tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21996619627397127582024-02-20T13:25:34.871-08:00The Warbling WillowAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633339604718333492noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199661962739712758.post-89777390462649110122016-10-24T06:58:00.000-07:002016-10-28T04:35:21.565-07:00Where to Find a Locksmith in London<div style="text-align: justify;">
Are you searching for a good locksmith? If the answer is yes then you must have realized by now that finding a professional locksmith in a particular area is not so easy. There are lots of websites over the internet advertising that they have the best locksmith in your town. However, how to choose the right one when at a simple Google search at least ten companies pop up? Well, there isn’t a correct answer for this question but you can filter companies by the variety of their services, their locations, their prices and by how fast they can get to you. A good professional <a href="https://londonlocksmith24h.co.uk/" target="_blank">locksmith London</a> has a lot of experience and is recommended by his previous employees. You can check his reviews to get an idea about the type of work that he does and his credentials. In order to be a successful locksmith, he needs to have the know-how and the right attitude. </div>
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You should trust the person that you pay to get you into your flat when you locked yourself out. Emergencies like these do happen but the comfort that you hired the best locksmith makes things easier to bear. Over the internet you will definitely find the right locksmith in London in case you don’t have any recommendation from your friends. Nowadays people rate the best professionals with five stars and it is easy to filter the ones that advertise themselves online. Companies even offer an emergency locksmith who can get to your location in half an hour. With the use of a smartphone with internet access you can hire a good locksmith in London at anytime for an affordable cost. So rest assured that if you ever find yourself in need of a professional locksmith you can hire one, day or night wherever you are located.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633339604718333492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199661962739712758.post-73708249278937132982016-09-17T06:46:00.000-07:002016-10-24T06:50:55.406-07:00Possible Things to See<div style="text-align: justify;">
Here are some possible things to see. Cowboys and Aliens. Favs directs a nonbinding Daniel Craig in a driven genre mash. Olivia Wilde, Harrison Ford and Sam Rockwell lend power. The nerd world awaits with cautiously positive expectations. The Adventures of Tintin. The Secret of The Unicorn. Bell, Pegg, Frost, Craig and Serkis team with Spielberg to produce a future classic family movie based on a rather obscure character, but marketing will handle that. Sherlock Holmes Steampower Boogaloo. Holmes and Watson return for another similarly entertaining installment. This time Mad Men's Jared Harris is the mysterious Professor Moriarty. Steven Fry as Mycroft Holmes. First one was decent, any lessons learned from the superior BBC series? The "superstar" era overexposure of Robert Downey Jr. makes me wish Jared Harris was Sherlock. Super 8. Abrams has some kind of nostalgic, spooky Spielbergian aliens n' kids thing in the works. Area 51 mythology meets a period, kid-driven adventure? If the bar is set at Close Encounters and E.T. Then even half success will make a great movie. Kids may employ creator's patented shakeycam and lens flare cinematography when using the eponymous format. Might be the second coming of Signs.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633339604718333492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199661962739712758.post-66812280457458499542016-06-15T06:19:00.000-07:002016-10-24T06:44:50.971-07:00In The Wandering Ways of The Web<div style="text-align: justify;">
I wended my way through the web and eventually found myself reading this blog, Thirteen Things. You can do to rejection letters. I had a good laugh at the list. Not only was it creative, it was very satisfying. So much of what we do as writers requires us to refrain from doing things. We have to take a lot of abuse on the chin. My daughter gave me a tee shirt for Christmas that reads: Put in your big girl panties and deal with it. I'm sure there wasn't a personal message in that. It pretty much sums up the writer's life, don't you think? We have to smile politely when someone tells us why their book would be so much better than ours, if they only had the time to write it and listen to people who are happy to "give" you their idea for a book and in exchange they will "let" us share in the massive profits that are sure to follow publication.</div>
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We have to thank reviewers, even when they don't get what we wrote and didn't like it. We have to grin and bear less than wonderful amazon reader reviews. We send our stuff out with hope in our hearts and figure out how to deal with it when it comes zipping back so fast, we're sure it didn't even get read, which it probably didn't! One really nice thing that has come out of the internet is a place to find out we're not alone. I like to read Paperback Writer's blog. Today he's talking about putting warning labels on our books, but wouldn't it also be fun to put warning labels on US? Warning, sharing ideas could result in explosive decompression of author. Telling this author you don't have time to write a book could be a choking hazard.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633339604718333492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199661962739712758.post-90426947749628540072016-01-07T06:15:00.000-08:002016-10-24T06:18:05.597-07:00Good Friend<div style="text-align: justify;">
