Steven
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Sun, 11 May 2008
An unflappable trust of our intelligence - 22:13
The title to this post pretty much sums up the over riding experience I have
of my relationship with my mother. To put it more obviously, Jane and I have
always found mum to be almost unflappable, to the extent that for years Jane
made all manner of statements and claims in an attempt to get a rise out of
her. However along with this calm demeanour our mum has always trusted Jane
and I to have intelligence and think things through ourselves. Even from a
young age she would not often outright tell us not to do stupid things,
instead she would suggest that in her opinion it was ill considered (or
stupid), however she would let us make our own choices and decisions about our
behaviour.
I like to think this trust she has put in our intelligence has gone a long way to making Jane and I the people we are. I like to think we are both well adjusted sensible individuals in this modern society, and so much of this is thanks to mum. I love you mum, and look forward to many more years of seeing if Jane or I will ever get a rise out of you :)
The Annual May Zombie post - 21:43
I missed out on this
tradition
last year, however after a year off from making a zombie related post in May
(tough schedule that...) I was sitting reading the Sunday life (sun herald
magazine) in the kitchen, listening to best of
James, waiting for the
cookies I am
baking to come out of the oven and I stumble across Zombie News.
It appears Sega has released an English teaching game for some Nintendo platform, English of the Dead. You fight off waves of zombies by spelling out words, of course maybe the zombies are just trying to enlarge their next meals...
On the same page of Sunday life I was entertained to see something about Slacker Yoga, you practice this suspended on some form of webbing just above the ground. The guy who created the concept is described as a "ultra-endurance yogi athlete". As much as I enjoy stretching and yoga style activities I think I am happy to refer to myself as a professional geek, or I guess in sports terms as a mountain biker, cyclist, kayaker or adventure racer.
Another ad, still a shame about the product - 10:47
Last July I
commented on
the fantastic Carlton Beer ads (linking to those I liked (I do not like the
Flash Dance ad)). A few days ago a friend mentioned she had seen a new Carlton
ad with some sky diving in it.
Though in my opinion this is no where near as funny as the Canoe ad or the More horses/Metal ad, it has a scale and amusement value on par with the Big Ad, this definitely an ad you should watch. Strangely one of my housemates went skydiving yesterday, it must be a theme for the weekend.
