A lot of authors (and editors) consider Strunk and White’s to be the definitive guide to English usage. I certainly won’t argue with authorities like Stephen King. No matter what you think of his stories, his book about writing, titled oddly enough, is brilliant. No single book motivated me more to write. But it’s not a […]
One Weird Trick for Creativity – Suffering
Artists need to suffer. Without suffering, there can be no creativity. Without creativity, no art. The artist is a tortured soul who relieves that torture through their art, but their art creates more suffering, causing them to seek self-destructive behavior through other outlets. Manic depressive behavior, self mutilation, suicide, drug and alcohol abuse and poverty. Van Gogh, Sylvia […]
Entropy and trying to achieve 150 words a day.
So, 150 words a day. Not hard really. I deliberately set the bar low. Who can’t find time to punch out 150 words a day? Teenage girls punch that out in a single ‘OMG’ text message. Sure, we’ve just had a new baby, and sure the landscaping around our house looks like Beirut, and whenever […]
Science Technology Engineering and Maths in Education – building a robust society
The price of iron Ore dropped today. Apparently it’s dropping faster than, well an ingot of pig iron. This, apparently will mean we lose billions in tax receipts. Probably a heap of jobs. Jobs always seem to go. Iron Ore drops, jobs under threat! Greece Defaults, Jobs under threat. Collingwood wins a grand final, jobs […]
Writing: Its about words on a page!
I’ve wanted to write for a long time. I don’t know how long, but for long enough that I can’t remember a time when I didn’t think about writing. I worked in the Croxton Park Hotel straight out of university. I started off as a bottle shop attendant. We opened at 8am, and even though I was […]
Facebook On The Dash
We just bought a Nissan X-Trail, in preparation to an addition to our family…yes we downsized our car as our family gets bigger 🙂 There is method in the madness, but thats not the purpose of this post. So much has changed since I bought a new car only seven years ago (a Nissan Patrol), […]