It's very important to have a friend, a friend who can read your stuff when you're ready. It's even better to have a good working relationship with an editor. And it's really good if you are willing to listen to that editor. It doesn't mean you have to do everything anyone says. It just helps to have someone challenge your fictional reality, make you defend your work, make you think about it and assess it with fresh eyes. It's sometimes hard to be open to input from outsiders, but if you find yourself explaining why you did something to a new reader, then what you know about the story didn't make it onto the page. It isn't that they don't get it. A reader can't get what you didn't write down. Writer's shouldn't fear input, they should welcome it. Be grateful for the readers who help you be a better writer. If all you can handle is praise, well, you're in the wrong business. Too bad we can only do it in our books.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633339604718333492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199661962739712758.post-17746734390440080172015-12-28T06:13:00.000-08:002016-10-24T06:15:33.303-07:00Knowing When to Let Go<div style="text-align: justify;">
So how do you know when you've done enough on a piece of writing? That seems to be the million dollar questions. If somene could come up with a computer program that would shout, "enough" when you're done, they'd make a mint of money. If you find yourself putting back in, the stuff you took out during the last edit, then you've probably done all you can. If you want to kill everyone in the story, then you probably need to step away from the work for a while. If you wish you'd never started it and are sure it's the worst piece of writing in the world, then it's probably time for a fresh pair of eyes and perspective. If you're convinced that this is the best thing in the world and you're going to be rich and famous, then it's probably time for an editor or another professional to intervene. The point I'm trying to make is that it's not possible to be totally dispassionate about your own work. All you can do is the best you can do. It's great if you have a professional friend, one who will tell you the truth, not what you want to hear. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633339604718333492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199661962739712758.post-80778137208382369492015-02-11T03:04:00.003-08:002016-10-24T06:06:09.848-07:00Still Around<div style="text-align: justify;">
I apologize to those of you that follow me and are finding me lacking in interesting posts lately. Actually in posting at all, nevermind anything interesting. Life is pretty busy right now. I was in Las Vegas last week for a Microsoft conference, it was a whirlwind of sessions, with lots to learn and too tired at night to do much of anything other than walk around a bit and lose a little cash, man that place is noisy. I tell ya, Las Vegas people are a different class of people from anywhere else I've seen. And lots of the young ladies there (even not so young ones), sure do leave nothing to the imagination. It was really really hard to not get all out of sorts. I felt like a overweight country bumpkin compared to the majority of the ladies there. Well mostly at night, during they day, normal people were out and about, well almost all were normal, there were still some pretty interesting people out during the day.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633339604718333492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199661962739712758.post-5104402535144626642014-10-20T02:50:00.000-07:002016-10-24T06:06:32.365-07:00Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy<div style="text-align: justify;">
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Rundown: Gary Oldman (and interestingly, Benedict Cumberbatch) in an adapation of John LeCarre's classic spy novel, previously adapted with Alec Guiness. Reason to believe, LeCarre novels generally adapt very well and are treated with an industry leading level of source material respect. Reason to sigh, The Russia House.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633339604718333492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199661962739712758.post-38576162646861648472014-07-04T04:41:00.001-07:002016-10-24T06:06:55.987-07:00Do people Really listen?<div style="text-align: justify;">
I tell people "when you get home treat her like a puppy, don't give her free run of the house, don't trust her. She doesn't know where she is, this isn't home yet and won't be for at least 30 days. Yes, she is housebroken but she may still have accidents until she knows where the door is and what your routine is". I get a phone call the next day "We got home and let her run the house to see everything and she pooped in the kitchen when we weren't in there". Oh did she really! No way. I honestly want to say "You are a idiot. I told you not to do that!" But I don't. I re-explain everything I told them the day before. Do people ever grow up? Do they ever listen? I am tired of explaining the same thing over and over again to adults. As I am writing this I am thinking of all the dogs that are purchased from a pet store or money grubbing assholes.. sorry I mean breeder (the bad ones). I am thinking they don't tell the people anything about the dog, they just take money and send on their way. they don't check on the dog, they don't even care what happens when it leaves their possession. Those poor dogs. Oh wait, then I remember, I end up with them but I don't mind! </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633339604718333492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199661962739712758.post-60972284752083983232014-04-24T03:53:00.001-07:002014-04-24T03:53:22.019-07:00Why Rent a Car?<div style="text-align: justify;">
