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Cicero
Over 90 days ago
Bi-curious Male, 72
0 miles · Monmouthshire
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I'm hoping to conduct my own funeral. I'm going to pre-record it on a cd. I want it to be a funeral full of laughter and colour. No black unless people really want to wear it. Being a musician, I am selecting a weird and wonderful mix of music. But I also want it to be an occasion of outrageous and irreverent humour. All sprinkled with a dose of favourite writings. All introduced by my dulcet tones.
Socrates was sitting thinking about the meaning of life one day when Santa (here you must allow historical license!) appeared and came running up to him.
"Socrates! Socrates! I've just heard some gossip about your great rival Diogenes"
"Well lets see if what you have to say is worthwhile. Firstly, is your information of any use to you?"
Santa thought for a while then said, "No not really."
"I see ",said Socrates," and then he continued, "secondly, can you be sure of the truth of your information?"
Santa thought again then said, "No, not at all."
"Thus, you have heard gossip that is of no use and cannot be shown to be true. Therefore it is a waste of time so don't bother me with it."
Santa went off crestfallen. This example illustrates a line of Socratic enquiry. It also shows why Socrates never found out about Diogenes shagging his wife.
"Socrates! Socrates! I've just heard some gossip about your great rival Diogenes"
"Well lets see if what you have to say is worthwhile. Firstly, is your information of any use to you?"
Santa thought for a while then said, "No not really."
"I see ",said Socrates," and then he continued, "secondly, can you be sure of the truth of your information?"
Santa thought again then said, "No, not at all."
"Thus, you have heard gossip that is of no use and cannot be shown to be true. Therefore it is a waste of time so don't bother me with it."
Santa went off crestfallen. This example illustrates a line of Socratic enquiry. It also shows why Socrates never found out about Diogenes shagging his wife.
Barbara Bonney - Fairest Isle
A selection of songs by Dowland, Byrd, Purcell and others. Accompanied by lute and viols. I don't go in for sopranos usually but she's got a knock out voice. Such wonderful control of dynamics. Just before that I listened to :
Moving Hearts - Live In Dublin
Fantastic lively Irish music.
A selection of songs by Dowland, Byrd, Purcell and others. Accompanied by lute and viols. I don't go in for sopranos usually but she's got a knock out voice. Such wonderful control of dynamics. Just before that I listened to :
Moving Hearts - Live In Dublin
Fantastic lively Irish music.
The most dreadful lie along these lines that I've ever heard was by a fellow musician I used to play in a band with. He was desperate to get a woman into bed and in order to get her sympathy, told her that his wife and children had been killed in a car crash a couple of years before. We were all appalled to hear this deception.
This is a follow on from the other thread. Thinking of a Question Time made up from figures from the past, who would you like to see make up the panel and give us an interesting hour?
Here's mine : 1) Oscar Wilde - for his wit and wisdom.
2) Samuel Johnson - for his no nonsense delivery
3) Dylan Thomas - for his 'Buggerall'ness
and just to add a bit of severity to proceedings 4) Girolamo Savonarola
With Eric Blood Axe keeping order.
Who would you have?
Here's mine : 1) Oscar Wilde - for his wit and wisdom.
2) Samuel Johnson - for his no nonsense delivery
3) Dylan Thomas - for his 'Buggerall'ness
and just to add a bit of severity to proceedings 4) Girolamo Savonarola
With Eric Blood Axe keeping order.
Who would you have?
When TMS goes on tour during the winter months I keep a radio on my bedside table so that I can listen during the night. As well as the cricket it's great to hear all the guffaws and giggling that goes on at the back of the commentary box as Phil Tuffnell comes out with some wry aside or Aggers comes out with a 'Colemanballs'. Great stuff. They make you feel that you are actually there with them.
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Anything by John Dowland played on guitar:
'...If music and sweet poetry agree,
As they must needs, the sister and the brother,
Then must the love be great 'twixt thee and me,
Because thou lovest the one, and I the other.
Dowland to thee is dear, whose heavenly touch
Upon the lute doth ravish human sense...'
Or is that not the kind of thing you meant? ;)
Couldn't agree more. Especially 'My Lady Lady Hunsdon's Puffe'
"...Thou lovest to hear the sweet melodious sound,
That Phoebus lute, the queen of music makes;
And I in deep delight am chiefly drown'd..."
I wandered down to the village one baking hot summer day wearing a Lunghi. That turned a few heads! And I wasn't wearing anything underneath it. A mate of mine had brought it back from India. Much more practical than trousers on a hot day and then there's the added bonus of feeling that airy cool cotton swishing against your bits. Probably the first time the locals had seen a bloke in a skirt!!
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Cicero, are you reading Will's mind as well as the equivalent of the British Library?
Sounds divine.
Sappho x
I adore books. I like to see them in piles on the floor all over the house as well as on bookcases. Must stem from the years I worked in bookshops and publishers (music). Each book has its aroma and feel. (I'm turning into a book snorter! When people see me with my face buried in a book they think I'm short sighted when in fact I'm taking in great breaths of delight!).
Not been to the British Library yet, except on line, I'm ashamed to say.
I grew up in Somers Town where it is situated. I'm sure I'll get there one day. Quote by noladreams
Bookshelves: I want a room filled with books.
My ideal house would look like a library. Every single room would be floor to ceiling bookshelves on every wall. A comfortable armchair in each room. Behind each chair would be a good reading lamp. Beside each chair a small table on which I could put my many cups of tea. Since Hay on Wye and its many second hand bookshops is only a half hour drive from here I get to see my vision of heaven quite often.
Certainly, a lot depends on the therapist and the problem that's being looked at. Sometimes talking to family and friends is wonderful therapy. Sometimes talking to a total stranger is more beneficial. As a teenager I had a big family problem and a music teacher at my school was a terrific help. Whenever I think of him, I'm always grateful for the help he gave me.
A few years ago I saw a bereavement counsellor after the suicide of my long term companion. It was the best thing I ever did. The counsellor was a total stranger but I'd felt completely at ease with her very quickly.
Sometimes it's astonishing what comes up in a therapy session. Events and feelings from the past that outwardly seem to have no bearing on the problem at hand and yet get sparked off in some way.
Neither the music teacher or the bereavement counsellor were judgemental in any way. Sharing a problem with someone can be a great help but not all people are born listeners I guess.
A few years ago I saw a bereavement counsellor after the suicide of my long term companion. It was the best thing I ever did. The counsellor was a total stranger but I'd felt completely at ease with her very quickly.
Sometimes it's astonishing what comes up in a therapy session. Events and feelings from the past that outwardly seem to have no bearing on the problem at hand and yet get sparked off in some way.
Neither the music teacher or the bereavement counsellor were judgemental in any way. Sharing a problem with someone can be a great help but not all people are born listeners I guess.
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Birth of Thomas Paine
Birth of the Trades Unions
Publication of the Communist manifesto
And apparently the 1966 victory in the world cup....or at least the papers seem to think so
But the single most significant moment in human history happened in Birmingham on Mothers day in 1964 at about noon
Yes, the wonderful Thomas Paine. I got into trouble years ago with a boss at an annual dinner. After a toast to the Queen was drunk I immediately proposed a toast to Thomas Paine. Was promptly called to the office next morning.
Another political figure (in the early 20th century) who played a part in the welfare of the working class in Britian was the Italian anarchist Enrico Malatesta. What set him apart from many other anarchists was his emphasis on the role of love in society.
