Hello there :D.
Just a brief post to say that my good friend Simon Campbell, author of the fantasticly magical blog "thethinkingphrase" @ http://thethinkingphrase.blogspot.com/ and my personal inspiration to start blogging has kindly agreed to contribute to my blog and perhaps bring it up to the reasonably high standards expected of internet speak.
If you read anything of value on my blog, chances are you could go onto his and read an article on the same subject that is twice the quality (and four times the spelling, and I KNOW that doesn't make sense). So check it out... (especially his awesome reviews)
2 posts in one day! I'm on fire!
Cheers to Simon for the redecoration by the way. Very talented with that stuff.
Cheery-bye:
Conor.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
ill informed opinion on swine flu and general musings on the relevance of the news.
Hello there.
I was quite amazed 2 days ago to find out that a boy who goes to the school where I work at has taken ill with swine flu. While he has been to America with the school band (who have since been quarantined), i was still quite amazed that he managed to come into contact with one of the (at the time of his visit) 200-300 people out of 303,824,640 who suffered from the disease. What is also interesting (and concerning) is that the other people have been quarantined as a result, and a few of them have started to show symptoms. The odds of this are quite mind boggling (less that 1,500 people have contracted the diesease worldwide), and it is quite the stark reminder that it is not merely a story to concern everyone else. Fortunately, the sufferers seem to be either recovering or handling the ailment well, so no concern there.
What is slightly more worrying is the realisation that the news does not merely apply to everyone else. At my age, some people (but by no means all) make the mistake of assuming that the unfortunate events reported in the news have no relevance to them, that they have no danger of interfering in their private, irrelevant lives. I was (and to be fair, probably still am) one of these people, but now the proximity of the flu has got me thinking. What if I have trouble getting home because of quarantine issues? Also, I assumed that when I returned home from my gap year that I would still have a job waiting for me at the local petrol station, but who's to say I won't be re-hired because of the depression?
I realise these thoughts have probably come to me a bit late (most people realise the news is relevant when they are 12 or so), but I just thought that was a bit interesting.
Look out for an opinion on the Spanish horror movie "REC" soon.
Conor.
I was quite amazed 2 days ago to find out that a boy who goes to the school where I work at has taken ill with swine flu. While he has been to America with the school band (who have since been quarantined), i was still quite amazed that he managed to come into contact with one of the (at the time of his visit) 200-300 people out of 303,824,640 who suffered from the disease. What is also interesting (and concerning) is that the other people have been quarantined as a result, and a few of them have started to show symptoms. The odds of this are quite mind boggling (less that 1,500 people have contracted the diesease worldwide), and it is quite the stark reminder that it is not merely a story to concern everyone else. Fortunately, the sufferers seem to be either recovering or handling the ailment well, so no concern there.
What is slightly more worrying is the realisation that the news does not merely apply to everyone else. At my age, some people (but by no means all) make the mistake of assuming that the unfortunate events reported in the news have no relevance to them, that they have no danger of interfering in their private, irrelevant lives. I was (and to be fair, probably still am) one of these people, but now the proximity of the flu has got me thinking. What if I have trouble getting home because of quarantine issues? Also, I assumed that when I returned home from my gap year that I would still have a job waiting for me at the local petrol station, but who's to say I won't be re-hired because of the depression?
I realise these thoughts have probably come to me a bit late (most people realise the news is relevant when they are 12 or so), but I just thought that was a bit interesting.
Look out for an opinion on the Spanish horror movie "REC" soon.
Conor.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Genesis.
I figure everyone starts off their blog with a reference to how this is their first blog. Well, this is my first blog, and I'm interested to see where it goes.
Also, Like other bloggers, I'll ask anyone who reads this to please leave feedback so I know what everyone thinks of what I have to say. I am by no means expecting a lot of people to read this, but to those who do I'd appreciate the opinions.
Finally, I guess I'll round off my first ever blog with some interesting tit bit of information. Chuck Norris (apparently) doesn't sleep, He waits. You know, I've never actually watched a full Chuck Norris movie, although I have seen the end of "Lone Wolf McQuade", and one particular scene where he roundhouse kicks someone in the face directly from the prone position, and then proceeds to blow up an entire house with one well placed grenade. Admirable effort, if you ask me.
Cheery-bye,
Conor
Also, Like other bloggers, I'll ask anyone who reads this to please leave feedback so I know what everyone thinks of what I have to say. I am by no means expecting a lot of people to read this, but to those who do I'd appreciate the opinions.
Finally, I guess I'll round off my first ever blog with some interesting tit bit of information. Chuck Norris (apparently) doesn't sleep, He waits. You know, I've never actually watched a full Chuck Norris movie, although I have seen the end of "Lone Wolf McQuade", and one particular scene where he roundhouse kicks someone in the face directly from the prone position, and then proceeds to blow up an entire house with one well placed grenade. Admirable effort, if you ask me.
Cheery-bye,
Conor
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