Category: Fodder
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I love the song. But more importantly, it feels like something new. I don't know what she was talking about with her fella or why she is so sad, but I don't need to. I love it captures how music can make you feel. I love the acting, especially, capturing how most people dance alone. …
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"The sophistication of modern sport workd against freakish solo-domination. In skill- centred sports rather than purely physical sports, some records are virtually unbreakable" Which means.. "There truly was a time when great men were greater -but human progress means those days witll never come back, there really will never be another Don Bradman" Which is…
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So I went to TEDx Bradford the other week, which was loosely about the future of the internet. TED is a wonderful thing, I can’t remember anything else that offered so many of ideas and fodder for all sorts of stuff for free. The videos from the main events are fantastic, not just for the…
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There are certain traits to being English that are at once endearing, frustrating and eccentric. For example, most middle class people will sneer at the thought of anyone who drives a Ford Mondeo and it's connotations of 'Essex' man or 'insurance salesmen. But the amount of sneering is directly related the person's level of personal…
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I wish I could share Tim Crampton's article about men and happiness, but it's behind The Times' paywall. So I'll just have to share some thoughts. It's not news to you (hopefully) that there's something going on with men and masculinity. The unfairer sense is still adjusting to welcome rise of economically, and (with still…
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If you're not from the UK, you won't be familiar with Children In Need, the annual TV telethon that raises money for kids that desperately need it. What's striking about it, apart from the generosity of people, is the way millions of normally reserved and emotionally retarded British people join together to have fun,…
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I've just finished How Pleasure Works by Paul Bloom which I was both useful and every enjoyable. The basic proposition is built on essentialism and the idea that what gives us pleasure is much what we know and feel about something as actual physical characteristics or traits. Which makes a lot of sense and explains why people…
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I went to Interesting North on Saturday. There is much I can say, but there's little need when you'll be able to see the videos and stuff in due course. In any case, other people are reporting already, here too. I really liked it though. The speakers were excellent and it reminded me how important…
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