Depression

Why Schools Are What They Are I: A Brief History of Education
http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/200808/why-schools-are-what-they-are-i-a-brief-history-education When we see that children everywhere are required by law to go to school, that almost all schools are structured in the same way, and that our society goes to a great deal of trouble and expense... 22 Aug 2008 08:55

And speaking of road signs
this one's my favourite http://www.hamfish.co.uk/roadsign.jpg It's a wizard being hit in the stomach with a brick. ... 22 Aug 2008 08:55

Thinkering
http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/imagine-that/200808/thinkering We argued in our previous blog that kinesthetic feelings and visual images precede symbolic expression of knowledge. Physicist Michael Faraday exemplifies this pattern perfectly and helps us to understand the results of Jeanne Bamberger... 22 Aug 2008 08:55

My whinge
And on top of everything else, the laser printer packed up tonight. Just died. No more Ethernet connectivity. No apparent reason, especially since the Ethernet port lights on printer and Ethernet switch say all is well... Thankfully, its USB port still works. And then the swivel chair I use to sit at this desk... 2 Sep 2008 02:29

fecking telesales
lu-lu <lu(a)lululu.com> wrote: [snip] Heh my friend used to tell the double glazing lot that he lived in a wigwam :) Messed 'em right up! I once knew a chap who recording, on a cassette tape, a long spiel about how he didn't want double glazing because he'd heard that they were going to re-introduce windo... 31 Aug 2008 23:52

Saw a poor boy coming off his bike
He was about 14 or thereabouts. I was on the bus home from the airport. He was cycling along the pavement quite fast and went to bump up a kerb. His front wheel came off and he went over the handlebars face first into the pavement. I hope he is ok. ... 23 Aug 2008 10:27

Lie detecting
The truth shall set you free, but finding it is no piece of cake Oh what a tangled web we weave, when trying to determine who deceives. Virtually everyone, even those experienced at dealing with deceivers, detect others’ lies no better than would be expected by chance Those sobering conclusions come from the ... 21 Aug 2008 14:31

My German friend
is away home now. Hopefully she had a nice time in Glasgow. Spending time with someone so nice has restored a little of my faith in humanity, something which will no doubt be erased soon enough. There was no romance or anything like that, but that's cool. It was good to have pleasant company for the 5 days s... 24 Aug 2008 12:55

I've fucked up again.
What is it with me? I am a complete idiot, and I hate it. I can't blame it on youth, that's for sure. -- Mal The first word I type in any message, has only a half chance of being true. Anything that follows, is anybody's guess. ... 24 Aug 2008 15:59

g'nite rowland...
you should be sleeping, young man. -- ~cindy +*+*+*+*+*+*+ "if you can't look on the bright side, i'll sit beside you in the dark." ... 22 Aug 2008 13:01