Combining cats and cake: somewhere in the world it is National Chocolate Cake Day!
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Kate Carruthers
The evolving power shift and our hyperconnected society
As we move away from the power structures and ways of thinking that governed the twentieth century we are seeing a desperate rearguard action from the power elites who ruled that time.
Dying Dinosaur Industries in their Death Throes
A good example of this is the film and music industries,
happy Caturday with Teddy Bear the porcupine
Zooniversity is the home of one of my favourite animals online - Teddy Bear the porcupine -
De Profundis: The final mystery is oneself
Recently I was re-reading Oscar Wilde's De Profundis, a moving letter from prison that looks at spirituality and faith from the depths of despair and degradation.
This particular quote stood out for me, especially the notion that we do not know ourselves very well.
The final mystery
Theme for 2012: Compassion, composure, and flow
Each year, instead of making new year resolutions, I pick a theme for the year. That way when I get sidetracked (as often happens)
I can simply return to the theme. Also with a theme there are often many different things I can do to support it.
This year my
cake and cats - why not? #caturday #cakeday
Recently Jason Jordan called me on my limited ways of thinking.
ARE YOU SUGGESTING IT CANNOT BE BOTH? RT @kcarruthers: @jasonjordan but. but. it's already Caturday. #cakeday
— Jason Jordan (@jasonjordan) December 23, 2011
Then I realised that he's right. It can be both #caturday and #cakeday
2012: Not the end of the world, but perhaps the end of the world as we know it
As we come up to the year 2012 many prognosticators are predicting the end of the world. I suspect that this will not come to pass.
But I do think that we are seeing the end of the world as we've come to know it during the latter