by podblack on March 12, 2009
After reading over the work of Digital Cuttlefish, poet laureate of the Scientific Blogohedron, and a comment they made, long ago, I began pondering to what extent is it true that one MUST practice in order to write good poetry. Since that time, I’ve sent two friends copies of Stephen Fry’s guide to poetry – [...]
by podblack on September 8, 2008
I know that there’s perhaps a few people who aren’t aware of the work going on in Australia to encourage philosophy and critical thinking for the younger age groups. In fact, considering the work that’s going on with P4C in over sixty countries, it’s kind of funny how many people still ask about ‘what’s going [...]
by podblack on May 29, 2008
For the Scientiae carnival, following the theme of ‘Added Weight’. The email featured a job description – which I couldn’t have. The Institution was going to start Something New. It was going to be competitive to enter, a program for the young elite. One of those cool things with the latest research and activities involved, [...]
by podblack on January 23, 2008
Want to upgrade your qualifications? Want six to seven hours of NBCC credit as a counselor or nurse? Why not try a ‘dozen dramatic ESP stories’! Hang onto your mediumistic teleplastics (warning – really revolting description thanks to The Guardian Science and the very-much-thankfully lost ‘art’ of the Victorian-era vaginal cheesecloth handkerchief-trick… which is kind [...]