Category: Random Thoughts

  • Useless Consultants

    Nothing is more frustrating than having to watch obscenely paid consultants talk absolute bullshit, watch the ignorant groupies gather around them trying to figure out the problem that was just created by said consultants in their efforts to articulate a solution, and then having to step in to restore sanity to the context of the discussion and to salvage what little value remains in the workshop while being paid a market related salary for a job description that is only a tenth of your scope of accountability.

    But, as is clearly evident on Tumblr and in real life, the laziness of those with authority and cheque books will always result in titles being respected, if not revered, more than real world wisdom because appreciating real world wisdom requires the establishment of an informed opinion on a subject. And then to add insult to injury, having to sit quietly trying to justify why logic is logical, and having to over exert yourself to get the illogical to be convinced that 1+1=2 not just because you say so, but simply because it does.

    The demise of this world will result from the intellectual laziness that is excessively camouflaged by the brain numbing acquisition of useless information through academic pursuits disguised as models against which free thinkers are supposedly developed.

  • Question – Handwriting Analysis

    remorsecode:

    Picture of my handwriting, needing cynicallyjaded to interpret my handwriting for me!

    Ok, here goes nothing…again. 🙂

    There’s a few interesting characteristics in your handwriting, but unfortunately due to the blurry nature of the image, it’s difficult to note the more subtle details. So here’s a high level take on what I think your signature and handwriting says about you.

    1. The signature indicates a very resolute disposition that suggests a high level of confidence and an extroverted nature
    2. However, the signature also suggests that you may be somewhat rigid in your views, although you tend to internalise a lot of it before you actually express yourself to others, but once you’ve decided on a position or stance, you drive it through without wavering
    3. On the other hand, your handwriting suggests that you have some underlying doubts in the way in which you formulate your opinions. Even after you arrive at what you believe is a reasonable outcome, you hesitate to follow through. (Not sure if that makes sense?)
    4. Despite your confidence, you have an introverted side to your personality but you don’t let it show easily
    5. You’re still finding your ‘rhythm’ so you fluctuate in your personal communication style sometimes being measured, yet other times being impatient, but almost always with a heavy focus on detail
    6. One more thought about your signature, you switch off once you reach a point of certainty that you’ve expressed yourself sufficiently beyond which any attempts to discuss an issue further will probably not make much progress at all.

    Keen to get your feedback about this. I could be way off the mark, but either way, I’d like to gauge what may or may not be true from what I’ve stated above. 

  • Question – Handwriting Analysis

    storyseldomtold replied to your post: Hey! Do you think you can interpret my hand writing for me? That was mad cool! Do you have qualifications for it or are deep in that area of study?

    But my writing changes all the time… i.e if I don’t handwrite for a while. How does that say anything about my personality or traits?

    The trick is not to look at how neat or untidy the handwriting is. The characteristics of how the letters are formed and various other details is what reveals the state of mind, rather than the neatness of the formation of the letters, etc. 

    Also, chances are that if your handwriting is changing all the time, you’re probably going through a period of considerable growth in your life. Growth at a personal level, where your views and perspectives are morphing all the time in your efforts to discover what’s really important to you, or what you feel passionate about. 

    I sometimes write in block letters and at other times in cursive, but the characteristics of the flow always still reflect my state of mind at that point. 🙂

  • Handwriting Analysis

    I used to have some fun when interviewing candidates for various posts in IT at a previous company that I worked for. The standard process would be for them to complete and sign some forms before the interview commenced, so I would normally ask to see the forms before even meeting the candidate. 

    By looking at their signature, I would tell the other members of the interview panel what I thought the individual would be like, and often I would even guess the duration of the interview. I was right every single time. It was hilarious. Eventually, I had managers walking up to my desk before they went into an interview that I wasn’t involved in to find out if I thought it would be worth their while to interview the candidate before they even met him. 

    Poor candidates. Finding a job is tough these days. 🙂

  • Question – Handwriting Analysis

    old-man-amjad:

    I wonder what my handwriting says about me.

    Something along the lines of introverted sociopath.

