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Here you will find older scratches, musings and other detritus that once were located on the front pages, but have now faded.

Filed away here to collect dust and cobwwwebs in perpetuity, links may break, facts may change and data may corrupt.

On occasion I may come down here to tidy, but for the most, I prefer to leave the past where it lies.

 

Motivation And Personalisation

People have different ways of personalising there office space, whether it be photos, trinkets or cutouts. In The Simpsons’ sixth season episode "And Maggie Makes Three" Burns places a plaque in Homer’s station saying "Don't forget: you’re here forever", to remind him that he could never quit again. After the birth of Maggie however, he changes the sign by strategically covering it with photos*.

Me, I have small cut cartoon outs from Dilbert, Nemi, Least I Could Do and Calvin and Hobbes that cover a selection of work and personal topics I find either amusing or motivational.

Most of these I have electronic copies of so when, as I had to on Friday re-pin them, I thought I would replace some of the tattier ones. One of these included a Calvin and Hobbes so I used it as an excuse to read through 10 years of archives to find it again**.

It was during this that it struck me how good the comic was and how insightful it could be. One particular one (09/11/94) caught my eye and I thought I would share. It is a very simple two panel strip of Calvin and Hobbes walking through the forest talking about mankind. Its one of the recurring themes found in the strip, and each time is given weight and made more poignant by being said by a six year old kid. Perhaps it should be compulsory reading and pin board material for politicians.

Dilbert archives next I think.

18 Aug 2007 23:56 | (0) comments | Thoughts

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