After a normal day of Formula 1 photos, a university seminar on disturbing medical images and a podcast about Galileo and psychopaths, I returned home and wondered what to relax with on the iPlayer. A timely text from a friend recommended the Charlie Brooker Weekly Wipe - 'do it now - it's 30 minutes of life well spent'. This collection of acerbic observations from the news was amusing but the section on US gun culture needed no commentary from Brooker to be shocking; just to watch snippets of adverts, the Piers Morgan shouty interview with Alex Jones and the small child showing off her pink REAL guns was astounding. And worrying. Which is why when I saw Jay Gun: The Most Dangerous Man on the Planet, I didn't know whether to immediately laugh or cry.
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Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Tuesday, 5 February 2013
F1 Revisited - a new season of Darren Heath
A year older, a year not that much wiser, but the last twelve months have certainly blurred past. Whether it was 100mph with the landscape as coloured lines, a brief moment of dark introspection or an intense effort to stay focused, time has rumbled on; after all, another year, another Grand Prix season. Once again Darren Heath's images of Formula One give the office gallery a sense of excitement and drama. With a more leisurely interest I went down to see what differences could be found, given the exact same topic and medium which was exhibited a year ago.
Monday, 4 February 2013
Management Meeting Meop
How many times can you say the same thing?
Different ways
Round and round the table
Process mandatory pick up with the event of significant changes
All talking and no understanding
Communicating changes
Repeated views but merely louder
Definite definable outcomes easily auditable
Blanket stares into the biscuits
Bottomless coffee
Soporific gaze at clock going backwards
Publishing guidance on how to communicate
Red flagged emails read in a millisecond
Compliant lawyers
Responses required with no conscious awareness
Policy documents regarding multiple policies published
We are agreed
We are as one
We are a Single Remarkable Administration
Friday, 1 February 2013
Hearts of Florence
It's almost Valentines Day and warmth, Spring sunshine, tiny fluttering love birds (sparrows if I'm being honest) are in evidence in Florence. Being of a romantic disposition, I found the coldest and dampest museum possible, and was immediately drawn to the stone, metal and broken hearts of New York based contemporary artist Janice Gordon.
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