tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post4075330820105845721..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Monday Forum - go where you likeJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-27516531536616547672014-12-28T06:51:07.505+11:002014-12-28T06:51:07.505+11:00That is an interesting if depressing piece, kvd.That is an interesting if depressing piece, kvd.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-73521709858456026612014-12-27T19:30:20.407+11:002014-12-27T19:30:20.407+11:00Burying this back here, because I think it is impo...Burying this back here, because I think it is important to note, but far too long for 'topical reading'.<br /><br />http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/spiritual-shape-political-ideas_819707.html?page=1<br /><br />One of the most thoughtful essays I have read this year.<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-42376721804384741312014-12-25T09:19:14.165+11:002014-12-25T09:19:14.165+11:00Hi kvd and happy Xmas. That piece is indeed worth ...Hi kvd and happy Xmas. That piece is indeed worth reading.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-64766477500095406222014-12-25T06:30:45.190+11:002014-12-25T06:30:45.190+11:00Steven Pinker, offering some wider perspectives on...Steven Pinker, offering some wider perspectives on our 'troubled times':<br /><br />http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2014/12/the_world_is_not_falling_apart_the_trend_lines_reveal_an_increasingly_peaceful.single.html<br /><br />Worth a read, and some thought.<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-24460607291939773832014-12-24T15:52:04.034+11:002014-12-24T15:52:04.034+11:00Hi kvd, happy Christmas for tomorrow and may there...Hi kvd, happy Christmas for tomorrow and may there be many more exchanges between us over 2015!<br /><br />Liked the link. Don't think that I will try it on scrawny, and avenger just hangs around!<br /><br />The butter one is interesting. Old proverb in various forms goes sold the butter, lost the money to describe unhappiness. Butter was pricey, so they really must have wanted to keep the cat! Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-87287251571657125222014-12-24T14:40:08.941+11:002014-12-24T14:40:08.941+11:00Jim, you said go where you will, so one for Avenge...Jim, you said go where you will, so one for Avenger:<br /><br />http://askthepast.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/how-to-keep-your-cat-c-1470.html<br /><br />(Love the first comment - "does this work for feral cats?")<br /><br />Hope tomorrow brings you what you wish for, and my sincere thanks for the many thoughtful posts.<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-40762256356523001922014-12-24T07:04:55.635+11:002014-12-24T07:04:55.635+11:00And Joe Cocker was good, kvd.And Joe Cocker was good, kvd.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-19961477571291154102014-12-24T07:04:04.801+11:002014-12-24T07:04:04.801+11:00I have never been a fan of updates, although Sue w...I have never been a fan of updates, although Sue will remember an unintentionally funny one in York. Mind you, kvd, the Coriolanus film does sound good from the wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolanus_(film)<br /><br />On the road side memorials, Sue, it may have been the nineties. Dratted memory. I was trying to remember particular trips on which I first noted them. Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-72298340361653996342014-12-23T19:53:54.403+11:002014-12-23T19:53:54.403+11:00"Updates"? Well some are better than oth..."Updates"? Well some are better than others, - agreed, and then there's the ultimate 'updater' who is now up where he belongs :)<br /><br />http://ultimateclassicrock.com/joe-cocker-songs/<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-78074227265368178712014-12-23T17:48:57.421+11:002014-12-23T17:48:57.421+11:00Hi Jim
You've got me wondering about roadside...Hi Jim<br /><br />You've got me wondering about roadside memorials. <br /><br />I fancy(= don't know) that maybe it was later than the 1980s? <br /><br />And I saw The Dream, Bell Shakespeare, back in August this year(a streamlined production of Midsummers Night's Dream) it was so,so good. I'm a fan. Bring on the updates.<br /><br />SueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-62007570923551760832014-12-23T15:24:38.553+11:002014-12-23T15:24:38.553+11:00Was just watching Coriolanus - a modern version wi...Was just watching Coriolanus - a modern version with Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler Brian Cox Vanessa Redgrave and that actress out of Zero Dark Thirty - 2011 I think it said.<br /><br />Have to say I'm not generally a fan of 'updates' of Shakespeare but this one was just superb, simply superb.<br /><br />And then the thunder and lightning came through, and my satellite tv died in the proverbial, so I didn't get to see how Fiennes worked the ending. A must re-watch in calmer weather for me.<br /><br />Anyway, maybe a good Christmas CD present for those who enjoy re-thinking/imagining Shakespeare?<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com