tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post4049131733989824129..comments2024-03-27T09:27:33.931+00:00Comments on Idiotic Hat: Sunshine & ShowersMike C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-2223994999394133352011-04-27T22:47:55.173+01:002011-04-27T22:47:55.173+01:00Tony,
No, I just found it -- I forgot you'd g...Tony,<br /><br />No, I just found it -- I forgot you'd got the adjectives back to front -- and skipped through. Yes, makes sense, but I can't see our consultant whipping up a cocktail of gatoraid and parasites...<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-11185950478120781562011-04-27T22:21:19.102+01:002011-04-27T22:21:19.102+01:00Tony,
No, I was hoping the new RadioPlayer servic...Tony,<br /><br />No, I was hoping the new RadioPlayer service would keep it on longer than Listen Again, but it seems not. Thanks anyway -- as I say, the NHS won't be interested until the chemistry has been pulled apart and a Big Pharma firm gives it a fancy name (hey, maybe they get those weird drug names from blog checkwords...).<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-4796738750724303982011-04-27T21:41:55.756+01:002011-04-27T21:41:55.756+01:00So did you catch the prog or not?So did you catch the prog or not?Tony_Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-62854493742972355332011-04-25T15:04:25.158+01:002011-04-25T15:04:25.158+01:00Tony,
No problem -- it's not me that's to...Tony,<br /><br />No problem -- it's not me that's touchy, it's the consultant. There's a deep split in the NHS between "scientists" (who like pharmaceuticals) and "witches" (who like alternatives), esp. where children are concerned.<br /><br />I've simply given up suggesting to our "scientist" consultant that this or that alternative approach might be worth exploring.<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-5726446944701787382011-04-24T20:48:29.633+01:002011-04-24T20:48:29.633+01:00Hmm, yeah, touchy subject. Sorry, Mike. Hope you l...Hmm, yeah, touchy subject. Sorry, Mike. Hope you listened anyway.<br /><br />[Checkword: wifensi. Sorry, no idea (not married.]Tony_Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-15218351358885569942011-04-21T22:39:46.491+01:002011-04-21T22:39:46.491+01:00Tony,
Thanks for the reminder, I'll see if I ...Tony,<br /><br />Thanks for the reminder, I'll see if I can find it.<br /><br />I didn't mean to sound disparaging, it's just that the consultants stabilise the condition with a daily cocktail of pills (inc. steroids when it gets bad) and react badly to suggestions that "I read XXX has been shown to have a positive effect" -- we've been there a few times. No doubt they'll change their minds when one of the pharma companies packages it all up into a suitably expensive medication.<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-61941424661406207482011-04-21T13:48:09.997+01:002011-04-21T13:48:09.997+01:00Oh! I'm not sure Blogger didn't f*** up an...Oh! I'm not sure Blogger didn't f*** up and curtail the full URL, but I certainly got the program title wrong: It's Voodoo Worms and Zombie Wasps, and you may have only today to "listen again". TonyTony_Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-68339565143918246512011-04-21T13:44:46.532+01:002011-04-21T13:44:46.532+01:00Hmm. Don't think the eminent biologists doing ...Hmm. Don't think the eminent biologists doing this pioneering science would much like it being described as "snake oil", but perhaps I'm opening a can of worms here(ho!ho! follow the link to get the joke).Tony_Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-73967663438969817052011-04-18T10:39:07.340+01:002011-04-18T10:39:07.340+01:00do you know the poem "The Woodspurge"
I...<i>do you know the poem "The Woodspurge"</i><br /><br />I do now :-)<br /><br />Poppies in the trenches, buddlia on the bombsites. I'm not really thinking of innocence in the face of the sublime, more how continuity of the insignificant can be reassuring. I'm only part Scot, and there's a fair admixture of Lord Jim in the anglo saxon part.<br /><br />The florilegium post was as much a brain dump in desperation as any real kick start to blogging. I've been thinking a lot about colour, and colour combinations. Windows and walls fit perfectly.<br /><br />Biggs and Collins' colour combinations are wonderfully subtle. I actually prefer more nuanced spatial patterns: some of Brigit Riley's more recent work resonates strongly. There's not much online, but the Tate channel of online videos has a great artist's talk.<br /><br />I have always been interested in quasicrystals and liquid crystals, where the symmetry is an average, stochastic property rather than being exact. Scaling symmetries like those found in fractals are fun too. 'Orbifold' is good (if technical) googlefodder. If you have it in your stacks John Conway et als "The symmetries of things" is worth reading, even if you skim over the technical bits.Struanhttp://struangray.com/twiglognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-67752695861447846742011-04-18T09:19:29.147+01:002011-04-18T09:19:29.147+01:00Huw,
