Yes it is Theme Thusday again, and today we are talking GLASS . I've three possible hooks to hang my [glass] hat on with this theme. First, the photo! Yes, it is the river again from an odd angle in an interesting light. You can just make out the bottom, which should tell you that I'm right on the shore. In some ways, the distortion of the stones below the surface reminds me of ye olde glass windows, what they call "cylinder blown sheet glass". You can still find some of this around Hobart these days. Thw second link comes from a trip I took to Venice a few years back. You're probably aware that Venice was (is?) a glass-making centre of excellence. If you have ever been there and taken the tour of the glass factories, you might be familiar with the sheer amount of coloured glass that sits at the bottom of the water there. These fragments of glass have been worn down and had their edges dulled by their time in the water, which makes them ample keepsakes for the ...
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Yesterday at a training session for work, I was shown in great detail how to fold a piece of paper correctly.
It didn't make me so much mad inside my head, as numb from the neck up.
Now, I am deadly serious when I say that I believe that sitting through it in some small way made me more stupid.
One of the outstanding quotes from that session: "When you talk to clients, it is best not to abuse them, insult them or assault them". I am certainly glad that they come all the way to tell people that. I'm pretty sure that those three things were the first thing that came to mind of everybody when confronted with a difficult client!