Tag Archives: competence

“Get your fucking game face on”

Posted on November 9, 2010 by dwighttowers

During a googlemail ‘chat’ yesterday I wrote the following I was saying to an academic today, that I can understand, if not forgive, the Council being so hopeless. It’s the uselessness of the activist/campaigning lot that does my head in. … Continue reading →

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Checklists and banana-boards and other unwanted symbols of our frailty

Posted on October 24, 2010 by dwighttowers

Who wants to admit they’re frail? Who wants to admit their independence and skill has peaked, or is fundamentally limited? Not many of us, frankly. And so we do not act in our own rational best interest. Maybe this is … Continue reading →

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