20 Things I Have Learned: October 2009

Monday 26 October 2009

Doing a task involving repetitive work involving spreadsheets allows one to listen to music and radio dramas and actually absorb then well.
God is shockingly misunderstood.
Find it out for yourself, don't take people's word for films being rubbish.
The BBC have really lost their way when producing dramas.
The essential ingredients of a joke are timing and material. Fail on either and you are screwed.
Writing is easier if your surround yourself with inspiration.
It doesn't matter if you fail, at least you can say you tried.
Never be afraid to admit your idea is a steaming pile of shit.
God Matters. Always.
Priests are paid, I intend to fully earn that pay.
Having a job in a recession is better than turkey at Christmas
Sometimes it isn't about asking the right questions, more looking for the right answer.
Accordion and tin whistle make everything better.
Stop, Think, Listen.
Youth work is the most rewarding thing I have encountered in the Church
Passive aggressiveness is the cancer nomming away at the church.
I will not suit facial hair. Yet.
"Dan Dare" the comic series moved me to tars.
There may be something about society having lost something in the past 40 years.
I still miss Papa.

Never steal from Captain Farrell.
Alcohol combined with women ALWAYS result in unplanned pregnancies.
If you go out on a boat, you are pretty much dead.
If you go to another country, you are pretty much dead.
Australia is awesome but everyone is very lonely or swagmen.
It's all the fault of the English.
Scottish traditional albums must, by law, contain a minimum of 10% songs 1745 centric.
Laments are possibly the most raw and moving form of music.
Cross Irish Sea fertilisation is a wonderful thing.
Manual labour is a the mark of a true man.
Guitars are required by law in your band.
Accordion makes everything sound better.
Whaling was the most dangerous profession next to being soldier.
Prostitutes must appear in a minimum of 5% of the songs on your album and must be essentially good people or dirt thieves.
Boots not shoes.
It's time to reclaim the tin whistle from the Orangemen.
Sexual misadventures are probably the oldest kind of tale.
Your true love will survive horrific battles but disguise himself to "surprise you" after telling you he died horribly in battle.
Speed isn't everything, it's passion and a good beat.
The songs are brilliant and a rare chance to find out about culture.

Does pretty much what it says on the tin.

I shall be posting lists of up to 20 things I have learned.

Regards

Gordon