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28
Sep 2012
Murphy and that old cliché.
If it can go wrong, it will.
If your late for an appointment and you haven’t driven in days, your engine will stall. If you are really hungry and there’s a particular food you want, they won’t have it in Morrisons.
Pessimistic much? Well, as with any grim view of certainty, it usually stems from mathematics. I mean, half of why we can’t fly is defined by the laws of Albie Einstein’s general theory of relativity. You do the math. (Pun seriously intended).
Back to Murphy though. Why is he taking the rap? It was actually this mathematician bloke called Augustus De Morgan that was first responsible for this way of thinking, when back in 1866 he said:
‘…whatever can happen, will happen if we make trials enough.’
Still, Murphy takes the heat. Wanna know something funny? This guy Murphy is actually reference to Edward Murphy, Jr. (his name’s Eddie Murphy 
) – hilarious.
The story goes…
Eddie gets dubbed with this forever because of a feud with him and a rival Dr. John Strapp. You see, Eddie was an engineer who had a fair bit of trouble creating new measurement devices that actually worked.
Dr. Strapp worked in the air force, and was researching what the human tolerance for g-forces during rapid deceleration would be. He carried out these tests using a crash dummy strapped to a seat on a sled.
After the whole dummy, sled thing – he used himself in the test, I guess for a more realistic take.
Anyway, during the tests, questions were raised about the accuracy of the instruments used to measure the g-forces Strapp was experiencing, and Eddie suggested that he use electronic equipment instead and this time, use a chimpanzee.
As exciting as it sounds, everyone was disappointed when the sensors read a big fat zero!
They had been loaded onto the machine backwards, and so didn’t trigger to get a reading.
Of course Murphy blamed his assistant and the Air Force blame Murphy. Other engineers in Air Force went off annoyed, including a fellow called George Nichols.
Nichols, in an interview about the failed experiment shed light on the topic of some of those secret discussions, revealed publicly that Murphy blamed his assistant.
Apparently the joint sentiment amongst the force on Murphy’s arrogant way of doing this was:
“If that guy has any way of making a mistake, he will.”
- so it’s a phrase that was said negatively about Murphy, by people that he disappointed.
However Murphy’s son disagreed with this. He believes that his father coined the term himself, rather than someone saying it about him.
According to Murphy’s son, when the assistant made the mistake his father ranted:
“If there’s more than one way to do a job, and one of those ways will result in disaster, then somebody will do it that way.”
Meh. Either way we get it. Human error can eventually lead to sayings. Oh and Einstein pee’d on our parade with the whole relativity thing. 
Category: Random Chit-Chat, Stuff I Like
Tags: Dr John Strapp, Edward Murphy, human error, Murphy's law, sods law
26
Sep 2012
Hmm. Coincidence. What is it and why does it happen?
A chain of events that seem related but that apparently aren’t. Or are they?
Like saying a word out loud and then hearing a character on a TV show say the exact same word right after.
Or having a craving for stir-fry and then having a friend buy that exact dish for lunch, without ever having talked about it together.
How does that happen? What is that?
Two choices:
You can denounce the idea of mystery and spirituality and replace it with chance, or – you can accept that there is something mysteriously enchanting that causes these things to happen, something that warrants more than just a shoulder-shrug.
Now, mine were two examples would have happened anyway:
The script was already written, so the character would have said that word whether you thought of it or not. But why did you think of it? Why were you watching that particular show, at that particular time?
Stir-fry on sale is an invitation to treat.
Your friend is welcome to buy it whether you crave it or not. You might have craved it at home away from your friend and never have found out what he had to eat, so why did you discover it instead of never knowing? Why did you witness your very craving at that time?
You have two choices. Choose.
Category: About Dreama
Tags: coincidence, coincidences, concurrence, concurrent, Dreama, mystery
20
Sep 2012
For the last two nights, I’ve had dreams where old friends have popped up.
That’s the nature of dreams, however, the weird thing in both dreams, is that I used to be close with both friends, and so it felt as if the dreams were like mini reunions for people whom I no longer see often, simply because we’ve grown apart.
Here’s a question though: why does the alarm go off JUST before whatever it seems is the crucial point in the dream, is reached? – Are we dreaming in routine, in sequence with when we know we’ll wake?
Then you wake up and can’t remember the dream. At all.
