
Russell Peters – “Somebody Gonna Get Hurt, Real Bad!!!!!!!!” – YouTube.
brogue – Word of The Day
Is there such a thing as coincidence?
I was just talking to another English teacher today about my new Brogue shoes that I bought from Marks & Spencers online shop (they have a sale on and offer free delivery for over 30 euros to Germany 🙂 ) and lo and behold it happens to be the word of the day at Dictionary.com.
SPOOKY!!!!!!
US government gives finger to FOIA Snowden request –Â Best VPN.com
Well this is reasonably interesting – especially the language used.
I read that David Cameron – our Public Schoolboy educated prime minister – also has recently stated that there should be no form of communication that the government should NOT be able to read.
Now I know the argument that “If you have got nothing to hide – then you should have nothing to fear” – but how about my love sick longing for the girl next door? How about me expressing my most private fears or doubts or imaginings to my best friend?
I have a feeling this reaches into the areas of shame. There is a healthy shame and an unhealthy one. If I am Embarrassed – it is because I am walking around with a “bare-ass” -and this is a healthy shame. But if I am shamed for who or what I am – then this is not healthy.
Because the next question I have to ask is – OK – but can I trust the government to always have my best interests at heart? And, I am sorry to say, I cannot say this.
So NO I do not think the government should be able, under its own cognisance, to read all my communications. I think it should have to get – at a minimum – a court order with full disclosure of the reason and the proof or evidence that they have as to why I am “a person of interest”-
Nuff said.
Bruce
US government gives finger to FOIA Snowden request –Â Best VPN.com.
BBC faces multimillion-pound bill from Jeremy Clarkson suspension | Media | The Guardian
Well He does seems to keep popping up in the news headlines – doesn’t he?
The show is a bit boring, they do some stupid things – but its no worse than the other junk that is loved on TV – Â so why get up tight about it?
Bruce
BBC faces multimillion-pound bill from Jeremy Clarkson suspension | Media | The Guardian.