the best is yet to come - Plusquamperfect future

The only thing constant in this world is change.  

 ‘Change Quotes’ Archive 

1957 Vision of the Year 2000

• What are your initial reactions to what you saw in the presentation?
• How are these changes manifesting themselves in your personal lives? professional lives?
• What skills do we need to survive and thrive in this new era?
• What implications does this have for our current way of doing things?
• Do we need to change? If so, how?
• How do we get from here to there?
• What challenges must we overcome as we move forward?
• What supports will we need as we move forward?
• What kind of training will we need to move forward?
• What kind of commitments will we need to make (with each other,  and our community) to move forward?
• Who's scared? Why?

PLUS  ADVANTAGE of  hindsight

this is an advertisement for Intel at Vimeo, but I like the message. 

• Things are a changin’ and they are changin’ quick. If we don’t jump on the bus it is going to leave us and our students behind!

"I Remember" from Jake Zortman on Vimeo.

How the Media World Is Changing—Fast!

Lo and behold... so _Murphy's mother was right

    

MURPHY'S LAWS

THE PRIME AXIOM:

In any field of

 scientific ...........................,

anything that can go wrong, will.

part 1____ 2 - 11

2. If the possibility exists of several things going wrong,

the one that will go wrong is the one that will do the most ........................

3. Everything will go wrong at one time. 3.1 That time is always when you ........................ expect it. 

4. If nothing can go wrong, ........................ will. 

5. Nothing is as ........................ as it looks.

6. Everything takes ........................ than you think.

7. Left to ........................, things always go from bad to worse.

8. Nature always sides with the ........................ flaw. 

9. Given the most ........................ time for something to go wrong, 

that's when it will occur. 

10. Mother Nature is a bitch. 

10.1 The universe is not indifferent to intelligence, it is actively 

........................to it.

11. If everything seems to be going well,  

you have obviously ........................ something

  part 2____  12-18

 12.  If in any problem you find yourself doing an immense amount

 of work, the ........................  can be obtained by simple inspection.

 13.  Never make anything simple and efficient when a way can be 

 found to make it ........................  and wonderful.

 14.  If it doesn't fit, use a ........................  hammer.

 15.  In an instrument or device characterized by a number of 

 plus-or-minus  errors, the total error will be the ........................ 

 of all the errors adding in  the same direction. 

 16.  In any given calculation, the fault will never be placed if  

more than  one person is involved.




      16.1 In any given discovery, the ........................ will never be 
               properly placed if more than one person is involved. 



 17.  All warranty and guarantee clauses become ........................  

 upon payment of the  final invoice. 

 18.  Murphy's Law: 

 "If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those  

      ways can result in a ........................, then someone will do it."

                    

h friends- Chesterton -the notebook

Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. 

Children already know that dragons exist. 

Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.

 TASK_ Read three quotes you like, and copy them on your notebook.

From The Notebook      (by G.K. Chesterton )

Humanity is an extension of human and intensively individual beings.

 Once I found a  friend. "Dear me," I said, "he was made for me."But now I find more and more friends who seem to have been made for me  and more and yet more made for me.  

Is it possible we were all made for each other all over the world?

            A list   (poem)

             

I know a friend, very strong and good. 

      he is the best friend in the world.

I know another friend, subtle and sensitive. 

      He is certainly the best friend on earth.

I know another friend: very quiet and shrewd; 

      there is no friend so good as he.

I know another friend, who is enigmatical and reluctant; 

      he is the best of all.

I know yet another: who is polished and eager; 

       she is much better than the rest.

I know another, who is young and very quick: 

       the most beloved of all friends.

I know a lot more and they are all like that.

  (by G.K. Chesterton - original -Written at the age of 13)

source: Maisie Ward, Gilbert Keith Chesterton  

(Sheed and Ward, London 1944 -page 46))

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 To find friends to translate this text  into other world languages....

Friends: a list  (by G.K. Chesterton -adapted)

I know a friend, very strong and good. 

      She is the best friend in the world.

I know another friend, subtle and sensitive. 

      He is certainly the best friend on earth.

I know another friend: very quiet and charming; 

      there is no friend as good as he.

I know another friend, who is enigmatical and secretive; 

      she is the best of all.

I know yet another: who is sensible and enthusiastic; 

       she is much better than the rest.

I know another, who is young and very quick: 

       the most beloved of all friends.

I know a lot more and they are all like that.

That was JinWoo answer:
The poem was really nice. I've translated in to Korean for you.
I hope you like it. 


나는 착하고 강한 친구를 알아요. 그녀는 세상에서 가장 좋은 친구에요.

