Tag: Prompt

Ten?

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What are your top ten favorite movies?

How to choose ten movies?

I can’t imagine putting these in any order,  and they won’t be profound or too subtle. I’m a sucker for weepy films, but I like interesting ones too.

1, Always, a fire fighter crashes his plane and dies, then haunts his girlfriend as she finds a new love.

2. Close encounters of the third kind. Friendly aliens arrive on Earth and one man gets to go off with them.

3. The theory of everything. The story of the life of Sir Stephen Hawking.

4.Its a beautiful life. The tale of how a man’s life was changed for the better, and how Clarence earned his wings!

5. Harvey. Where is that giant white rabbit?

6. How to train your dragon. The original animated film of the book by Cresdida Cowell.

7. The sound of music, a nunnery, a governess, love and escape from the Nazis.

8. Ring of bright water. A story of otters, watched as a child.

9. Hidden figures, the story of how 3 African American women were working for NASA. They were deeply involved in the Moon landings and beyond.

10. Lawrence of Arabia. I saw it years ago and fell in love with Peter O’Toole.

That was quite painless. Tomorrow I might choose differently.

The universe

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What are you curious about?

Infinity or beyond? The universe is around 13.5 billions of years old. It could continue for billions or trillions of years into a heat death ending. Cooling down and expanding forever. Or it might collapse in a backwards big band and a singularity.

I’m not a scientist but my interest was piqued by watching the BBC TV series “The Sky at Night”, I started watching in the 1960’s when Sir Patrick Moore presented it. I loved the old fashioned animations of how things worked. It was well before the time of CGI or computer animation.

I keep watching the 20 minute show monthly, over the years, finding out about comets, eclipses, meteor showers and meteorites. I still try and catch it all these years later. I’m interested in finding out about dark matter and quantum lensing. I hope the programme continues for years to come.

Classical

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What is your favorite genre of music?

Most classical orchestral music.

Beethoven, Bach, Stravinsky, Motzart, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Holzt, and many more. I love all sorts of tunes and sonatas and melodies. It’s hard to remember all the names. But in a lot of cases I can sing along with them.

From gentle Strauss waltzes, to strong and vibrant marches, classic music cheers me.

I don’t dislike more modern music, but the melodies don’t stay in my mind as well.. Music is part, but not all of my life.

Everything!

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What are you most worried about for the future?

I’m on the roundabout of life

Four horses gallop

Over the horizon

Middle aged men ride them

Chase my mind sideways

Illness is first

Hunger comes close second

But War will encompass all

Until one by one

A dark shadow stills them.

Money piles up around them

If we could part them from it?

We may have a better life.

Compassion

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What makes a teacher great?

I think compassion and understanding would be great traits for teachers.

To see and understand how difficult things can be for both parents and children. I have heard of some teachers spending their own money to buy pencils and paper and equipment for their pupils.

They care far more than some teachers do. But they also understand that extra support gives children a better chance to learn. And after all that encouragement will help create a stronger, more well rounded individual in the long run.

The world needs more trust and love and less hate. I had a compassionate teacher that supported me through the loss of a relative when I tried to bottle up my feelings. That helped me to cope and I think it made me a better adult.

Carpal tunnel syndrome

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Have you ever had surgery? What for?

When you get pain in your wrist and near your thumb, when your thumb, index finger and middle finger start getting numb when you hold things. When you start dropping things, and sleep with your hands turned outwards to reduce the pain?

Go and see your doctor. You may have carpal tunnel syndrome. In my case it was that. My job was using machines to print with and holding a heavy box to type information into. After 5 years the pain got so bad I sought medical help.

My radial nerves were being trapped by a band of muscle round my wrists. I could have had an injection. But the problem was severe. 75% reduced nerve conductivity in one wrist and 43% in the other. I couldn’t hold a teacup for long, never mind a paintbrush.

I elected to have local anaesthetic as I could get the operation done sooner. So one morning I was wheeled into an operating theatre and watched with interest as the surgeon operated on my wrist and hand. A few weeks later I had the second one done.

Now twenty or so years later both hands are still fine and I am so glad I had it done!

Esther’s 55 word challenge

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Every week Esther Chilton gives us a challenge to use a list of words and write a set number of words..

This week’s is 55 words including :

  • WHEEL
  • CRUEL
  • SOAK
  • LABYRINTH
  • YELLOW
  • CRAB

Morning on the reef. A yellow crab skittered through the labyrinth of coral. It was headed to its feeding ground on the other side of the bay. But the cruel sea washed over and soaked everything in a deluge. Waves like great wheels curved up and back. In a moment the crab was washed away.

My tag line?

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If humans had taglines, what would yours be?

Artistic Cat lover?

First I had to ask Google what a tagine was!

A tagline is a short, catchy phrase or memorable sentence that encapsulates the essence of a brand or product. It’s often used in advertising and marketing to convey the key benefits or message associated with the brand, helping to create brand awareness and recognition. Think of it as the brand’s verbal logo, simple, memorable, and impactful. 

Key features of a tagline:

  • Short and memorable: Taglines should be concise and easy to recall. 
  • Captures the brand’s essence: They should reflect the brand’s values, personality, and mission. 
  • Used consistently: Taglines are typically used across various marketing materials to maintain a cohesive brand image. 
  • Can be descriptive, imperative, provocative, or specific: They can highlight what the brand promises to deliver, encourage action, pose a question, or focus on a specific characteristic. 
  • Can be a slogan: While slogans are often temporary and tied to a specific campaign, a tagline is a more consistent, long-term representation of the brand’s identity. 

Well I’m not a commercial business. I don’t think I’d personally like a tagline. But Artistic Cat lover sort of fits the bill. Both of these things have been part of my life for almost all of my existence. I’m not promising anything, I’m not selling anything, and I hope what I’m saying makes sense. X

Freedom should be fair.

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What does freedom mean to you?

Freedom should go hand in hand with equality. The right to speak out about problems in society, to try and eradicate things like torture and violence and wars. To reduce poverty and share resources and responsibilities more fairly. And also allow religious freedom as long as it doesn’t discriminate against others.

I know it’s impossible. Human behaviour makes selfishness and greed almost impossible to avoid. But we should try. Some rich people create foundations to make their wealth go to the poorest, the most needy. They show up the other wealthy millionaires and billionaires as people stifling equality and freedom.

Freedom is the ability to learn. To understand, to share knowledge. To show we are more than bluntly uncaring primates. Perhaps our anticedents with simpler lives may have been happier than modern humans can ever be. I am a naive idealistic person but I do care.