Good Morning

Tuesday Thoughts

A fairly mild day in which I popped over to Westwood Cross to do the visit part of a media survey. It was fairly quiet over there but I guess most Tuesdays are quiet.

Yesterday I met Ewart for some drinks at my local pub. Think we ended up with five pints in the end. However, I did have the mixed grill at only six pounds.



This evening I just had a cheesy mushroom omelet.


Anyway, I have quite a few days not doing much. it all depends on what wor comes along.

Dr. Peterson Interview

It was through pigshitpoet that I heard of this clinical psychologist. He has become a kind of phenomenon. He speaks some deep truths and thankfully not from a religiously tinctured viewpoint but a more humanist viewpoint. Oh, and talking politically, the Telegraph is a right-wing newspaper. Should have been interviewed by a Guardian columnist but hey there is little politics here.

Jordan Peterson interview Off Script

When society forgets its moral values nihilism and terror reign. The values come from humanistic values and have nothing to do with religion. Here is where I differ from this analysis as for me all religions are mythologies as much as the mythology of the Norse gods like Thor.

The internationally best-selling author and clinical psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson join Steven Edginton to discuss the moral crisis facing the West, how people become radicalized and what is filling the void religion once held- a good thing IMHO - within society.

Nothing he is saying is toxic or dangerous. Also, I love the fact that Jordan Peterson actually pauses to think about a question before he answers it. He has always struck me as someone who is genuinely thinking about the opinions he expresses; not a zealot, not a partisan, just a thinker analyzing a set of facts and positing a response based on the information available to him.


However, I am not a sheep, I am an individual and a part of the collective we call humanity with all its warts and so on. Religion just messes it all up in my opinion and should not be part of any political or scientific progress. So, without a bit of nihilism, we tend to rely too much on optimism. Balance is all. That is all I will say on it comrades.

Calming Music Playlist #1

Just what we need to cure the madness of the world -

Harold Budd - Late October

Laraaji - Being Here (Flow Goes The Universe)

For ....    pigshitpoet

ENJOY

Pictures Of Beauty

An homage to veryhot.

If Only It Is That Easy

Just Wondering

What are some fun and interesting alternatives to war that countries could settle their differences with?

What are some things that are okay to occasionally do but definitely not okay to do every day?

If all the countries in the world were represented by food, what food would represent yours (either original or current if you've moved)?

Good Night

.. and a case of Doh! ..