This is that last post I will be making at this blog address.
From now on I will be posting to http://petemcsblog.blogspot.co.uk/
I am staying with the Blogger platform but employing a greater use of pages to give some of the functionality of WordPress.
Please check it out and if you feel like offering some feedback, that would be great.
Many thanks to everyone who visited and contributed there over the last year.
Showing posts with label blogging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blogging. Show all posts
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Its been a while..
Actually, it's over six weeks since my last post, and not a day goes by where I don't think about writing something.
I have been busy in all truthfulness. Busy struggling with anxiety, stress, grief, anger, disappointment, incredulity, fear and weakness.
I'm not complaining, it goes with the territory. However, due to the imposition of a "blog blackout" the catharsis usually derived from writing, has been absent.
It's not the first time I have been burning up with some issue or other, yet physically and mentally unable to publish it. I am dead against the principal of "degrees of initiation", such as is practiced in occult circles, but it is clear now that even though the truth should be propagated freely, not every truthful thing is suitable for publication, to my discomfort.
The closing statement of Goncarlo Amarel's book (Senior investigator in the Maddie McCann case)
I have been busy in all truthfulness. Busy struggling with anxiety, stress, grief, anger, disappointment, incredulity, fear and weakness.
I'm not complaining, it goes with the territory. However, due to the imposition of a "blog blackout" the catharsis usually derived from writing, has been absent.
It's not the first time I have been burning up with some issue or other, yet physically and mentally unable to publish it. I am dead against the principal of "degrees of initiation", such as is practiced in occult circles, but it is clear now that even though the truth should be propagated freely, not every truthful thing is suitable for publication, to my discomfort.
The closing statement of Goncarlo Amarel's book (Senior investigator in the Maddie McCann case)
"We gave the best of ourselves to resolve this case. Our conclusions rest on the proven facts and the evidence interpreted within the principles of the law. Our work was done in the cause of justice, based on the material truth, the only thing that must prevail in a universe where the lie is raised up as truth." A Verdade Da Mentira.
Wednesday, 31 July 2013
Spotted, further disintegration
It has been three and a half weeks since the last post here and I am just popping by to say that I have been busy lately and generally too tired to meet the demands of regular blogging.
That's not to say that I don't have plenty to say, because I do. I just have not had the steam.
There are plenty of ESSENTIAL posts lined up, and some that only serve to indulge my own interests. Why not?
Anyway the "Spotted" Face book phenomenon is surely a sign of the times.
http://www.newstatesman.com/sci-tech/2013/04/spotted-facebook-sexist-and-degrading-form-cyber-bullying-disguise
If we thought that Facebook was a route to trouble, imagine an anonymous forum designed solely for people to bully, abuse, grass up, humiliate and generally poke fun at others.
Well according to a report from my wife about an hour ago, thankfully, the group in my area has been pulled but a quick search seems to indicate that there are plenty of them left around the country.
However funny it may seem, these groups are a recipe for disaster.
Take my advice and steer clear.
That's not to say that I don't have plenty to say, because I do. I just have not had the steam.
There are plenty of ESSENTIAL posts lined up, and some that only serve to indulge my own interests. Why not?
Anyway the "Spotted" Face book phenomenon is surely a sign of the times.
http://www.newstatesman.com/sci-tech/2013/04/spotted-facebook-sexist-and-degrading-form-cyber-bullying-disguise
If we thought that Facebook was a route to trouble, imagine an anonymous forum designed solely for people to bully, abuse, grass up, humiliate and generally poke fun at others.
Well according to a report from my wife about an hour ago, thankfully, the group in my area has been pulled but a quick search seems to indicate that there are plenty of them left around the country.
However funny it may seem, these groups are a recipe for disaster.
Take my advice and steer clear.
Saturday, 27 April 2013
Max Headroom
I ran out of steam for the blog a few days ago.
The difficulty for me is that, firstly, I have to have sufficient mental prowess to be able to run a string of thoughts together in logical sequence. After that, I need to be able to transfer the thought process to text. It can be tricky, since commonly used words have a habit of refusing to enter my mind, and the discipline to suspend the thoughts in the right place while dealing with grammar and spelling issues, can be exhausting.
Then there is the lack of willpower to even bother in the first place. Even when the idea is strong and the English flows well, the thought that it is all a waste of time due to the fact that no one actually reads it, is always a potential drain to the enthusiasm. Even if people do read it, they might just consider the blog to be poorly written, ill considered, biased, uninformed, or naive.
Still, the need to write, remains and always returns. I simply ran out of headroom for a short while.
Funnily enough, It was from looking at the technical aspects of recording signals into a Digital Audio Workstation that seemed to illustrate this to me, thus allowing myself to re-calibrate the attenuation of my thought processes.
Its a pity I can't re-calibrate them on the Mackie mixer I am using.
The difficulty for me is that, firstly, I have to have sufficient mental prowess to be able to run a string of thoughts together in logical sequence. After that, I need to be able to transfer the thought process to text. It can be tricky, since commonly used words have a habit of refusing to enter my mind, and the discipline to suspend the thoughts in the right place while dealing with grammar and spelling issues, can be exhausting.
Then there is the lack of willpower to even bother in the first place. Even when the idea is strong and the English flows well, the thought that it is all a waste of time due to the fact that no one actually reads it, is always a potential drain to the enthusiasm. Even if people do read it, they might just consider the blog to be poorly written, ill considered, biased, uninformed, or naive.
Still, the need to write, remains and always returns. I simply ran out of headroom for a short while.
Funnily enough, It was from looking at the technical aspects of recording signals into a Digital Audio Workstation that seemed to illustrate this to me, thus allowing myself to re-calibrate the attenuation of my thought processes.
Its a pity I can't re-calibrate them on the Mackie mixer I am using.
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