Posted in Change the World on May 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Ruthie was attending a dinner of the Great and the Good on Friday, having been invited to improve the average quality of the disco dancing. Ruthie, to compensate for her lack of diplomatic skills and comprehensive education, has learnt at such functions, simply to be nice to everyone and use both knife and fork.
Being a [...]
Posted in Change the World on January 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Grateful thanks to Dan for this mention, and for reminding me of my intention to write some posts about how small changes to your life can make a big difference to your career and your general happiness. (Plus if I write enough tenets I’ll be able to start my own religion and retire early.)
Ruthie, like [...]
Posted in Change the World, VM on December 2, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Dear Diary,
I have been wondering why people find the concept of free speech so very difficult. I have concluded that it is because the debate has been so clogged up with cliche and ideology that it is increasingly difficult to discern the basic positions with clarity. Modestly, therefore, I have set out to clean these particular [...]
Posted in Change the World on November 21, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Ruthie was intrigued by this recent post by Dan Hull about thank you notes, which are something we did as kids after Christmas only to be abandoned as adults in the brave new world of email.
In our selfish, cash rich, time poor society, writing a thank you note shows that you not only thought about [...]
