Author Archives: odeboyz

Aggravation Personified

Posted on October 6, 2017 by odeboyz

Who invented the new technology gadgets that we all rely on these days? The computer is complicated, but not so much that a ten year old child cannot dig into the insides and recognise all the internal bits that baffle … Continue reading →

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A Hospital Bed Conversation

Posted on October 6, 2017 by odeboyz

An Englishman & an Irishman are in the hospital laid side by side in beds. The Englishman looks over at the Irishman and peels away his oxygen mask from his face. “I’m English…” Said the Englishman. The Irishman also takes … Continue reading →

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This I Know

Posted on October 4, 2017 by odeboyz

It wasn’t ordinary working people Who caused the 80s banking crisis It wasn’t them that caused financial meltdown No! It was greedy bankers Who caused Northern Rock to fall The rich. Many politicians were the root cause Those with mansions … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Adam Kay~ This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

Posted on October 3, 2017 by odeboyz

Expectations are heightened when secret and diaries are juxtaposed. Samuel Pepys partially wrote his in code and James Boswell’s revelations were fiercely guarded for very good reasons. Neither of those diaries were published during their lifetimes so they really were … Continue reading →

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University of California: Berkeley 2017

Posted on September 29, 2017 by odeboyz

There are 1098 students enrolled on CS61A at Berkeley who are happily sharing a learning experience in the Wheeler Hall, which is Berkeley’s largest lecture hall. In state students pay $34,972 and out-of-state students pay $61,654. Is this a demonstration but … Continue reading →

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Conservation: Is it worth it?

Posted on September 29, 2017 by odeboyz

A confident nation builds so that future people may look back and marvel at their ancestors ingenuity and aesthetic vision. A nation in decline looks to the past in a vain attempt to “preserve” what was once great. Preservation is … Continue reading →

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The price of naivety: Verdun 1916

Posted on September 29, 2017 by odeboyz

The Bismarckian precept that two-front wars are disastrous shaped his foreign policy. He created a gigantic balance-of-power, which kept European peace from the formation of Germany in 1871 until 1914. Needless to relate 43 years of peace wasn’t a blessing … Continue reading →

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Fun Loving Baby

Posted on September 26, 2017 by odeboyz

 

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Film Review~ Bonnie and Clyde (Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty)

Posted on September 26, 2017 by odeboyz

Bonnie and Clyde is a love story. Bonnie is trapped in a dead end job, in dead end town, in a grim part of Texas, in the 1930s Great Depression. A very self-aware beautiful woman yearning for something better, where … Continue reading →

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Going out with a bang

Posted on September 22, 2017 by odeboyz

An elderly, but hardy cattleman from Texas once told a young female neighbour that if she wanted to live a long life, the secret was to sprinkle a pinch of gunpowder on her oatmeal each morning.  She did this religiously … Continue reading →

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