What happened to my little dustbin, its now got wheels and blue, And several other containers, which say exactly what to do, Woe betide recalcitrant owner, putting cardboard with grist, Thats automatic statutory fining, & slapping on wrists, However, deface paint or criticise, your beloved huge wheelie bin, Thats straight to jail dont pass go, in land of smily smily grin.

Or is it a good war youre after, or an end to global strife, He can do both of these at once, and make both seem very nice, Dont believe all that innuendo, put about by simply evil BBC, Just believe in his fables, just believe we are all still free, He can now cure epidemics, save whole continents with a grin, And smile at all his critics, put under house arrest by him, Every single Royal camera shoot, rock concert or England game, Smily smily grin will muscle in, and make sure hes in frame.

chorus.

Smily smily grin will save us all He is powerful strong and tough, He will carry us all onwards, He alone will be enough, His smile calms multitudes, Double smile so sincere you swoon, And when he grins he always wins, And he always calls tune.

epilogue.

But sile is of a con man, Extra smiles are really smirks, That we see him yet belive in him, Can we really be such jerks, So he grins a winning cheshire grin, Stretching from ear to ear, And as long as he gets away with it, He will surely always be here.

He often counters with an old chestnut, Used countless times and ways before, Just throw me out with washing, If you really dont want me any more, That might work well in commons, Where whips tell meek where to sign, But I bet soon more than blankets, Will be hanging from Britains lines.

Malcolm Pugh March 5th 2005.

Smiley Smiley Grin has been tried by people http://www.stiffsteiffs.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/smilysmilygrintonyblair.htm

Maps also shorten journaling time. What might normally take pages or an hour in linear writing now takes 15 minutes.

Being creative and having fun with this technique is important to experience. Mapping encourages use of colored pencils, pens and use of images in place of words. My drawing skills haven't improved since third grade; yet after a few hundred lopsided airplanes I can now draw them from several angles. But I'm still sticking with stick people.

Ideas also count. Ideas always occur during our writing. We're writing away, an idea pings up and we either need to try and hold it on edge of our mind or record it somewhere quickly before it slips away. Start a Map on a new page, place idea at center of page, then return to finish writing. You will find your mind popping in and out from one to next as you continue writing.

You can also keep a separate Map journal. Every few years, I remember to buy a journal for that purpose. One of my favorite Map journals is, Note Sketch Book by Bienfang. You can order them in many places on Net. Our local Staples store usually carries them in stock. They are different because top portion of each page, about three-quarters, is blank and ready for your Map. While bottom portion has lines for writing.

Of course, Maps and Clusters have many other uses -- like brainstorming (alone or in a group), research, reading, studying, or memorizing. Thus, learning technique is worthy to learn. I use them for just about everything, including three books I'm working now.

Basic Rules for Mind Mapping:

1. Sheet sideways.

2. Pen or computer

3. Select topic, problem or subject and purpose.

4. Start in center of page.

5. Use color to trigger memory. Each separate main branch has a different color and each sub-branches for that main branch stays with that branch's color.

6. Branches closest to center are thicker.

7. Each idea starts a new branch.

8. Use images to express ideas whenever possible.

9. The image or word needs to sit on line and in print.

10.The line needs to be same length as image or word.

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