Old Quick Thoughts

These thoughts of mine have been in the draft folder for a long time...

I have had a pair of long green woollen traditional Scottish socks in my car for four days. I think I look ok in a kilt.

I am happy that I have used “had had” and “that that” before in the one post.

I am trying to workout whether to increase debt and fitness or decrease debt and fitness.

I won $12.50 in Tattslotto.

I think the smaller prizes in Tattslotto are larger when there are less participants to share a part in it. Plus it is a waste of money.

I am tired

Work has put up posters saying “Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases” I think that they think being well is just as important as war time secrets – Loose Lips Sink Ships. – And if that is the case why cant I have more sick leave?

When you plan some blogs and then put in random blogs, your planned ones don’t make as much sense as they should.

My work colleagues don’t spy on me – they don’t notice odd things in my car that have been in there over a week like baby seats and book shelves.

I’ve had Derek Bourgeois’s song ‘Serenade’ stuck in my head. It was written to be played at his wedding when his wife walked down the aisle. The music starts in 11/8 (3+3+2+3) and then goes into 13/8 (3+3+2+2+3 I think)

I have worked out how to schedule blog posts.

I'm sure that I'm not clumsy

Monday was a beautiful spring day, I had arrived at the theatre a couple of hours early, and I thought that I would take the opportunity to have a good rest. I strolled down to the local shops and brought some fruit and orange juice from the IGA and some bread from the bakery, strolled back to the theatre and sat on the grass, with a lovely tall gum tree throwing his shadow over me to protect me from the strong, warm, spring sun.

After reading for quite some time I thought it would be nice to stroll down to the main street for a coffee, so I unfolded my legs and sprang up. But something was not quite right. I looked down, and my feet were struggling to keep me balanced, they turned sidewards and I came crashing down to the ground and a huge ‘crack’ echoed down the street.

I poked both feet and could not feel a thing, they were fast a sleep, and as I started reflecting on the crack I thought that they were both broken.

A few minutes later, took up by slowing finishing off the last of the orange juice, it was clear that I had sprained/twisted/turned by right ankle which was nicely swelling up, but thankfully the left one was fine. The moral of this story is to check if your feet have fallen asleep before standing up.

Two days later filled with comments like ‘That’s a very Andrew way to get injured’ and ‘Some people hurt them selves playing professional sport, some people hurt themselves running a marathon, Andrew hurts himself by standing up’ I have come to the conclusion that some people think that I am clumsy. I’m not, am I? I wouldn’t get hurt more than anyone else…

Is this your name?

When you are at work, the temperature is in thirties and you can not think of anything to do...

I found a website: www dot isthisyour dot name

It had the following information about my name:

35% of the letters are vowels. Of one million first and last names we looked at, 60.1% have a higher vowel make-up. This means you are averagely envoweled.

In ASCII binary it is... 01000001 01101110 01100100 01110010 01100101 01110111 00100000 01010011 01100011 01100001 01110010 01100010 01101111 01110010 01101111 01110101 01100111 01101000

People with this first name are probably: Male. So, there's a 98% likelihood you sweat just thinking of the price of shaver blades.

Forename:
Origin: Greek
Meaning: Manly, Courageous

Your personal power animal is the Giant Octopus

Your 'Numerology' number is 3. ... it would mean that you are enthusiastic, creative, optimistic, and fun-loving. You seek self-expression through words or the arts, and enjoy learning through life experiences.

According to the US Census Bureau°, 0.539% of US residents have your first name and 0.0049% have your surname. The US has around 300 million residents, so we guesstimate there are 79 Americans who go by your name.

Interesting ... I think I'll go look up Numerology

Last Post

(duplication of current issues blog which is about to be distroyed)


Hi All,

Sadly, I can no longer continue with "Current Issues in Education". It was a good five weeks, and I hope you have fun and enjoy the rest of the course. You all had excelent ideas, which I will sadly miss hearing about. Good Luck to everyone.

Cheers,
Andrew


'Parting is such sweet-sorrow' - Will

An Explanation

The next two posts (or last two - depending on which direction in time you are heading) were posted on another blog, which I had to do for a uni assignment. However now that the deadline has passed I did not want to lose them (even though they may be rubbish) so they are happily replicated here.

Now we take you back to our regular scheduled program.

Computers

Hi All,
I am having one of those weeks when all forms of technology do not appear to work - even good-old-Blogger has been eating my comments and subtracting them from the blogosphere.
I have also been wondering what issue to focus on, and I think that I have finally decided on “engagement in the middle years of schooling”. In the future I would like to teach in the middle years and I believe that this topic will be beneficial for me.
Now to find some tools to analise it. Hmmm. Quick question - any preferences on UK vs US spellings?

A Question of Etiquette

You are travelling to the train station (going home after work) in a tram, and you spy a friend. Do you:

1. Jump off (after the tram has come to a complete stop) and say "Hi".

2. Send a text message saying "I can see you".

3. Ignore the person completely (leaving the possibility that you might be seen and henceforth known as a snob).

4. Post a message on Blogger.

5. A combination of the above.

6. Something else.


Your confused Melbournian,

Andrew.