Fans of Dire Straits will remember the line in Industrial Disease which goes “Two men say they’re Jesus – one of them must be wrong”. With this in mind consider two headlines. The first from Australian Doctor magazine “Early Dementia Diagnosis of Benefit to...
Certainly it is nice to represent with smoking hot sexy abs. No doubt they look good on those hot summer days when you want to show off a bit, get some sun and have fun in the sand and surf. You feel confident, sexy and proud. But frankly, sexy abs are more than just...
One of my favourite parables is that of the Emperors New Clothes. Written in the 1800’s by Hans Christian Andersen, it has never been more apt than today. For those not familiar it involves a vain Emperor who likes to have a constant stream of new cloths to wear. Two...
I remember being intrigued by the logo of the Oakland Raiders decades ago. The silver and black colors radiated forth a symbolism of toughness. The slogan stated something that will forever ring in me: “Commitment to Excellence.” That one statement...
Twenty years ago if I wanted to get a message out though the media I could ring up a talkback radio station or write a letter to the paper. There was no guarantee that I would get to air or end up in print. Today I can (and do) maintain a blog and a website. Whilst we...
Inside each one of us lies images and worldviews which filter and reshape the “out there” world into our own personal versions of reality. These are affected by events and environments but for a time our filters of reality operate to dismiss new or emerging shifts in...