나는 또 다른 섬세하고 감성적인 친구를 알아요. 그는 확실히 지구상에서 가장 좋은 친구에요
나는 또 다른 조용하고 매력적인 친구를 알아요. 그 같이 좋은 친구는 없어요.
나는 또 다른 수수께끼같고 신비한 친구를 알아요. 그녀는 모든 것 중에 최고에요.
나는 또 다른 현명하고 열정적인 친구를 알아요. 그녀는 다른 애들 중에 최고에요.
나는 또 다른 젊고 빠른 친구를 알아요. 그는 모두에게 사랑 받아요.

나는 더 많은 사람을 알고 그들은 하나같이 다 똑같아요.

TRANSLATED to European languages

        Uma relaçao de amigos

Conheço uma amiga que é muito forte e boa. É a melhor amiga do mundo.

 Conheço outro grande, grande amigo. Na verdade é o melhor amigo na terra..

    Y otro amigo que Conheço conozco es muy tranquilo. N2ao esiste outro amigo tan bom como ele.

 Conheço a outra que és inigmática e com segredos. Ela sim que é a melhor amiga de todos.

    Conheço ainda outra que é realmente simpática e que é muito melhor que o resto.

    E conheço a outro que é jovem e muito ativo, ele és o mais querido de todos os amigos.

Claro que também conheço a muitos outros e todos s2ao iguais a estes.

Basado em um poema de G. K. Chesterton escrito quando tinha 13 anos.  

 

                                   EINE LISTE VON FREUNDEN

Ich kenne eine Freundin, die sehr stark und gut ist.  Sie ist die beste Freundin auf der Welt.

Ich kenne einen anderen guten, guten Freund.  Er ist wirklich der beste Freund  auf der Erde.

Und ein anderer Freund , den ich kenne, ist sehr ruhig. Es gibt keinen besseren  Freund als er.

Ich kenne eine andere Freundin, die rätselhaft und geheimnisvoll ist. Sie ist tatsächlich die Beste von allen.

Dann kenne ich noch eine andere, die wirklich sympathisch ist. Sie ist viel besser als die anderen.

Und ich kenne einen anderen Freund, der jung und aktiv ist. Er ist der Liebste aller meiner Freunde.

Natürlich kenne ich noch viele andere und alle sind genauso wie diese.

           Nach einem Gedicht von G.K. Chesterton, geschrieben im Alter von 13 Jahren

                             JEDNA LISTA PRIJATELJA

Znam jednu prijateljicu, koja je cvrsta i dobra. Ona je najbolja prijateljica na svijetu.

Znam jednog dobrog, jako dobrog prijatelja. On je stvarno najbolji prijatelj na Zemlji.

Jos jedan prijatelj, kog znam, jako je miran. Nema boljeg prijatelja od njega.

Znam jos jednu prijateljicu, koja je zagonetna i tajanstvena. Ona je zaista najbolja od svih.

Onda znam jos jednu, koja je stvarno simpaticna. Ona je puno bolja od svih drugih.

Znam jos jednog prijatelja, koji je mlad i aktivan, on je najljubljeniji od svih prijatelja.

Znam ih jos puno, koji su isto takvi.

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                                 Bazirano na  pjesmi od G.K. Chesterton, napiseno u starosti od 13 godina

                 Un elenco de amigos

Conozco una amiga que es muy fuerte y buena. Ella es la mejor amiga en el mundo.
Conozco otro amigo, bueno, bueno. De verdad que es el mejor amigo en la tierra..
Y otro amigo que conozco es muy tranquilo. No hay otro amigo tan bueno como él.
Conozco otra que es enigmática y llena de secretos. Ella sí que es la mejor de todos.
Todavía conozco otra que es verdaderamente simpática. Ella es mucho mejor que el resto.
Y conozco otro que es joven y muy activo. Es el más amado de todos los amigos.
Claro que también conozco a muchos más y todos son igual que éstos.

On wedding vows and rows -rites and righting wrongs

 Committing matrimony:

Rites

 and righting wrongs

What does being committed to 

your marriage really mean?

   (1)            Till Death Do Us Part

 This  is a well-known phrase from the marriage liturgy in the Book of Common Prayer.  

 Rite of Marriage (#25):

 X take thee Y to my wedded  spouse to have and to hold from this day forward,   for better for worse, for richer for poorer,

 in sickness and in health, to love, cherish, and to obey/worship,

 till death us do part, according to God's holy ordinance

              Claiming rights

• The oldest traditional wedding vows can be traced back to the manuals of the medieval church.

•  PRAYER BOOK- 1552

                          For husbands

Wilt thou love her, coumforte her, honor, and kepe her in sickenesse and in health?

                          For wifes

Wylte thou obey him, and serve him, love, honor, and kepe him, in sickenes and in health?