On another note, dreams are underrated. Think about it. We can create whole scenarios without even knowing it, and then forget them like we didn’t just spend hours carefully crating conversations, faces and settings – Amazing.
We don’t do that in any other aspect of life. Imagine writing an assignment, editing it, saving it. Printing it on beautiful paper, binding it, laminating the pages and then carefully transporting it…to the local shredder to destroy it! 
– Slightly extreme example, but you catch my drift.
Thoughts?
Category: A Thought..., Random Chit-Chat
Tags: alarm clock, dreams
19
Sep 2012
Why did Spidey always get walloped just after he had a premonition? It was always: “My Spider-sense is tingling” (lamest tagline ever btw) and then KAPOW! – upside his head (or similar fail).
You need an example? Here are loads!
I loved Parker though, his curtain-haircut, his muscular torso, his good-guy image, aw!
Thinking about his premonitions has makes me wonder about my own although, saying “premonitions” is slightly pretentious. Lets call it instinct.
You know, like the feeling you get about leaving the house with a brolly, or charging your phone before bed. Or the feeling that says, do it, or don’t – just a few seconds before you actually decide anything…
That is the same thing Spidey had. He only had it in crappy situations: bank robberies, kidnappings and general community disarray…but he had it nonetheless.
If he ever ignored it, he’d soon regret it…trust yours.
Category: A Thought...
Tags: instinct, spider-sense
18
Sep 2012
If you’ve been following the posts in my hometown glory series, you’ll remember me gushing about architecture in the ends. Well, here’s a new addition – I was driving through central London last week, spotted this building & fell in love with it.
It’s the now disused ‘Samaritan Free Hospital’, located on Marylebone Road in Westminster. It was originally built in 1889 and it’s so pretty! 
That’s all folks! x
Category: On the Road, Stuff I Like
Tags: architecture, buildings, home-town glory, landmarks, London
17
Sep 2012
It’s Autumn. I’m sitting with a cuppa, thinking about the last few months, the top of the year – and how in 98 days it’ll be Christmas.
Everybody says “time flies” but it moves at the same rate every second. We talk about having “long days” when there are only ever 24 hours in each. We talk about how something “was only yesterday” when it was ages ago. We throw around the word “soon” even though it’s nowhere near close.
Everybody’s right. Time is manipulable - Not in a “back to the future” or a “glitch in the matrix” fashion. I’m being sincere. Not even in a “it’s all the mind” way, but really. Time moves as fast as you let it.
For example, when you stare at a clock actually trying to pass the time, it hardly moves. The same way that a spider in the corner of the room can see you looking and so steaks you out. You leave the room to get the hoover (or whatever), and when you return, the spider is either doing the square-dance all over the rug, or it’s gone.
Time is the same. If it were tangible, I’d say it’s almost as if it doesn’t want you to be conscious of it…
Category: A Thought...
Tags: Dreama, reality, The Matrix, time
14
Sep 2012
Folk who reference “the olden days” do so through rose coloured lenses.
A perfect time when you could leave your door open and nobody would steal from your house – Or children could play knock-down-ginger, without the worry of some psycho being on the other side of the door.
Forget the fact technology has advanced light years,along with the way things are done, it was just “better then”.
I kinda think it’s all rubbish.
I mean, yeah things have worsened in terms of how often we’re bombarded with terrible news, an that’s mainly the doing of round-the-clock telly, but are things that awful or do they just repeat the same “problems” over and over?
They keep telling us:
- Naughty food eaten too much will make you fatter
- Skipping school will be an issue if you plan on getting a decent job
- Drinking too much beer, often, will get you more drunk, more often
- Talking on the phone whilst driving will increase the likelihood of an accident due to poor concentration
- Stress causes all kinds of issues
- Employers will cut jobs to lessen overall payouts
- The concept of Liquidation means that Woolworths was never invincible – loads of businesses have gone down the toilet…
- Better technology means older technology will be phased out, sorry Kodak
- Bad governments mean angry citizens who will eventually rebel…and so on.
We know, right?
Category: A Thought..., I'm Just Sayin', Random Chit-Chat
Tags: old news, same old same old, vicious circle
11
Sep 2012
No really!
It was a few weeks ago, I was buying lunch and lost in the sound of my music (headphones on) avoiding all eye-contact with these charity muggers (which I might suggest is also cockney rhyming slang, but that’s another story) and there he was.