The reasons for which you can turn to a rent-a-car company are of the most varied, from utility to convenience. For example, <a href="http://www.rentcarbucharest.com/" target="_blank">car rental Bucharest</a> is a useful company if your car is damaged, if you need just one time a car that is more spacious or if you're in another city and you wish to relocate conveniently without depending on the fixed hours or conditions of the public transportation. The convenience of such services is given by the fact that all cars available in the car fleet are completely endowed and equipped so that you won't miss anything when you take to the road, either it is a short ride or a trip. Depending on what you need, you may opt for a car accompanied by a driver in case you don't know how to drive, or you don't know the city or you don't hold a licence but still you wish for a comfortable and elegant trip.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633339604718333492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199661962739712758.post-83725397131337524142014-02-05T03:34:00.001-08:002016-10-24T06:07:29.799-07:00Special Needs<div style="text-align: justify;">
A week and half ago I went to my local pound and took out a dog that no one could get near. She wanted nothing to do with anyone. If you reached into the kennel she would snap at you and try to bite you. In order to get her out of the cage the dog warden had to put a lasso around her neck and tug her out of the cage. She walked fine once out but don't dare reach down to pick her up. When I sat on the floor in the office of the dog pound she came up to me and wagged her tail and let me pet her but as soon as I tried to pick her up it was kill me time! She wasn't having it. I was only able to get her in my car by basically picking her up by the leash. Poor thing. When I got home she wouldn't come out of the crate so I had to 'dump' her out of it. I settled her in a large crate in my garage and the next day my mom was able to get her out and bring her in the house. My mom and dad who both live with me were able to gain her trust.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633339604718333492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199661962739712758.post-14594997012915776042013-11-15T04:19:00.001-08:002016-10-24T06:11:10.675-07:00Fallen Comrades<div style="text-align: justify;">
So today I did something I do when days, weeks, months, or even years go by between posts here violent coughing and hacking from dust kicked up from the cobweb-shrouded mummified corpses of former readers in my waiting room. I go through the blogroll and see who’s still around. A good 25% of the links there have been taken over by cyber-squatters and spamblogs. I wonder if the, what is it, two or three or seven or nineteen various blogs I’ve abandoned have turned into something similar, okay, let’s be accurate here, been similarly hijacked by suckers who just wasted their money on a communitycollege "how to make money on teh intarnetz" class there, I said it.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633339604718333492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199661962739712758.post-51562515207068482482013-09-14T08:35:00.002-07:002013-09-14T08:36:28.201-07:00Of Shapes and Lines<div style="text-align: justify;">
Recently, one of my mentees sent me some sketches for a assignment I gave to her. Yep, she was gutsy enough to ask me for assignments that she could work on. In the email that accompanied the assignment, I explained that I wanted to see roughs so that we could discuss composition first, and then do detailed sketches later. When she sent me the sketches she made the comment that composition wasn't her strong suit. No worries... a lot of folks have that problem. I tell my wife that I can compose anything... as long as there are three or fewer elements involved. Lisa is one of those folks that specialize in being able to juggle a million things in a composition, well... the more the merrier. I hate her a little for that... Anyway, the exercise my mentee was undertaking gave rise to a few exercises that I employ when I'm evaluating art for composition (whether my own or others). First, let's find an unwitting participant... Mathias Kollros and his "Gotta Have a Hook" entry are the winners! Remember this image? My evaluation process has two steps:</div>
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#1 Blocking. I this step I take the image into photoshop or lay a sheet of tracing paper over the image and block in the major elements of the composition. I'm not looking to be pretty or super accurate (good thing since I'm trying to draw with my laptop pad). I just want to block in the shapes roughly and see how the shapes relate to each other and the <a href="http://www.cartoon-coloring-page.com/" target="_blank">coloring pages</a>. There are a couple of things you can notice right off the bat: There is overlap of the objects. A good way to create depth in the image; The shapes interact with each other and with the frame. Creates tension and movement; An interesting negative space is created by the shapes. Creates visual impact and good reads; There is framing and visual lines created with the shapes. This helps us move the viewers eye around the image. More on this in a second... As you can see, this image has a lot of things going for it even when it is blocked out. When I look at it in this way, I might have suggested a slight shift to the right to help with the crop/negative space, but overall it is a very solid "blocking".</div>
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#2 Sight Lines. The next thing I'll do is look at the sight lines in a piece. I'm trying to figure out where the eye might be going in the image. I'll draw in lines that indicate where the eye might be drawn to look. I'm looking for leading lines, shapes that show movement, where things are looking, and just about anything else that makes my eye move or stop. One thing that Mathias doesn't have a lot of in his images is hard tangents. I like to indicate them with a circle - to indicate spaces where my eye will stop. As you can see, there's a lot of movement going on here. The nice thing about the composition that Mathias has going on here - is that the lines are leading us around the image space, and then back into the major tension area. If you have lines that are all leading willy-nilly all over your image, or all running off in a single direction, you might have a situation that you need to deal with. Funny, I knew that I had really enjoyed Mathais' piece, but I hadn't realized how well he had hit the compositional elements until I started mapping this exercise out. I originally picked this just because we had been talking about it at work yesterday, and it jumped into my brain when I decided I needed an image to use as an example piece. Now that you have a tool to play with. Snag a few images and give them the test and see how they stack up to the ArtOrder compositional test.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633339604718333492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199661962739712758.post-33763394153077298342013-08-31T02:01:00.000-07:002013-09-02T02:01:55.353-07:00Nailed to The Church Doors<div style="text-align: justify;">
