Monthly Archives: January 2014
10,000 Hours…
I’m a great fan of the theory of 10,000 hours makes an expert.
Here’s a lovely way of saying the same thing.
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Top Gear summed up…
I’d say that this is a fairly good assessment of the show. An hour of brain-deadness once a week.
“Modern life for adults is, after all, bloody hard. The workplace is not freer, but more regimented by management systems and nonsense enforced by going on ‘courses’. Email hasn’t decreased the workload but in fact piled it on. The demand to be accountable and produce results hangs heavy over every worker, and by the weekend they need a release valve. That’s where we come in – an hour a week where three badly dressed middle-aged men bicker, fall over and catch fire. An hour a week where absolutely nothing is achieved, but the path to nine-year-old escapism is briefly lit up.”
13 reasons in a single article.
I have to hope and believe that in the interests of everyone, on day, in the near future, these people are shown for what they really are. Fiction writers.
“We have NO interest for England, NO coaches for England, NO meetings with journalists.”
Blood & Oil…
The Definitive Ranking Of London Tube Lines
“Less a Tube line, more a conceptual art stunt. It has precisely two stops and is mostly closed. In its defence, it certainly does travel between those two stops pretty quickly during the 37 minutes it’s open on alternating weekdays.”
A group of friends…
Skyfall…
“Skyfall. This movie is a bit confused”
Praised as the best Bond film of all time. Someone dares to say the truth. It’s confused, too busy and unsatisfying.
All said, it’s still one of the best Bond films.