tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post6203734256226135427..comments2024-03-28T11:43:27.547+00:00Comments on A K Haart: The ugliest moron in NottinghamA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-91920944020364724062014-11-03T15:23:54.251+00:002014-11-03T15:23:54.251+00:00Sackers - maybe we need to hew more wood and draw ...Sackers - maybe we need to hew more wood and draw more water to stay connected.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-11684385888396259612014-11-02T19:47:57.495+00:002014-11-02T19:47:57.495+00:00Dylan Thomas: "Shut, too, in a tower of words...Dylan Thomas: "Shut, too, in a tower of words..."Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-76745043096173001792014-11-02T18:47:32.890+00:002014-11-02T18:47:32.890+00:00Mac - I'm sure we are in danger of losing cont...Mac - I'm sure we are in danger of losing contact with the physical world in favour of a world of words and images. Language probably isn't enough without physical stimuli. <br /><br />Politicians need to get out more - literally.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-60682317564341683272014-11-02T18:37:44.443+00:002014-11-02T18:37:44.443+00:00The guest on a recent Radio 4 programme drew atten...The guest on a recent Radio 4 programme drew attention to the sea squirt. <br /><br />After an active youth, this creature settles down on a rock in mid-life and never moves again. Since all it needs to do henceforth is filter seawater for nutrients, it then begins to reabsorb its redundant brain.<br /><br />His analogy was dementia - 'use it or lose it' - but I can't help wondering whether something of the sort happens on a lesser scale to humans who allow their day-to-day interactions to degenerate into a series of those sentences without the leavening of conscious thought - and how much of a role a lifetime of television viewing plays in the process.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.com