This broadside from smirking chimp’s ernest partridge. Here’s a taste, but you should really go check out all of it: Aggressive war is a crime. Torture is a crime. Warrantless surveillance is a crime. Contempt of Congress is a crime. Defiance of acts of Congress is a crime. Extortion and bribery are crimes. Election fraud is a crime. The Nuremberg and Geneva conventions, the Constitution of the United States, and the federal statutes say what they say. The remedy is unequivocal: “The President, Vice-President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors”. “Shall,” not “may.” (Constitution of the United States, Article 2, Section 4). Without question, the Bush regime now rules in disregard and defiance of the rule of law. Each and every day that passes without decisive action against this lawless junta.</div>
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Each day is another day of anarchy. The courageous senior intelligence officers who demanded the release last week of the NIE have opened a window of opportunity for the dissenting activists, journalists, government officials and members of Congress. We would all be foolish and derelict in our civic duties not to respond promptly and decisively to this opportunity. The catalytic moment may be at hand, wherein a mass of individual dissenters coalesce into a “movement” when these dissenters look about and discover that they are participants in a significant political force; when they achieve perceivable results, perchance minor at first, but with the realization that significant reform is within reach and even, through coordinated effort and inspired leadership, irresistible; when, in short, perception becomes reality. Heady stuff, but well-considered. While i step out back and sharpen the tines of my pitchfork, go read the rest.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633339604718333492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199661962739712758.post-79552974926532432982013-07-12T05:49:00.000-07:002013-07-12T05:54:27.253-07:00Electronic Circuits<div style="text-align: justify;">
Electronics... fancy word but what does it mean and how we deal with it? Lots of physics and mathematics beyond this concept. We have all heard about electrical circuits and electrical components such as vacuum tubes, trasistors, integrated circuits or diodes. But what for? Electronics is widely used in telecommunications, signal processing and information processing. More than that, the ability of electronic devices to act as swiches makes digital information processing possible. One of the biggest and more important parts of electronics represents the focusing on engineering aspects. Nowadays electronics engineers can design circuits using power supplies, integrated circuits, semiconductors. </div>
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Construction methods have changed and progressed over the years and most modern day electronics now use new materials that bring along better results. More than that, the accent is now on health and environmental concerns associated with electronics assembly that have gained more and more increased attention in the past recent years. Over 1000 circuits schematics <a href="http://www.electroschematics.com/page/2/" target="_blank">http://www.electroschematics.com/page/2/</a>, ideas for beginners and more than that, valuable information that will help you practice your hobby, you can find it all browsing through our project. If you want to improve your knowledge and your skills, but also to prove yourself as a great electronics engineer, our projects will definitely help to find complete information and inspiration for your further projects. We invite you to browse through our main categories and discover many interesting and concrete articles: solar charges for solar panels, battery chargers, kits, voltage converters, datasheet, etc.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633339604718333492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199661962739712758.post-19038472654117931542013-03-06T06:42:00.004-08:002013-03-06T06:44:21.969-08:00Good Horses<div style="text-align: justify;">
On Sunday we took another opportunity to work with Llego and Griton before Mike has to leave on Tuesday. Since Llego had challenged Mike a bit the last time we worked, we wanted to make sure we had definitely gotten through the little issue they had before Mike took off again. As we expected, this good horse remembered what he had learned and cooperated with complete focus. We even began to teach him about lateral yields of the hindquarters and he caught on to what we were asking for immediately. We kept it short as a reward and Mike ended the session with asking Llego to practice standing quietly next to the mounting block while he climbed up and down, made noise with it, and put his weight across Llego's back. As you can see, the level of trust we have slowly built with this formerly wild horse certainly removed any concern he had about it! The fundamentals of what we teach our horses aren't any different than what most people teach; what changes from person to person is more like the differences in regional dialects when you learn a language.</div>
