Photo of the week: Ingrid Bergman.
THE FLEETING AND THE BRIEF
Life Update
Time flies, apparently whether you’re having fun or not. Does the perception of time alter with age? Or is it more likely that time is actually speeding up, as I suspect. 24.10.09
The 1/7th News Desk
No news is good news? 24.10.09
Previously
Worry not. All beautiful imagery and commentary previously posted in the still new “Fleeting and the Brief Department” is not lost. When the time is right, it merely shifts onward and upward to gather here.
AND ONE-SEVENTH IS…
Ideas, opinionated opinions, & incisive commentary. And/or perhaps, an ongoing, low-intensity vanity project.
Video. There was actually a rigour and a purpose in the exercise of making this. More about one-seventh on the Aboutness page.
I love my car. Does it complete me? No. But perhaps I complete it. More pretty photos and a bit of text.
RECENT ARTICLES
INCORRIGIBLE
Those moments when you didn’t hear someone’s wisecrack about you. Good luck ever retrieving it.
STREET SHOT
A guy comes up to me as I’m getting out of my car; he takes my photo, splits and then posts it on his blog.
STARBUCKS: TRYING TOO HARD AND NOT HARD ENOUGH
Improvements underway at Starbucks. But how about just getting the drinks right first.
PARAGLIDING FROM GROUSE
An unconventional flight triggers some thoughts on advice and it’s counterpart, resistance.
I LOVE THIS SCENE
A smooth operator convincingly charms his way out of a sticky situation…
“SLIGHTLY CHEEKY” STREAM, A CREATIVE WRITING EXERCISE
Keeping sharp while on stay-cation means putting the head to work. This piece is the first of a series of creative writing exercises in David Morley’s Writing Challenges podcast. Sit back and observe as I tackle this one in real time…
THE 7 HABITS: A PERSONAL SELF-ASSESSMENT
An objective and frank look at how I measure up to Stephen Covey’s “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.” The result? Well, there’s room for growth. Try it yourself…
NEW IDEA: “BIG IDEAS”
Ever get tired of your own petty content? Well I did. So this piece introduces a new feature on the site, a way to separate meaningful content from the trifling complaining that tends dominate this domain…
ADDING TEXT TO ICONS
Making the buttons at the top of the site a bit more user friendly…
300,000 KINDS OF JOBS
An insightful chat with a career counsellor. This one will be continued…
WISDOM
“We’re all put to the test. But it never comes in the form or at the point we’d prefer it.”
David Mamet (character’s line in ‘The Edge’)
“What you are shouts so loudly in my ears that I cannot hear what you say.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“You should feel that, under the right conditions, all women would be available.”
Helmut Newton
“It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.”
Henry David Thoreau
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
Benjamin Franklin
“If I’d asked my customers what they wanted, they’d have said a faster horse.”
Henry Ford
“If you have nothing to say, say nothing.”
Mark Twain