Satirical Poetry About Tony BlairWritten by malcolm pugh
All Hail.Is your hospital full of aliens, despite cleaning firms, Antenna waving buggies, And creepy crawly germs, Then dont waste another second, now were into election spin, Just complain over and again, and up pops smily smily grin. You just have to critiscise, or mention cancellation lists, And smily smily grin appears, always eager to assist, He doesnt actually do much, just smiles and talks and grins, But takes your mind off bugs, for times that he pops in. Your child has only 15 a levels, and is learning how to write, Apparently thats a bit of a problem, to just get balance right, But if reading too is tricky, and Oxbridge hopes looking slim, Just bang drum, and hell soon come, savior smily smily grin. Hell appear with a little girl, who has four of her very own, Who all have masters arts degrees, though still barely half grown, After lecturing her elders, arguments seemingly trite and thin, Theres still honest eyes, winning smile, of smily smily grin. Is your car getting very wobbly, as if weak at knees, Is it even trying to leave road, and collide with walls and trees, It might not actually be car, just tarmac getting rather thin, So just avoid all potholes and call in smily smily grin. And as its an election looming, he wont risk a dodgy trip by car, A helicopter will come in zooming, carrying Great One from afar, He says some isolated craters, may even now be in our roads, Then smily smily grin will joke, it will only bother frogs and toads. If youre looking for an interview, with He Who Never Says The Same, Smily smily grin will meet you, on any platform that you name, You just nominate a suitable assignation, & hell appear right on time, You wont as youve used train, and Tory leaves are on line, Amazingly on arrival hes still there, teeth beaming bonhonomie, And though your biting questions show, that effect is lost on me, He is master of camera, and of trained sound bite, And signals and glows and radiates, as if he is source of light. And beams over to law and order, onto unrehearsed live TV, Where sycophants are lined up, like ID parades mainlined on glee, And suprise suprise TV eyes, smily smily grin amazingly appears, Faultless brave and magnificent, almost flawless for his years, And yes, isolated riot, and mass muggings still abound, But according to latest figures, it all happens underground, Anyway most good honest citizens, to believe his statistic talk, Nearly all have vehicles now, and seldom ever have to walk.
| | Mind Mapping Your Journal EntriesWritten by Catherine Franz
Clustering, also called Mind Mapping, is a great way to save space and time when you journal. For those of you that aren't familiar with Mind Mapping, you can search in Google on words or read one of Tony Buzan's (the creator) books. At end I've included ten basic rules of Mind Mapping.A Mind Map is a powerful graphic technique that harnesses words, images, numbers, logic, rhythm, color and spatial skills. Unlike linear notes, it allows your mind to work with expansion. Mind Maps are an incredibly powerful memory tools. As I was studying for my CPA exam, I created a very large detailed Mind Map that covered several walls in my home office. When I was taking exam I could close my eyes and see Mind Map and go right to answer. We both know a picture says a thousand words. In Mind Mapping, you can use one word to trigger a set of memories or you can draw a picture (artistry doesn't matter) that represents a story or memory for you. You can use Mind Mapping or Clustering techniques to record a single event or a whole day of events. If you are working on time management, you can also use a Mind Map to track time and tasks. For this, you will want to turn paper landscape, add a center picture, like a clock, and use branches pointing same way as clock's hour -- noon or midnight would be straight up, one o'clock slightly to right of midnight, etc. The sub-branches would be one word representing your focus or task during that time. After attending a personal development event on that evening, I like to reflect on my experience by drawing a Map from what I recall. This is a great way to transfer my thoughts from short term to long term memory. If I took notes I choose one word or image that represents each though per single branch for each area. When I remember a thought that doesn't connect clearly, I record a trigger word of what I do remember along with a question mark right before I turn in for night. By morning I have answer or a complete picture that is built on that Map. Sometimes morning also brings additional ideas or fuel for thought. By keeping your Maps or Clusters in your journal -- usually all in one place -- you can quickly review previous Maps to build upon. Since Maps provide a master aerial view, it's easier to see how dots connect -- aha moments or unmasking patterns. They stand out easier than in linear notes.
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