If you’ve got the truth you can demonstrate it. Talking doesn’t prove it.
Robert A. Heinlein
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
8 Comments CherryPie on Jul 3rd 2011
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PhotoHunt – Busy
Yesterday was extremely busy and involved me getting up at the crack of dawn, which is unheard of for me. The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union took joint industrial action with three teachers unions (National Union of Teachers (NUT), University and College Union (UCU) and Association of Teacher and Lecturers (ATL)). These unions are [...]
24 Comments CherryPie on Jul 2nd 2011
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
A managed democracy is a wonderful thing… for the managers… and its greatest strength is a ‘free press’ when ‘free’ is defined as ‘responsible’ and the managers define what is ‘irresponsible’.
Robert A. Heinlein
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 26th 2011
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Spell of Creation
by Kathleen Raine
Within the flower there lies a seed,
Within the seed there springs a tree,
Within the tree there spreads a wood.
In the wood there burns a fire,
And in the fire there melts a stone,
Within the stone a ring of iron.
Within the ring there lies an O
Within the O there looks an eye,
In the eye there [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jun 15th 2011
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get.
Robert A. Heinlein
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 12th 2011
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History Recalls
8th June 1941:
The British entered Syria this morning.
From the Orwell Diaries.
4 Comments CherryPie on Jun 8th 2011