Thanks for that, not sure if we've got t...Huw,<br /><br />Thanks for that, not sure if we've got that one or not (my partner is the Radnor book collector) and I'll check it out.<br /><br />It's that kind of place -- low-key but intense -- and attracts a superior class of "incomer"... The painter Ben Hartley, who lived in Presteigne, is worth checking out.<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-75584709167367175992011-04-18T09:09:20.548+01:002011-04-18T09:09:20.548+01:00Mike,
Have you seen 'At the Bright Hem of God...Mike,<br /><br />Have you seen <i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/At-Bright-Hem-God-Radnorshire/dp/1854114905/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1303113604&sr=8-2" rel="nofollow">'At the Bright Hem of God'</a></i><br />by Peter Conradi about Radnorshire? I've not read it myself but have enjoyed other Conradi books.<br /><br />HuwHuwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-1385073023721364022011-04-18T09:04:18.148+01:002011-04-18T09:04:18.148+01:00Struan,
Yes, the small things are what matter -- ...Struan,<br /><br />Yes, the small things are what matter -- do you know the poem "The Woodspurge" by Rossetti? I was pleased and moved by a gift of two green woodpecker feathers my partner gave me on one of our walks last week.<br /><br />However, I've never been tested as my friends have been tested, and hope never to be.<br /><br />Good to see Twiglog is back, and thanks for featuring my work in your anthology -- some attractive work in there. Interesting that you've picked up on those Emma Biggs / Matthew Collings collaborations, too -- I'm intrigued by "tiling" patterns at the moment.<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-65427722880390079312011-04-18T08:38:01.872+01:002011-04-18T08:38:01.872+01:00Sorry to hear that friends are suffering.
Small t...Sorry to hear that friends are suffering.<br /><br />Small things help. I am not superstitious or New Age-y, but certain animals and plants have turned out to be deeply reassuring. Hares and red kites in the countryside, wrens and hedgehogs around the town. Alders get on with a largely unnoticed existence, and don't seem to miss the attention.Struannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-76934237080145847872011-04-17T21:22:09.865+01:002011-04-17T21:22:09.865+01:00I'll check that out, thanks, Anonymous Tony, t...I'll check that out, thanks, Anonymous Tony, though "snake oil" cures for auto-immune problems turn up every year -- the medical people tend to sneer, and not take them seriously.<br /><br />Bron, yes, only adolescents can afford pessimism -- grown-ups are stuck with the cautious optimism that keeps things ticking over...<br /><br />Gavin, Ecclesiastes is the best and strangest book in the Bible, isn't it? It's virtually an invitation to atheism. Like Hamlet, it's "full of quotations".<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-83916580491910711152011-04-17T00:02:51.048+01:002011-04-17T00:02:51.048+01:00Ecclesiates 7:4
"The heart of the wise is in...Ecclesiates 7:4<br /><br />"The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning<br />But the heart of fools is in the house of mirth."<br /><br />I'm not much of Christian but when in a church I often turn to Ecclesiastes in the pew bibles to while away the hour.<br /><br />I hope your friends family finds some peace.<br /><br />I do like your view <br /><br />GavinGavin McLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14630089445696518084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-40925358105864390072011-04-16T23:42:57.993+01:002011-04-16T23:42:57.993+01:00Well, as someone who, somewhat "Eeoryshly&quo...Well, as someone who, somewhat "Eeoryshly" feels he has had an excess of "bad news", I still feel, despite it's unwarranted optimism. keep on keeping on, is good advice; as the alternative is just too bleak.Bronislaus Janulis / Framewrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15839855368056037541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-76279426019124409072011-04-16T19:28:21.691+01:002011-04-16T19:28:21.691+01:00Er..not anon, but me: Tony C.Er..not anon, but me: Tony C.Tony_Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-18181365307785991002011-04-16T19:26:59.808+01:002011-04-16T19:26:59.808+01:00Sorry to hear about Bad News, Mike. Anyone I know?...Sorry to hear about Bad News, Mike. Anyone I know? (Email pls, if so).<br /><br />Got some Good News for you, though (or rather for your Crohn's-suffering children). It's contained within April 14th's Broadcast on R4, Parasite Worms and Zombie Wasps, a truly amazing programme in all respects, and one which refers (near the end) to a novel treatment for Crohn's.<br /><br />The URL is http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01061hk/Voodoo_Wasps_and_Zombie_Worms/<br /><br />Don't miss it!<br /><br />[Checkword: rearity - What the Japanese are living in now?]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com