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Llego worked first with my nephew, Boyd, who taught him a Texas drawl, then with me during the fall and spring, and now he has had to learn the subtle differences in how Mike speaks to him. This trip home was an excellent beginning in developing a lasting dialogue between the two of them that we will be able to continue to develop on Mike's next trip home. Every horse has been getting mounting block practice. I reminded him of when Griton would be across the arena if you even thought about mounting him. Now all he thinks about is when he's going to get his next cookie. It was a several year process to get Griton to this place of calm relaxation, starting with showing him he could accept the saddle without fear. From there he learned it was safe to have me slip onto him bareback. This year, we are putting the two together and later this spring will be his first time to calmly carry me and a saddle at the same time. In case you're wondering about what is going on with Besol, he has gone back to horsey kindergarten in hopes that starting him over from the beginning will help him to let go of his old fears. That was the process we used with Griton and it certainly worked with that big Cookie Monster!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633339604718333492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199661962739712758.post-3929560719362432402012-11-16T05:15:00.001-08:002013-03-06T06:44:33.207-08:00Local Happenings<div style="text-align: justify;">
One of the many feathered visitors we have at the lake. Not being familiar with many birds, I Googled, and he is an Eastern Bluebird. I think he's gorgeous. We dodged a tornado at the lake last week by about 20 minutes. We'd had a burger at a little cafe in a small town 8 miles from us. When we arrived back at the lakehouse and turned on the news, we heard that we'd just missed it. When we got back home here, we discovered we'd been hit by a freak hailstorm. We may need a new roof. Baseball size hail broke one of our cars windshield, and left dents of that same size all over it. The lawn looks like gophers have been hard at work. I know that you can't tell the depth of this hail hole, but it's about an inch and a half deep, and baseball size. Many homes have windows busted out, but we were fortunate to only have our screens ripped. Also we have some smashed guttering,and a few chipped bricks. We feel fairly fortunate, compared to others, but we've just been issued another tornado watch until 10 pm. Well, that's life in Oklahoma, and my emergency closet is ready. Sigh. Okay, now back to the phone, waiting for return calls from insurance adjusters, roofing companies, etc.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633339604718333492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199661962739712758.post-26096040255424466592012-10-07T07:39:00.001-07:002014-02-05T03:28:08.719-08:00Be Healthier in the Long Run<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633339604718333492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199661962739712758.post-79825755852098649852012-10-06T08:55:00.002-07:002012-10-06T08:56:59.139-07:00Standing Ovations<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-weight: normal;">India just beat Australia at the MCG, for the first time since
1986. This happen on February 2008. They did so because they played brilliant one day cricket. The
Australian's batted like millionaires and didn't seem interested in
steadying the ship when early wickets fell. </span>Like always,
Australia never gave up in the field, but India under pressure did
what Australia didn't, they slowed down, stuck to their plan (to make
160) and who cares how slow they did it, but you can't do it from inside
the dressing room. They bought their best game, Australia didn't, no
big deal. What was a big deal though, was what Tendulkar did to
Lee in that third (or there abouts) over. The cover drive, and the on
drive... sublime! I could watch them over and over, and i did at least10 times, and now another game is comming, should it make the high expectations!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04633339604718333492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199661962739712758.post-81542477696285635642012-10-06T08:29:00.001-07:002012-10-06T08:42:50.236-07:00An Old Interview<div class="post-content" style="text-align: justify;">
Am I alone in feeling that post-match radio
and TV interviews make everyone who watches them cower on the sofa and
cringe? If I had my way, I'd ban them. Having experienced various
aspects of the media in both my home and working life, I know how
important producers deem these interviews to be. I once worked for a radio station covering a football match between
two giants of English football: Aylesbury vs. Aldershot. I had to make
sure I recorded the post-match reactions from players and management.
After a dire game, none of the players wanted to talk, but
the losing manager was able to offer me his priceless thoughts. His team were gutted by their loss and they had one
or two things to work on at the training ground. When I asked what they
were, he said he could tell me but he would have to shoot me. Despite
this rather droll answer, I deleted and did not file the interview as I
didn't think it added anything to the story of the day. I don't blame the journalist, he is trained to enquire about the
feelings of the player, even though the viewer or listener knows
well that he will be feeling delighted if he has won and disappointed if not. I don't blame the player or manager who answers
the questions, which can often be answered best with a Yes or No. My favourite moment came last year when Mushtaq Ahmed was giving one
of the countless interviews he has to give. We had won the game after
one of the senior players had been left out the side. A journalist asked Mushie: "Do you feel that the selectors and you have been vindicated by
the result of this game?" Mushie replied: "I don't think the press are
vindictive. They can write what they want." They certainly can, if only they didn't have to interview us at the end of games.</div>
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