Ray Packham's Blog

In response to:Today

Sun, 21 May 2006 12:29:10 +0200

I respect...Mahatma Ghandi and the 14th Dalai Lama for living what they believe in, keeping a peaceful mind in the face of adversity (or having lived, what they believe in,in Ghandi's case).

Some authors, because their work is timeless, engages the mind, mirrors your emotion etc. (I would put Tolkien, Stoker and Yeats here, definetly)

Some musicians because they are not mainstream but real artists, e.g. Loreena McKennitt, Angelo Branduardi..

Carl Gustav Jung...because he improved on Freud and saved us from the dubious fate of believing all our brain is capable of, is thinking about sex.

And that's it.

In response to:friday just another day

Sat, 13 May 2006 15:56:35 +0200

How can anyone be bored on a train? Just looking out of the window is interesting, even if that journey has been undertaken many times, there is always something new to see.

You ask what ever happened to curiosity and the wonder of actually learning something - well, some people just aren't interested in learning anything - they would rather complain about being bored. B)

In response to:oh well tuesday 9th

Tue, 09 May 2006 22:10:50 +0200

the joys of having teenagers around!! (ask me, I work in education..)

I don't have the dvds... What's happening in that one? Frankly I don't know why they don't put the series back onto one of the normal 5 channels! It was great. Especially the one with the liver eating man who could squeeze himself through all kinds of gaps... Instead of one of the soaps for instance. They managed to revive Dr Who! Maybe that should give us hope.

Have you ever watched "Sea of souls" on BBC? It's not on right now but I found it also quite good.

LOL. married men do get weak knees like the rest of human kind. Wouldn't it be great if with the wedding ceremony automatically the appreaciation of beauty was limited to the spouse's alone..no more problems..ever..or rather..what horrible thought is this!?

In response to:oh well tuesday 9th

Tue, 09 May 2006 22:01:25 +0200

my nephew went to London to see Soho ! thats what he told the child protections team inspector........ I havnt even been there !

oh and its series 5 disk 3 episode 2.

i will be honest scully makes me weak at the knees ..............
and i'm a married man

In response to:friday just another day

Tue, 09 May 2006 21:30:35 +0200

very noble thoughts indeed..abt sponsoring child in the developing world...u seem to be a voracious reader..never mind Mr Playstation, maybe he wasnt as brainy or wise as u......u see it gave you an extra edge..hahah

In response to:oh well tuesday 9th

Tue, 09 May 2006 21:22:20 +0200

what did he go to london for??? is there something on we should know about?

The x-files are great. Which one?

In response to:thought for today

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 01:22:40 +0200

Even if He exists it is difficult to meet him.
Is the god man? Why we use he and not she, him and not her, when we refer to god.
Any chance god being woman?
I will ask .../her, if I ever meet .../her(?)

In response to:thought for today

Sat, 15 Apr 2006 23:09:36 +0200

A horse walks into a bar. The barman asks 'Why the long face'?