I replied to amanfromMars earlier this evening, which included James Burke in a sentence . . . mainly because he was in the Human League video. Afterwards, I felt a little icky that it may be insulting to James Burke, so I went on a hunt. 15 seconds later, I found a 5 minute video:
Source: james burke
I always liked his stuff, but that clip was particularly enlightening.
Life is what you make it. It needs meaning.
Source: monty python – meaning of life
Anyway, I am biding my time . . . in the waiting room . . . waiting for a revised response from “you know who.” I am formulating a database structure, while I seek out new data, boldly googling where nobody has googled before. We are getting set for any contingency.
But I cannot stop looking at the budget. Page 6 caught my eye. It’s getting better though. The expenses are shown above the revenue, and the deficit is not even mentioned, as well as the debt . . . it’s like they doesn’t exist! Plus, it is a pie chart, rather than a list, so it looks pretty, wholesome . . . and pointless . . . the miscellaneous or “other” £74 billion of expenses are 10% of the total expenses! I could never get away with that on an income statement. Seems like . . . well, un tas de merde . . . excusez mon Francais.
Lucy just mentioned she has P ‘n L envy over getting her chompers on that set of books.
Source: godley and crème – the problem
Oh well, I’ll be meeting a man from the motorcade soon enough, but until it arrives with some fanfare, my finefare is to discount any and all line items.
Question . . . what is social protection? Is it a £200 billion rubbery slush fund?
Source: elp – fanfare for the common man
Man, I need a bath. I hope I’m not throwing the baby out with the bathwater tonight. . .

HI, AW,
Is the following, which does not at all disagree with the diverse and varied nature of reality, as shared and very clearly stated by James Burke in that Balanced Anarchy clip, with everyone’s take on reality being completely different, and an amalgam of all that they would know or imagine of the experiences of others, and have experienced themselves ….. and thus in essence is reality virtual and artificial, because for everyone is it clearly different with a unique personal view, and is bounded or enlarged by what one doesn’t know in the first case, and by what one does know in the other case.
That creates an interesting logical premise that the more one knows, is ones reality, which is virtual and artificial as earlier touted, imagined to be bigger, and the space that one has to travel in and the places in which one can be proactive/active/reactive with others, is significantly enhanced too.
I don’t do Reality as Default whenever clearly is Virtual Reality the Norm, for it is constantly changing and is as a result of Imagination at the Leading Edge of Intelligence, which can take you anywhere and everywhere, but I am fond of SMART Global Operating Devices which can deliver them to the Future in Order to Deny Mad Uncertainty and Crazy Conflicts over subjects and objects, which if we didn’t share to the world with media, would remain unknown, to be replaced by another media/intelligence selection for presentation as Current Running State of the Art Presentation of Virtual Reality Programs for a Greater View of the Bigger Picture.
Good morning (UTC-5) amanfromMars,
Tonight, Lucy wants to say a few words on the subject at hand . . . Steve. This will be a womano-a-womano posting on behalf of Jo-ann, since Jo-ann has no logon. It is her Prerogative, is it not?
We want to be civil and friendly about it . . . we are not really super and silly . . . us.