Some of the remarks in the comments section in relation to the Albion Alliance over at Nourishing Obscurity reminded me of this song. I used it to accompany one of my early (PCS) campaign videos way back in 2005. We knew what was right and campaigned to get the truth across against all [...]
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PhotoHunt – Average
A bee and a flower of average size.
Trying to find a photo that might fit this theme left me pondering on the meaning of average; size, height, intelligence, beauty etc etc.
It left me with the thought that average is often used in the context that anything above is exceptional and anything below is sub standard. [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 5th 2010
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100 Photos 1 :: Fresh Snowfall
Whilst browsing around various blogs I came across the 100 photos project. It reminded me that for some time I have been meaning to do my own personal list of ‘100 reasons to be glad’ which was inspired by a book by Isabel Losada. I thought it would be a fun challenge to tie the [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Jan 31st 2010
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Late Night Listening – Ship of Fools
I can’t believe what is happening to me
My head is spinning
The flowers and the trees are encapsulating me
And I go spinning
He was the baby of the class you know
He really didn’t know that one and one was two
Two and two were four
He was the baby of the class you know
He really didn’t know that, really [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 31st 2010
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Media Myths – MoD Budget
A recent edition of DefenceFocus featured an interview with Jon Thompson, MoD Director General of Finance, who oversees the MoD’s £35 billion budget. Within the interview he exposes some of the myths portrayed in the media:
DF: How much media coverage about the MoD’s coffers is true?
JT: Some of it is not accurate. It’s [...]
1 Comment CherryPie on Jan 31st 2010
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Late Night Listening – Dragonfly
Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen of Earth and all native intelligences
of the forty planets, satellites, moons, stars,
and any other inhabited orbs
with contestants entered in the annual Grande Trex,
the only inter-galactic race.
This year’s event promises excitement to surpass all previous races.
As many of you fans already know the route or track of the orbits, glides, etc.
has been [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 28th 2010
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PhotoHunt – Balanced
Maybe it is stretching the point, but I can see lots of balance in this photograph. It was taken yesterday after my regional (trade union) committee meeting. I had hoped to take quite a few photographs in the city, but as you can see from this photo the light was failing and it [...]
46 Comments CherryPie on Jan 23rd 2010
