Saturday, 2 February 2002

Belief - Is your belief or otherwise in God well thought out? Take the test in The Philosphers Magazine. I was awarded the TPM Medal of Distinction (0 direct hits and 2 bullets bitten): "The fact that you progressed through this activity without being hit and biting very few bullets suggests that your beliefs about God are internally consistent and well thought out." 12:10:12 PM    Comments ()

Thanks a million - a very big thank you to Jonathon Delacour for talking me through the email thingy, and suffering through my "but it's not showing up" qualms. Maybe you can go back and open your mail now Jonathon. 9:45:21 AM    Comments ()

Email thingy - Now I'm in a real bind. Burningbird has written very nice things about my humble blog and now wants me to add the email thingy to my page. But how do I do that I wonder? 9:26:51 AM    Comments ()

Pop-up ads - My son Ben is in my office right now working on another PC. He has just turned around and said to me "I wish the internet had a thingy, like a little option thing, that blocked all those annoying pop-up messages you always get - I wish computers had one of them, don't you?" "Yep - I sure do." I replied wisely. "Who doesn't - the people that make the ads, that's probably about right - the people that make the ads probably don't want them to disappear..." he responded. I think Google are on to something! 8:42:43 AM    Comments ()

DVT Claims - Qantas faces a multi-million dollar law suit from hundreds of victims of Deep Vein Thrombosis. I recall hearing on the radio earlier this week that there is evidence to suggest that it is really a fear of flying that causes DVT. Some advise for opportunistic, litigious parasites - get a life and stop trying to live off the sap of a taller poppy. 7:44:21 AM    Comments ()

Therapy #1 - JL writes "...sometimes an issue or a problem just gets too big, and I can't focus on anything else - I am consumed by the problem. Help!..." Well JL here is an intervention that will allow you to get outside of any problem that might crop up. It's called Hakalau - or peripheral vision. stare at a dot or mark on the wall, preferably about 10-12 feet away, above your head allow your vision to expand, so that you become aware of things at the left and right hand side of you - keeping your eyes looking straight ahead at the dot or mark continue to allow your vision to expand until you have a full 180 degree awareness Ok ... so where's the problem ... that's right ... it's gone ... hasn't it ... Just be careful you don't pop out of peripheral vision and back into your problem. Use the time and space this creates to think of solutions. If you pop back into the problem - just repeat the steps above. Enjoy! 7:03:13 AM    Comments ()

Dad - It's my Dad's 60th birthday today, and there is a get party at Mum and Dad's tonight to celebrate. Mum's asked if I would "give a short speech" to mark the occasion. There are lots of things I could say, lots that I wouldn't and even more that I can not even remember to say, or have forgotten not to. What would you say if it were your Dad's 60th birthday tonight? 6:47:52 AM    Comments ()

And then - it just happened, as if by magic, my missing stories link mysteriously appeared. Wow Dave - this software reads, interprets and responds to user feedback dynamically! Kewl! But my Jan button still doesn't work... :-( <edit>seems to only work on the Home page...[sigh]</edit> 6:37:20 AM    Comments ()

Radio blues - I'm an intelligent person, so why can't I make links come up on the side like everybody else can. I went to Prefs and found Navigator Links (through the intervention of a friend) but there are still no links. 6:26:23 AM    Comments ()

The solution - I have a solution for the embarrassing "illegal-immigrants-in-detention-sewing-their-lips-together" issue for the Federal Government. It is really simple and really effective. What if the government were to pass a new law that makes self harm (including hunger strikes and of course lip sewing) an illegal act (a felony if you will). Any person seeking asylum in Australia is immediately disqualified if they are a convicted criminal. Therefore if someone participates in a campaign of self-harm they would be immediately deported. Could this work? 6:03:54 AM    Comments ()

Beer - Seems that rawbrick likes to experiment with beer too. 5:55:48 AM    Comments ()

More mail - There was a good crop of mail yesterday including a telephone bill, two cheques, a package from the National Speakers Association of Australia, some evaluation forms from one of trainers who ran a Flash class as well as one of those showoff photograph/Christmas greetings from Sue's brother's wife - showing their to daughters dressed up... Today will be an unfulfilled day - there is no mail delivery on Saturdays in Australia. :-( 5:50:04 AM    Comments ()

Mail - There is something prophetic about receiving mail. All my life I have solicited mail. As a child I have a very vivid memory of going to the post box on the corner of Montview Parade and Galston Road and posting an envelope to a company in the Unites States of America. I was barely tall enough to pull down the handle to insert the letter, but I managed. What made all the more amazing was that I had walked all the way from my home to the box. By myself. So what was the letter requesting you might ask - international stamps! I was a stamp collector and found a advertisement in a magazine - a comic I think - offering free stamps. I remember waiting months for the envelope to arrive, and when it did I was hooked. From there I would write to "The Public Relations Manager" of many and varied organizations requesting samples, catalogs, brochures and information. Anything so that there would be letter in the post box when I returned home from school. Later in life I would subscribe to magazines, join mailing lists and buy "stuff" just to continue receiving the precious mail. Even today - I can't wait for 9am for the mail at my local post office to have completed the sort and my box to be filled with letters. I grab them from the box. Eagerly doing a quick pass. Trying to guess the contents of each - but really looking for the prize: a parcel pick up card! Packages outrank letters 10:1... And then I would get into the car, pull on my seat belt, indicate to pull out onto the highway, and - begin opening the mail! Right while I am driving home. So imagine my profound disbelief when a friend of mine disclosed his dirty little secret - that he had mail unopened on his counter for over a year! Appauling. Disturbing. Sick. Just plainly not a team player. If mail is prophetic then perhaps Matthew 10:41a is relevant. 5:44:14 AM    Comments ()