• the Episcopal Church voted to remove the word "obey" (1922) 

      (2)     DO US PART Software  HUMOUR

     (3)         Will and Guy's Joke of the Day

Boyfriend v Husband Software Rows ;-)

            Dear Tech Support,

• Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0. 

• What I have noticed is a slow down in the performance of the flower and jewellery applications, which had operated flawlessly under the Boyfriend 5.0 system. 

• In addition, Husband 1.0 un-installed many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.9, but installed undesirable programs such as Sport 7.3, NFL 3.2 and Tennis 4.1.  

• Conversation 8.0 also no longer runs and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system. 

• I've tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail. What can I do?

                  Your faithfully 

                     Desperate Susan


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                                    Reply from Tech Support

                Dear Desperate Susan, 

• First, keep in mind that Boyfriend 5.0 was an entertainment package, while Husband 1.0 is an operating system. Try to enter the command C:/I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME and install Tears 6.2.  Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications: Guilt 3.3 and Flowers 7.5.   

• But remember, overuse can cause Husband 1.0 to default to such background applications as Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0, or Beer 6.1. Please remember that Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will create Snoring Loudly.WAV files.

• DO NOT install Mother-In-Law 1.0 or reinstall another Boyfriend program. These are not supported applications and will crash Husband 1.0. It could also potentially cause Husband 1.0 to default to the program: Girlfriend 9.2, which runs in the background and has been known to introduce viruses into the Operating System.

• In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have a limited memory and can't learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to enhance his system performance. 

• I personally recommend Home Cooking 3.0 + Single Malt Scotch 4.5. Finally consider applications such as Lingerie 6.9 (which has been credited with improved performance of his hardware).

                 Good Luck

         Tech Support

Couples and Romance -- partners and software

PART ONE_

   On the art of couples and Cupid

I am now reading 2008 Suze Rotolo’s

“A Freewheelin’ Time: a memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties”, 

which is absolutely first-rate.

They (20 and 17) shared life 

and apartment....

CONTEXT:   here

• In Bob Dylan's 2004 memoir Chronicles Volume One, he describes meeting Rotolo backstage at a concert.

• "Right from the start I couldn't take my eyes off her,"

• "She was the most erotic thing I'd ever seen. She was fair skinned and golden haired, full-blooded Italian. The air was suddenly filled with banana leaves.  

• We started talking and my head started to spin. Cupid's arrow had whistled past my ears before, but this time it hit me in the heart and the weight of it dragged me overboard.

PART TWO_  HUMOUR

Jokes on partners and husbands

• # The great question... which I have not been able to answer... is, 'What does a woman want?' 

Sigmund Freud

• # There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness. 

                       Friedrich Nietzsche

# I had some words with my wife, .....

and she had some paragraphs with me.  

Anonymous

# By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. 

If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.       

                           Socrates

CODA:  family and marriage human rights (video)

a hard time is a-gonna fall again with proverbial wisdom

 1. And three proverbs for starters:

  "Time will consume all things including itself."
                                           – Indian proverb

  "Time will heal time’s wounds."

                                        – French proverb

  "Man measures time and time measures man."                                                                                         – Italian proverb

2. A handful of sundry other proverbs:

  A stitch in time saves nine

      Time is everything

It’s about time.

      No time like the present. 

Could you spare some time? 

     Time’s a-wasting!

       "I’m having the time of my life." 


3 - song           A hard rain's  a-gonna fall

Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son? Oh, what did you see, my darling young one? And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son? Who did you meet, my darling young one?

 Oh, what’ll you do now, my darling young one? 

 I’m a-goin’ back out ’fore the rain starts a-fallin’ .... I’ll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest ..... Where the people are many and their hands are all empty ..... Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters.

BOB DYLAN -a 1963 radio interview:

 it's just a hard rain. It isn't the fallout rain. I mean some sort of end that's just gotta happen ... In the last verse, when I say, "the pellets of poison are flooding the waters," that means all the lies that people get told on their radios and in their newspapers

       

• the literal definition of rain is ignored
• while a more metaphorical definition is invoked

 To get some Context....  here

CODA:  Dylan told  music writer Nat Hentoff:

•   He wrote “A Hard Rain” under some dread at the time.  [September '62]
• “Every line in it [i.e. ‘Hard Rain’] is actually the start of a whole new song. But when I wrote it, I thought I wouldn’t have enough time alive to write all those songs so I put all I could into this one.”

AND  a balance on greed:  ... here

  4.  Wisdom from the east:

      A haiku from the rising sun: "A petal falls.    An instant.     An age."

A yellow rose petals

 drop one-by-one in silence

roar of a waterfall

              – Basho (haiku) 

 (Japanese poet 17th century)

Follow-up:

https://ma-serendipity.blogspot.com/2014/02/life-time-and-proverbs.html