Yet again, you may have noticed some advertisements on this page. They irritate me, as they seem to offer negligible benefit (if at all), but yet ‘dirty’ my website! Yet I will continue for a while to see how they go. I hope that you do not find their inclusion, too offensive! An advert, that i spotted on my Blog, that I am happy has chosen to live here. I shall copy (without the link, sorry) it to this post!...
3D Pie Chart of results
Above is a 3D Exploded Pie Chart depicting part of the results from the recent ‘RBK Local Council Elections’ (May 03rd). The Pie-Chart shows the results of ‘my ward - St Marks’. Each segment represents the result of each candidate. Perhaps unsurprisingly there is no situation where one candidate dominates their party. This suggests that people have voted by party, rather than by person (fortunately, i am a stronger supporter of this system). Well done, to Liberal Democrats having taken more than half of the votes! A good democracy always involves strong opposition, and this interests me. I don’t know about other wards, but a combined effort from the Left Wing (Labour and Greens), could easily match the Right Wing (Conservatives), all competing to be the main opposition to Liberal Democrat rule.
‘Extra hot’?
‘Because it lasts longer’
I am strange. I realise that I am fairly ’self-righteous’, when it comes to coffee!
… or Cycling, or Music, or … etc ;)
It has always bemused me, that people ask for an ‘Extra Hot Coffee’! Now, forgive my ignorance if i do not know of a new way of making a hot drink, that is not hot.
Yes, you can now get iced coffees, or Frappe.
Water must be boiled to convect through the coffee, when making an espresso (the basic part of virtually all coffee drinks).
I don’t think you can heat water beyond boiling point, so i really do not understand why people say ‘EXTRA hot’!
Having asked in a coffee shop, i am told the simple answer, supplied above. 'Because it lasts longer.'
But, oh c’mon!
An espresso. Three sips, you pay, you go. Simple!
I must accept that many people don’t drink proper coffee, but they like to say that they do. Is it ‘fashionable’?
Gran Sasso d’Italia, last Sunday, was the first setting of a Simon Yates stage win, already wearing the Maglia Rosa (leader’s pink jersey).
This weekend marks culmination of second week of racing, in the 101st Giro D’Italia (3-week Grand Tour).
Briton, Yates has held onto the lead successfully, for entire the middle week. He gained valuable seconds over reigning champion Tom Dumoulin, in a closely fought stage-win in Osimo, on Wednesday.
Forza Simon Yates!
Monte Zoncolan tomorrow! This classic climb, comparable with the Mortirolo, and Alpe d'Huez, is just over 20km in length, but hasn't been included since 2014.
Monte Zoncolan tomorrow! This classic climb, comparable with the Mortirolo, and Alpe d'Huez, is just over 20km in length, but hasn't been included since 2014.
Page 70 of 'Colours of the Peloton' shows comparison of some 'Classic Cols' in Italy.
People watch most media, and continue by imagining themselves in that situation with whoever, wherever it may be. I cannot because I have been forced to learn to experience life and it’s tasks, independently, individually, alone. I receive help from many, many people, but essentially I am tackling my problem alone. Everyone is alone. Alone with everybody.
‘Independently’ (positive?)
‘Alone’ (negative?)
Educated thoroughly in Maths, Physics and Design
I have learnt to think logically, and very rationally
But now, experienced, I have to accept the reality of the absurd. Hmmm.
‘The solution Camus arrives at is different from Nietzsche’s and is perhaps a more honest approach. The absurd hero takes no refuge in the illusions of art or religion. Yet neither does he despair in the face of absurdity—he doesn't just pack it all in. Instead, he openly embraces the absurdity of his condition. Sisyphus, condemned for all eternity to push a boulder up a mountain only to have it roll to the bottom again and again, fully recognizes the futility and pointlessness of his task. But he willingly pushes the boulder up the mountain every time it rolls down.
You might wonder how that counts as a solution. Here’s what I think Camus had in mind. We need to have an honest confrontation with the grim truth and, at the same time, be defiant in refusing to let that truth destroy life. At the end of Myth, Camus says that we have to “imagine Sisyphus happy.”’
‘Expression begins where thought ends.’ Albert Camus, ‘The Myth of Sisyphus’, page 95.
The Myth of Sisyphus (French: Le Mythe de Sisyphe) is a 1942 philosophical essay by Albert Camus. The English translation by Justin O'Brien was first published in 1955.
In the essay, Camus introduces his philosophy of the absurd, man's futile search for meaning, unity, and clarity in the face of an unintelligible world devoid of God and eternal truths or values. Does the realization of the absurd require suicide? Camus answers, "No. It requires revolt." He then outlines several approaches to the absurd life. The final chapter compares the absurdity of man's life with the situation of Sisyphus, a figure of Greek mythology who was condemned to repeat forever the same meaningless task of pushing a boulder up a mountain, only to see it roll down again. The essay concludes, "The struggle itself [...] is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy".
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