Misc. Interests

Brain Chemicals and General Puzzlement

| Hannah Sterry
“Hearts” by Hannah Sterry

So… apparently I can’t have a conversation about my time at university, or sort out anything
to do with it, without bursting into tears still.

It’s strange.
I don’t consciously feel upset or panicky or worried, I just become very aware that I’m going cry, and it suddenly happens. This is more irritating than anything else. It feels a bit weird and leaves me wondering what’s going on because my feelings don’t match my actions/expressions.

Does anyone know why this happens?
Is it just the chemicals in my brain larking about again?

Take Five Covers

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I’ve been thinking about covers of tunes recently, and have to say that 2 of my favourite covers are of Dave Brubeck’s tune, “Take Five”.

Tito Puente – Take Five in 4/4:

Val Bennet – Reggae Take Five Cover (from The Russians are Coming)

Just thought I should share those with you.

Ada Lovelace and the School Syllabus

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Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace

Why is Ada Lovelace not on the school syllabus? Learning about interesting scientists and inventors in history lessons would be much more fun than killing the enthusiasm of students by studying the same two wars for years and years.

Other things that should be on the school syllabus:

  • Cooking realistic meals for one.
  • Managing tax, bills and finances.
  • General DIY
  • Basic Car/Bike Repair

These subjects shouldn’t be graded in the normal way, because the focus should be on encouragement of hard work, and not on a pointless letter on a piece of paper.

I’ll probably edit this and add some more in the future.

The Non-Phonetic Alphabet

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I was wondering if I could create a useless alternative to the Nato Phonetic Alphabet, so I decided to give it a go (with a little help from the internet, friends and a pencil that claims to be 100% wool and has the instructions “DRY CLEAN ONLY” printed on it).

Anyway, here is the Non-Phonetic Alphabet:

A – Aether, Aisle, Auxiliary
B – Bdellium
C – Czar, Ctenophore
D – Djembe
E – Euro, Eye, Eight, Eiderdown, Euthanasia
F – ???
G – Gnat
H – Honour
I –   ???
J –  Jalapeño
K –  Knee, Knight
L –  Llanelli
M – Mnemonic
N – Nguyen
O – Oestrogen, One, Oujia
P – Pneumatic, Pterodactly, Phlegm, Phonetic
Q – Quiche
R – Rzeznik
S – Sgraffitto
T – Tsunami
U – Uighur, urushiol
V – ???
W – Write, Wrap, Wrestle
X – Xylophone
Y – Yvonne, Yreka, Yttrium
Z – Zaragoza

Use it to annoy people in call centres at your own risk.

My name is Hannah, spelt H for honour, A for aisle, N for Nguyen…
The name is also a palindrome so you should be able to spell the rest by yourself.

If you’ve got better ones, just comment and I’ll add them to the list.

I’ll be really impressed if you find any good ones for F, I, L, N, R, S, U, V, Y and Z!

Tears

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