Fri 20 Nov, 2009 07:36 pm - Thanks for that Calamity - unforgettable music and an equally remarkable visual of the period and the place.. Amazing what you can find on You Tube. (view)
Fri 20 Nov, 2009 07:31 pm - Well, I had to do a search to discover just who Terry Prachett is. It made me realize that I was once a voracious reader of fiction, but stopped about 15 years ago. Too many... (view)
Fri 20 Nov, 2009 06:15 pm - There are many emotional approaches to war songs, and a few have already been posted here. Here's one I first heard in 1970 as my squadron was getting ready for a Westpac carrier deployment... (view)
Fri 20 Nov, 2009 05:44 pm - [quote="CalamityJane"]
...but most creative work is done under lousy conditions
“In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed but... (view)
Fri 20 Nov, 2009 05:41 pm - Well, I knew and very much liked some of his music, but didn't know the author or the connections between the various pieces. You've opened a new door for me and beyond it I've... (view)
Fri 20 Nov, 2009 02:17 pm - [quote="dyslexia"]
a good leader should have nothing to do.
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True, with respect to the real work. His job is to set direction; create the needed constructive anxiety; observe... (view)
Fri 20 Nov, 2009 01:06 pm - Perhaps so, but really just a semantical twist. Constructive implies importance.
A corollary for leaders is that the leader's job is to create that anxiety, not to relieve his deputies of it. (view)
Fri 20 Nov, 2009 10:22 am - Thanks to Ceili for helping me to learn about Ennio Morricone, the composer of the Music for the film "The Mission". I enjoyed this film a great deal. I was familiar with the... (view)
Thu 19 Nov, 2009 12:03 am - [quote="farmerman"]
[quote] Too much time in Demons and Phantoms. [/quote] A high school friend who flew in phantoms and then F 16's in a carrier squadron... (view)
