Exercise Myths and Memories

1. Exercise EVERY DAY.
2. Don't stretch BEFORE exercise beyond the normal movement of the limbs.
3. Don't compare yourself to others, everyone is different.

"Blame It On My Youth"

If, I expected love, when first we kissed, blame it on my youth
If only just for you, I did exist, blame it on my youth
I believed in everything
Like a child of three
You meant more than anything
You meant all the world to me

If, you were on my mind, all night and day, blame it on my youth
If, I forgot to eat, and sleep and pray, blame it on my youth
If I cried a little bit, when first I learned the truth
Don't blame it on my heart, blame it on my youth

Thank you for Smoking

What a great movie

Funny, intelligent satire full of perceptive and thought provoking.

Story of a lobbist for the Cigarette industry. Relies on aguement and personal preference as a defence.

Bits to remember:

• The TV pannel
• The school day for this son
• The lunch time team of 3

Writing
Jason Reitman (screenplay)
Christopher Buckley (novel) - I think I might read this now.

Actors

• Aaron Eckhart .... Nick Naylor - Really makes to show
• Cameron Bright.... Joey Naylor
• Sam Elliott .... Lorne Lutch - as always
• Rob Lowe .... Jeff Megall - interesting, but not entirely convincing
• William H. Macy.... Senator Ortolan K. Finistirre
• J.K. Simmons .... Budd "BR" Rohrabacher
• Robert Duvall .... Doak 'The Captain' Boykin

Favorite Movies of all time

Why is a movie good for me? What comes to mind is it memorable, cleaver, new, unusual, funny, moving. It is perhaps have my state of mind when I saw the movie as much as anything.

In the order I remembered them:

• Mystic River
• Grand Canyon
• Pulp Fiction
• Reservoir Dogs
• The Usual Suspects
• The good the bad and the ugly
• The Matrix
• Schindler's List
• Assassination Tango
• Blade Runner
• The Usual Suspects
• Silence of the lambs
• LA Confidential

Meme

Meme - replicator of cultural information that one mind transmits (verbally or by demonstration) to another mind.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme#Memetic_evolution

http://www.memecentral.com/

Addiction - weakness or Illness

Just listened to the Science Now show on addition.

Lots of evidence that it is an illness not somekind of habit that can be changed by just stopping.
It seems that our brains are good at learning what works for survival. Once we have learned then we are programmed to repeat these things. When something goes wrong we have a need to replete things that do not help with survival (we become addicted), but the need to do them is very strong as it is part of how we are wired. For example under stress we are programmed to go back to going the survival things, which in the case of an addicted person is the addictive behaviors or patterns. The research does seem to support that once something has become an addiction it cannot be enjoyed in moderation and much be cut out entirely.

It would seem that the research suggests that many addictions have a similar root cause.

Question:
What is the difference between an addiction and a like or hobby?

Anna Deavere Smith

She seems like a very intersting person I need to find out more

What I took again:

• Where is the artistic processing of our time?
• Courage that what you send your time on is……..
• Hope vs optimism. Hope looks at the evidence and says it does not look good at all but we are going to look beyond and see a better future. Optimism is more nieve as it suggests we see that it is not good and that it might bet better.
• The place where the heart meets the mind
• When you are struggling with the age and the world, look tothe arts to help you withthe struggle, others are stuggling and expressing it in the art (eg off off broadway)
• Took part in Global reality Summit
• just writen play – "let me know easy"
  

http://www.pbs.org/now/index.html

Summerworks - Other Places

Harold Pinter thanks for these 3 short playlettes

Victoria Station
A convincing performance, a late night taxi interaction and questions as to purpose remain

A kind of Alaska
The awakening in 20 Minutes, something was missing from the performance of the patient

Family Voices
The Mother and son speak to each other of the miles. A moment that has been performed millions of times is very well captured and the boy becomes man on leaving the nest. The perspectives are well understood and communicated.

http://www.summerworks.ca/

Summerworks - Invisible Atom

One men and One amazing hour. This is real theatre, a perfect mix of suspense, humour, real story (to real perhaps) of our humanity and simplicity and significant insignificance. Anthony Black an amazing job. One of the best I have seen in a long time.

In that moment the world stands still, for long enough for us to learn and indentify and be transported. We all question our purpose and existance so we all see this. He does not try for answers or explanations, but looks for patterns and coincidence where there is none up to the final comic and deeply desperate betrayal.

