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TRIGGER: Back

August 23, 2008 at 6:16 pm · Filed under Triggers and tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

I’m back from vacation, and fully rested….
 
Or I was until I started back to work.
 
I had hoped for a slow and gentle easing back into the flow this week. What I got was a full on deluge of work.
Holiday?…..what holiday?
 
Still, this weekend is a Bank Holiday here in the UK so I get an extra day to rest up this weekend then it’s the big push towards Christmas.
September to December are traditionally my busiest periods. Long hours. Hard, heavy work and (hopefully) a corresponding income.
 
So….putting all thoughts of vacation behind me….the trigger is…
 
Back
 
 
 
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TRIGGER: Book

July 12, 2008 at 10:34 pm · Filed under Triggers and tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Been having one of those periods we all get when things just seem a bit too much to be bothered with.
 
Lethargy, apathy, disillusionment, call it whatever you will, but that’s partly the reason for my lack of posts recently.
 
It will pass, I’m sure.
 
However, in this ‘altered state’ I’ve also been a little sorry to see so few posts, blogs, articles, etc. on the “inter-web” that have sparked the usual level of interest for me. Hence the lack of the ‘Highlights of the week’ posts on here.
 
Maybe all the bloggers are feeling a little down?  Or maybe it’s just me?  Or maybe I just need a holiday?
 
As I say….It will pass!
 
In the meanwhile my love of reading has not diminished and I’ve been steadily working my way through more and more books.
 
That’s one thing I hope will never leave me. My love of the written word. Not only for the information and learning that one can gain….but for pure escapism.
 
What can be better than to become so immersed in a novel that you can shut off the outside world and become part of what’s going on with the characters in a good book.  Just like when you watch a captivating movie or TV show and you become so engrossed that you loose all consciousness of the edge of the screen or the TV casing.
 
I know….I know….I’m weird. But what the hell….I like me.
 
Anyhow…the trigger is….
BOOK:

-noun
1. a written or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
2. a number of sheets of blank or ruled paper bound together for writing, recording business transactions, etc.
3. a division of a literary work, esp. one of the larger divisions.
4. the Book, the Bible.
5. anything that serves for the recording of facts or events
6. a magazine: used esp. in magazine publishing.
-verb
7. to enter in a book or list; record; register.
8. to register one’s name.
-adjective
9. of or pertaining to a book or books: the book department; a book salesman.
10. derived or learned from or based on books: a book knowledge of sailing.
-idioms
11. by the book, according to the correct or established form; in the usual manner: an unimaginative individual who does everything by the book.
12. like a book, completely; thoroughly: She knew the area like a book.
13. one for the book or books, a noteworthy incident; something extraordinary: The daring rescue was one for the book.
14. write the book, to be the prototype, originator, leader, etc., of: So far as investment banking is concerned, they wrote the book.
-synonyms
Script, Volume, Tome,
 
TRACKS:
  • Camera Obscura – Books Written for Girls (album: Underachievers Please Try Harder) [2004]
  • The Clientele – Bookshop Casanova (album: God Save the Clientele) [2007]
  • The Real Tuesday Weld – Last Words (album: The London Book of the Dead) [2007]
  • The Beautiful South – My Book (album: Carry On Up The Charts: The Best Of The Beautiful South) [1995]
  • Cake – Open Book (album: Fashion Nugget) [1996]
  • We Are Scientists – Textbook (album: With Love and Squalor) [2006]
  • Spoon - The Book I Write (album: Stranger Than Fiction) [2006]
  • Sting – The Book Of My Life (album: Sacred Love) [2003]
  • Daniel Bedingfield- I Can’t Read You (album: Gotta Get Thru This) [2002]
  • Chris De Burgh – Read My Name (album: Road to Freedom) [2004]
  • Bread - Diary (album: The Best Of Bread) [1980]
  • Maximo Park – Books From Boxes (album: Our Earthly Pleasures) [2007]

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TRIGGER: Pretty

June 27, 2008 at 9:28 pm · Filed under Triggers and tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Can’t you tell it’s Summer time?
 
 We’ve had some really good days lately with sunshine and fair weather.
 

As I spend the best part of my days outside with my work it’s always nice to have sun up in the sky making everything look clean and clear and just….well….pretty!
 
The countryside is looking so green this year after all the Spring rain we had, and I for one am taking great pleasure in looking at the pretty scenes as I travel mile after mile through “England’s green and pleasant land”.
 
If nothing else it helps take my mind off the pretty sorry state that the economy is in, the escalating price of petrol & diesel, the soaring cost of foodstuffs and the pretty awful prospects our youth find themselves facing.
 
Then I see a pretty yellow field of corn and hear the birds singing and and I realise just how lucky I really am.
 
so the trigger is….
 
Pretty      [prit-ee]
-adjective
1. pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness
2. (of things, places, etc.) pleasing to the eye, esp. without grandeur.
3. pleasing to the ear
4. pleasing to the mind or aesthetic taste
5. (often used ironically) fine; grand
-noun
6. Usually, pretties. pretty ornaments, clothes, etc.
7. a pretty person: Sit down, my pretty.
-adverb
8. fairly or moderately: Her work was pretty good.
9. quite; very: The wind blew pretty hard.
-verb
10. to make pretty; improve the appearance of
-Idiom
11. sitting pretty
-Synonyms
attractive, beautiful, pleasant
 
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