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The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.

Tap in the morning light. The backyard, Geilston Bay. July 2012. Do you ever have those days where you just cannot be bothered? I’ve got that right now… Anyway. As you know, the Internet is a wonderful place filled with the rich and varied treasures of the world holds (as well as a lot of very lonely people.) The following are some things that I've had a look at in the last week. I call this: a Compendium of Click-throughs for Monday Morning.. The animating spirit of Smith's The Wealth of Nations is 'interest' or 'self-love'. Conversely, that of The Theory of Moral Sentiments is one of 'sympathy' or 'fellow-feeling'. How might we approach this apparent contradiction in Adam Smith's writing? "Universities are no longer educational in any sense of the word that Rousseau would have recognised. They have become instruments of capital. Confronted with this squalid betrayal, he would have felt sick and oppressed." How depressin...

In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.

Fire [hose]. Stairwell, Curruthers Building, St Johns Park, New Town. May 2011. I am hungry. I am tired. I am busy. I am disappointed. I am over it.