My CD arrived in the post today from Adem. Its great when a plan comes together - thank you SwissToni!!
Anyway Keith and I listened to it when we got home after a walk and a couple of pints - and here's the verdict from the West Bridgford jury:
1) Stevie Wonder - Living for the City: One of my favourite tracks by one of my favourite artists 10/10
2) Guns N'Roses - Welcome to the jungle: Sorry Adem but I thought it was crap 0/10
3) Athlete - Vehicles and Animals: Fairly dirgelike - not my favourite genre but some redeeming features 5/10
4) Nirvana - Love Buzz: Great guitar work, great animalistic buzz to it 8/10
5) Air - All I need :Already a fan, not a track I know but loved it 9/10
6) Doves - Break Me Gently: familiar with some of their stuff but this is a really nice track, again great guitar work 8/10
7) Aimee Mann - Wise Up: An artist I've meant to catch up with for some time, a good friend of mine played with her for a while, great choice Adem 8/10
8) Johnny Cash - Hurt: Brilliant. Jim introduced me to this track10/10
9) Turin Brakes - Underdog (Save Me): Lovely, jingly jangly guitars are my fave 9/10
10) Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade out): Thought I'd hate it, see Athlete re dirgelike stuff, actually a really good track 7/10
11) Blur - End of a Century; Seminal bit of BritPop, OK but doesn't move me 6/10
12) The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony: A classic, lovely track, I see that video of Richard Ashcroft walking down the street in my head whenever I hear it 9/10
Overall verdict (statistically speaking) 7.5/10 - some great tracks, drop Guns N'Roses and its a real cracker IMHO
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Left brain / right brain - thank you Maria!
Right Brain
22%
Left Brain
70%
*results won't usually add up to 100% as this test measures each side separately
Left brain dominant individuals are more orderly, literal, articulate, and to the point. They are good at understanding directions and anything that is explicit and logical. They can have trouble comprehending emotions and abstract concepts, they can feel lost when things are not clear, doubting anything that is not stated and proven.
Right brain dominant individuals are more visual and intuitive. They are better at summarizing multiple points, picking up on what's not said, visualizing things, and making things up. They can lack attention to detail, directness, organization, and the ability to explain their ideas verbally, leaving them unable to communicate effectively.
Overall you appear to be Left Brain Dominant
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According to Darwinian theory, optimal evolution takes place with random variation and selective retention. The evolution savvy individual will try many different approaches when faced with a problem and select the best of those approaches. Many historical intellectuals have confessed their advantage was simply considering/exploring/trying more approaches than others. The left brain dominant type suffers from limited approaches, narrow-mindedness. The right brain dominant type suffers from too many approaches, scatterbrained. To maintain balanced hemispheres, you need to exercise both variability and selection. Just as a company will have more chance of finding a great candidate by increasing their applicant pool, an individual who considers a wider set of options is more likely to make quality decisions.
22%
Left Brain
70%
*results won't usually add up to 100% as this test measures each side separately
Left brain dominant individuals are more orderly, literal, articulate, and to the point. They are good at understanding directions and anything that is explicit and logical. They can have trouble comprehending emotions and abstract concepts, they can feel lost when things are not clear, doubting anything that is not stated and proven.
Right brain dominant individuals are more visual and intuitive. They are better at summarizing multiple points, picking up on what's not said, visualizing things, and making things up. They can lack attention to detail, directness, organization, and the ability to explain their ideas verbally, leaving them unable to communicate effectively.
Overall you appear to be Left Brain Dominant
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According to Darwinian theory, optimal evolution takes place with random variation and selective retention. The evolution savvy individual will try many different approaches when faced with a problem and select the best of those approaches. Many historical intellectuals have confessed their advantage was simply considering/exploring/trying more approaches than others. The left brain dominant type suffers from limited approaches, narrow-mindedness. The right brain dominant type suffers from too many approaches, scatterbrained. To maintain balanced hemispheres, you need to exercise both variability and selection. Just as a company will have more chance of finding a great candidate by increasing their applicant pool, an individual who considers a wider set of options is more likely to make quality decisions.
Forgive me father it's been six weeks since my last blog...
Its not that I haven't had anything to write about - just real life intervening. So a mini-update is in order.
Keith is still ill unfortunately, albeit brighter than he was although still very anxious. He's been away from work for 6 months now which is quite a long time. He finds it hard spending a lot of time by himself - we try to get out for walks and see friends as much as we can. Jim is back from University in York on Saturday, which is good. Lizzy is much better and is back at work three days a week. Arthur Lee has been having chemotherapy and stem cell therapy and according to all reports is much better. And I'm finding work OK and am moving in a new direction there, which i find very interesting.
More later.
Keith is still ill unfortunately, albeit brighter than he was although still very anxious. He's been away from work for 6 months now which is quite a long time. He finds it hard spending a lot of time by himself - we try to get out for walks and see friends as much as we can. Jim is back from University in York on Saturday, which is good. Lizzy is much better and is back at work three days a week. Arthur Lee has been having chemotherapy and stem cell therapy and according to all reports is much better. And I'm finding work OK and am moving in a new direction there, which i find very interesting.
More later.
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