    Here’s my amateur take on what your writing says about you. Don’t take offence if I get it horribly wrong…I’m a bit rusty at this…

    1. You don’t care much for rules but you’ll apply them where you see practical value in them
    2. You don’t care much for making mistakes and having it out there for others to see, because their opinions rarely matter any way. Besides, you’re not striving for perfection any time soon either
    3. You’re not particularly introverted, although you may be seen to be that way at times, but you’re generally level headed and practical and find a reasonable balance between being extroverted and introverted
    4. You don’t care much for details if it doesn’t add to the final outcome in a substantial way. So you’re more likely to cut corners than you are to abide by the rules for the sake of abiding by the rules
    5. More than all this, you’re at odds with yourself in many ways. You second-guess a lot of what you do, including decisions you make. That doesn’t necessarily imply that you’re doubting yourself, but you do reflect a lot on what you think or say or do. There’s a lot more going on in your head than your rants on Tumblr suggest.
    6. You have a creative streak that you’re suppressing. 

    That’s it from me. How wrong am I? (Respond quickly because this will probably be deleted soon) 🙂

  • Lazy Thoughts

    Lazy thoughts are weird. Not only do they suck every last ounce of energy that I have in me, but they’re even more difficult to express. It’s that whole intellectual constipation thing again. That urge to want to say something deep and insightfully meaningful but coming up with a few straggling lazy thoughts instead.

    So I end up reminiscing about days gone by because nostalgia is always best indulged in when I lack energy to deal with today. Not enough energy to care about tomorrow either, so I’ll leave it nagging at the door in the back of my mind waiting to be let in. Tomorrow is an energy sucker just like yesterday. They both demand a level of attention and indulgence that yield no immediate benefit.

    Ugh…blankness becomes me right now. So many blogs, so little inspiration.

  • Ground Breaking Olympian of the Day

    thedailywhat:

    Groundbreaking Olympian of the Day: In a surprise last-minute decision, the South African Olympic committee and national track federation said today that double amputee Oscar Pistorius can run in both the individual 400 meters and the 4×400 relay at the London Olympics. Pistorius, who runs on carbon fiber blades, will be the first amputee track athlete to compete at any games.

    “Today is truly one of the proudest days of my life,” Pistorius said in an official statement. “I am so pleased that years of hard work, determination and sacrifice have all come together.”

    He took to Twitter after the news had a little time to sink in: “Still on cloud 9 but need to keep at what got me here so off to the Gym. Thank you all who shared today with me, I really appreciate it!”

    [ap]

    (Source: http://www.komonews.com/sports/Double-amputee-Pistorius-set-to-run-in-Olympics-161335855.html)

  • To Blog, or Reblog?

    cynicallyjaded:

    Seriously considering becoming a re-blogger. No one appreciates original material any longer. People mostly like things only if they see other people liking things, and the number of people that like originality rather than fads are few and far between.

    I agree with all the comments, and I appreciate the compliments, but I guess deep down inside, every single one of us has a hint of attention-whoring that we can’t always dismiss, right? Seriously though, like someone once told me something along the lines of ‘words flow easier if there are hearts that are willingly receiving them’, posting on Tumblr, no matter how sincerely introspective, there is an expectation of either acknowledgement, or engagement.

    What’s most disconcerting is finding that when I re-blog something that is totally inane and it gets dozens of notes, I immediately wonder if I’m just annoying people with my endless rants and rambles about issues that most hardly appear to relate to. Which leads me to question whether I should be posting these thoughts here, or would it be more appropriate to establish a private blog or diary to store them?

    I’ve also often toyed with the idea of creating an email account for my daughters, and just emailing all these thoughts to them at random. Like little notes about what to look out for in life in case I’m not around to annoy them with fatherly advice. When they eventually reach the age of 16 or so, I would give them the details to access their respective email accounts as a gift to help them step into the adult world that awaits them.

    I’m rambling again. I guess the gist of it all is simply this. I tend to engage often with the bloggers that I follow on Tumblr, and I’m still naive enough to believe that I should expect the same in return. But when it doesn’t happen, I wonder if I’m just an annoyance factor that they’re tolerating for follower counts, or should I really stop behaving like a troll and just get the message that they’re not interested in engaging.

    Either way, it sucks. Needing, being needed, being needy…it all smacks of desperation that everyone feels but no one is willing to own up to. So I guess it’s official then. I’m a Tumblr-whore that has just come out of the closet.