All smiles and arms extended, trying to stop me in my tracks. His effort made me feel like anything other than polite would have been wrong (plus he was cute), so I stopped to listen to his spiel for a moment.
So I press stop on my iPod and try not to look too annoyed. He starts with the usual formula about how I can make a difference, and I am genuinely interested.
I respond with how I would love to be able to afford to, and he comes back with how it would only cost me such-and-such a month (which always annoys me, because these people have no idea what bills you have or whether you can even afford them the 5 minutes you’ve just given up) – and then it clicks!
He starts talking about how good he is at his job, and how many people he has signed up. More spiel I think, since he follows that with how, because he is successful at the job, sign-ups aren’t based on commission, and are purely for the greater good.
Sounded like a line, and a cheesy one (abit Spiderman-ey to be honest) but it should be the truth so I agree. Anyway, we talk for a bit and he asks me what I do for a living, before we actually get into the deets, he says that he actually is tired of his job. That he’d like to do something else.
I ask him why, and he says that it’s tiresome and boring standing in the street all day, that he doesn’t get to have proper conversations with people.
I understand. I ask him whether he would rather be behind a desk? What he would most like to do instead of that job? He responds he doesn’t know, and are they hiring where I work. This throws me, because – this is someone saving lives. Someone who says he’s one of the best at his job. Someone that does it not for money, but for the difference he is making. – Yet he wants out? He wants to work with me, a stranger?
I tell him, no job is perfect. I said that wherever he worked, he would feel that. He might love the job at first, be passionate even, but that soon wears away. Heck, I even told him that Van Gogh cut off his ear; and he is one of the most notable artists we know!
He laughs. I laugh too. He then shakes my hand, and thanks me for that piece of advice. We part ways and I have this nice warm feeling in my gut.
You think it’s because he thanked me? Because I made him smile? No, it’s because I kinda made my own day with that conversation. I realised that people everywhere feel the exact same at the exact same time, it just doesn’t always look that way. Even people making a difference feel like unsung heroes. But here’s the punchline…we are all making a difference even when we don’t know it.
I hope he keeps his job, because if he’s as good as he says so, he is very much needed there…
Category: A Thought..., Out on the Town, Random Chit-Chat, Stuff I Like
Tags: Charity, Chugger, Dreama, Jobs, Occupations
06
Sep 2012
Okay I admit, I sympathize with you, In today’s world, Everybody is being called a genius.
I mean, Everybody is the reason for this miracle or that, and Everybody is the first to discover the next best thing.
Everybody is why the News of the World scandal was uncovered and Everybody is responsible for bringing the UK rioters to justice!
So why is Nobody taking all that acclaim? – Why is Nobody better off?
I mean, Nobody is responsible for thinking up how best to shaft people with overpriced tickets and bad traffic plans throughout the Olympics, and Nobody knows exactly how an 11-year old boy can sneak onto a plane from Manchester to Rome so easily, not to mention how nifty Nobody is at deciding on the rising costs of fuel worldwide…
That right there, that’s exactly why Nobody is better off.
…and I’m trying to work out who’s smarter.
Nobody, who can afford things like food, clothes and luxuries? Or Everybody, who complains so much, despite being the reason for all this “greatness” everywhere?
That’s right, Everybody wants a medal…but does Everybody deserve one?
Maybe Everybody just wants more recognition? Surely though, if Everybody were that great, they’d think up the solutions at the same rate Nobody does?
Who knows? – One thing’s for sure; as soon as there’s some huge negative issue like ASBO‘s or low exam pass rates in schools, Everybody gets blamed…
…& that sucks right? For Everybody!
Well if nothing else, it seems Nobody seems to care, because Nobody has a heart enough to do anything to make Everybody feel better. Not Everybody, but Nobody.
So I challenge popular opinion enough to say that Everybody isn’t all that great, and that Nobody is that genius I mentioned above!
Think about it. When the chips are down & it’s clear Nobody know’s exactly who Everybody is, Everybody seems content with pointing fingers at Anybody, identifying Nobody.
Is that all Everybody’s got? Guesswork? Ha!
So then it’s clear; Everybody needs to chill and accept that Nobody is the best there is, forever and always!
Love Dreama
xoxo
Category: A Thought..., I'm Just Sayin', Stuff I Like
Tags: anybody, blame game, Dreama, economy, everybody, love letter, nobody, thoughts
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