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Change of address

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Andrew Munro

Hi everyone, Firstly, thanks for your patience and interest in finding and following my random and rather inconstant blog. As I mentioned recently, we are now changing address. The current address (on wordpress.com) will no longer be updated, but all … Continue reading →

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Rock and roll rhetoric: White Room

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Andrew Munro

“In the white room with black curtains near the station. Black-roof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings. Silver horses run down moonbeams in your dark eyes. Dawn-light smiles on you leaving, my contentment.” White Room (Brown, Bruce), Cream Maybe a … Continue reading →

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The neuroscience of memorable messages

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Andrew Munro

Way back in June, I spotted this on Michael Wade’s Execupundit blog. It took me until last week to sit down and watch it, however. But, I was so impressed, I’m currently reading Carmen Simon’s book Impossible to Ignore. Anyway responsible … Continue reading →

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The Great Books …

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Andrew Munro

This is a great find, courtesy of Anderson Layman’s blog, the Wikipedia entry for the Great Books; 161 books for every personal library. Some examples to whet your appetite: 29. Marcus Aurelius – Meditations 42. Leonardo da Vinci – Notebooks 71. Isaac Newton … Continue reading →

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Talk your way to power

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Andrew Munro

Language lover and Inky Fool, Mark Forsyth on the figures of rhetoric. Entertaining and informative: His book The Elements of Rhetoric is highly recommended for anyone with an interest in effective language. A couple of others are Sam Leith’s You … Continue reading →

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The most regretful people on earth …

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Andrew Munro

“The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.” Mary Oliver, via Brain Pickings.  

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My word for the month: omniana

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Andrew Munro

“Omniana – Notes or scraps of information about all kinds of things.” Shorter Oxford English Dictionary I love stumbling across new words. Omniana sits well with the habit I’m trying to acquire of maintaining a commonplace book.

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Rock and roll rhetoric: Werewolves of London

Posted on October 10, 2016 by Andrew Munro

“Little old lady got mutilated late last night; Werewolves of London again.” Werewolves of London, Warren Zevon Warren Zevon was such a talented songwriter. He was musical and he was literate. He was eloquent and he was deliciously dark. He … Continue reading →

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I’ve been away…

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Andrew Munro

… and now I’m back. It’s so easy to slip out of the habit. Work got very busy – always a good thing – and then Christmas and then more busy-ness. And ,then it was nearly a whole year. Work … Continue reading →

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Rock and roll rhetoric: School’s Out

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Andrew Munro

“Well we got no class And we got no principles And we got no innocence We can’t even think of a word that rhymes” School’s Out, Alice Cooper (Bruce, Buxton, Cooper, Dunaway, Smith) This bears a moment’s thought, and then … Continue reading →

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