I have the thoughts that Anthony has, if was great to know, for sure, that I am not alone.

http://www.2btheatre.com/

The movies that are my lives

when you are an actor, like nicole kidman perhaps you get to live lives every movie you make. Are they stories or parties or a real life? Do you have trouble separating real life from the story? Based on the number of marrages to people that met in filming I think you do. It must be a strange, magical and confusing existance. Or perhaps we are all like this.

http://www.jajah.com

Free phone calls...... this is really cool

Although look out for the one hour time limit.

Art, Truth, & Politics: The Nobel Lecture

Harold Pinter won the Nobel prize for literture in 2005

In interesting speak.

He choice to report writing speach


http://nobelprize.org/index.html

thought for today

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”

Anatole France (1844-1924)

Eternal Sinshine of the spotless mind

Cool movie and concept but it occurs to me it is Ground Hog Day without the learning, less painful but ultimately meaningless.

Schrödinger's cat

What does it mean to change something by observing it. Is it there is you cannot see it, but it to look distroys it what then?

Kandinsky Cool - the path to abstraction

On Visiting the New Tate in London

On arrival my understanding of kandinsky was thin to say the least. What was behind him and his paintings? What famous stuff did he do? When did he leave and where and what was his influences?

What a well put together show. I it felt like a show, in all the good ways, with it neat media presentation of Dell Handhelds and well arranged plot.

Overall memories:

• Kandinsky heard colours
  

The new tate - what a great building, London is such a great city, a beautiful sunny day helped.

Thanks, Sue and kids for a great day.

The Catering Queen

Toronto Fringe Theatre Festival, 2006.

A bit awkwardly acted and some clunky dialogue in places but a nice story, really and believable and as the actors warmed the roles mellowed and the characters came to life. The comedy revealed itself slowly and pleasingly.

Overall an entertaining time.

3 out of 5.

An Inconvenient Truth

Just saw this moving movie...

Good parts:

• clean and easy to understand
• great to see the things that Gore has been doing
• interesting to see a bit about his background
  
• makes me realise I should do more

• the evidence is really clear, it is difficult to misinterprit if you are looking
• temperatures are out of the range they should be and is is changing fast
• weather patterns are changing, ice is melting,
• we can make a difference, but we need to change the way we do things.
  

Not so good parts:

• can't help thinking there is a bit of election positioning here
  
• "my friend" gets used a lot
• a bit irritating

Is it a movie about Al Gore or a movie about the environmental issues facings us? difficult to tell and perhaps it doesn't matter. Overall great way to spend a few hours.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/inconvenient_truth/

great source of information

18,000 free books and counting -

http://www.gutenberg.org/

Cool place to hang out for a few hours.........

George Carlin

A free thinker and cool comedian of your time. Not always agreeing with him, but agreement is not required.

http://www.georgecarlin.com/home/home.html

Here is a summary of our time. I highlighted the ones that really reasonated with me.

The paradox of our time in history is that
we have taller buildings but shorter tempers,
wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints.
We spend more, but have less;
we buy more, but enjoy less.
We have bigger houses and smaller families,
more conveniences, but less time.
We have more degrees but less sense,
more knowledge, but less judgment,
more experts, yet more problems,
more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much,
spend too recklessly, laugh too little,
drive too fast, get too angry,
stay up too late, get up too tired,
read too little, watch TV too much,
and pray too seldom.
We have multiplied our possessions,
but reduced our values.
We talk too much, love too seldom, and
hate too often.

We've learned how to make a living, but not a life.
We've added years to life not life to years.
We've been all the way
to the moon and back,
but have trouble crossing the street
to meet a new neighbor.
We conquered outer space but not inner space.

We've done larger things, but not better things.
We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul.
We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice.

We write more, but learn less.

We plan more, but accomplish less.

We've learned to rush, but not to wait.
We build more computers to hold more information,
to produce more copies than ever,
but we communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion,
big men and small character,
steep profits and shallow relationships.
These are the days of two incomes but more divorce,
fancier houses, but broken homes.

These are days of quick trips,
disposable diapers, throwaway morality,
one night stands, overweight bodies,
and pills that do everything from cheer,
to quiet, to kill.

It is a time when there is
much in the showroom window
and nothing in the stockroom.
A time when technology
can bring this letter to you,
and a time when you can choose
either to share this insight,
or to just hit delete.

Remember; spend some time
with your loved ones,
because they are not going
to be around forever.
Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe,
because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.

Remember to give a warm hug to
the one next to you because that is the only
treasure you can give with your heart
and it doesn't cost a cent.
Remember, to say, "I love you" to your partner and your loved ones,
but most of all mean it.
A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt
when it comes from deep
inside of you.
Remember to hold hands
and cherish the moment for someday
that person will not be there again.
Give time to love, give time to speak
and give time to share the precious thoughts in your min