The Thoughts of Chairman Anyhow : The Black Dog

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The Black Dog

Black Dog

In Today's Issue

Depression
My Black Dog
Facts about Depression
How to Help Yourself
Random Joke of the Day
That's Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing
Finish with a Song

Depression
A mental condition characterized by feelings of severe despondency and dejection, 

typically also with feelings of inadequacy and guilt, often accompanied by lack of energy 

and disturbance of appetite and sleep.

  

MESSAGE TO MY BLACK DOG

Black, Blacker, Blackish, Blacked

I hate your weight your

Metal hat

You push me down

On to my knees

My iconoclastic surreal disease

You stop me being

You make me hurt

The scars run deep

I am the dirt.

I live a lie

Reconstructed truth

You eat my age

Consume my youth

  

You change reality

I am a clown of blood soaked

Banality

A player with an empty frown

One real truth

I will let you down

Facts About Depression

                                                                                                                                                                      

Depression distorts your thinking. When you are depressed, your mind can play tricks on 

you. If you have thoughts of suicide, please call someone immediately. Don't let a temporary

 glitch in your thinking cause you to harm yourself or another.

Depression makes it hard to give. It's very hard to think of other people when you're wrapped in a prickly blanket of sadness, and all you can think about is your own pain. Be proactive and just a few steps you need to heal. Try reading a book to help you understand what you are going through and how best to deal with it.

Alcohol is a depressant. So are marijuana and a host of other recreational or street drugs. Self-medication is not going to get you better and will surely make you worse over time. Remember that all medications, including anti-depressants, have side effects.

People don't choose to be depressed, but they do make a choice about how to deal with it. You can choose to do nothing, but denying that you have a problem will only make you feel worse. Choose to just make one step, just one and if it feels okay, try it again. That's how many people get through it.

The origin of depression can be situational and/or bio-chemical. If you are experiencing mild to moderate situational depression (resulting from the loss of a job, for example), counseling will help you. Most bio-chemical depressions that are moderate to severe are best treated with a combination of medicine and psychotherapy.

Depression can be as hard on your loved ones as it is on you. Those closest to you may start to feel unloved, and may distance themselves so they aren't pulled into your pain. Remember that others are counting on you.

Exercise is the easiest and least expensive cure for depression. Just walking 30 minutes a day will help you and sometimes completely alleviate your symptoms. For this very reason, many therapists take walks with clients instead of doing "couch time."

Ways to help Yourself

(source Mind)

Look after yourself

• Get good sleep. For lots of people who experience depression, sleeping too little or too much can be a daily problem. Getting good sleep can help to improve your mood and increase your energy levels. 
• Eat well. Eating a balanced and nutritious diet can help you feel well, think clearly and increase your energy levels. 
• Keep active. Many people find exercise a challenge but gentle activities like yoga, swimming or walking can be a big boost to your mood. 

Practise self-care

• Work out what makes you happy. Try making a list of activities, people and places that make you happy or feel good. Then make a list of what you do every day. It probably won't be possible to include all the things that make you happy but try to find ways to bring those things into your daily routine.

• Treat yourself. When you're feeling down, it can be hard to feel good about yourself. Try to do at least one positive thing for yourself every day. This could be taking the time for a long bath, spending time with a pet or reading your favourite book. See our relaxation tips for some ideas of things to do.

• Be kind to yourself. None of us achieve all our goals. Don't beat yourself up if you don't do something you planned to, or find yourself feeling worse again. Try to treat yourself as you would treat a friend, and be kind to yourself.

Keep active

• Join a group. This could be anything from a community project or a sports team to a hobby group. The important thing is to find an activity you enjoy, or perhaps something you've always wanted to try, to help you feel motivated.
• Try new things. Trying something new, like starting a new hobby, learning something new or even trying new food, can help boost your mood and break unhelpful patterns of thinking and behaviour.
• Try volunteering. Volunteering (or just offering to help someone out) can make you feel better about yourself and less alone. 
• Set realistic goals. Try to set yourself achievable goals, like getting dressed every day or cooking yourself a meal. Acheiving your goals can help you feel good and boost your self-confidence, and help you move on to bigger ones.

Challenge your low mood

• Keep a mood diary. This can help you keep track of any changes in your mood, and you might find that you have more good days than you think. It can also help you notice if any activities, places or people make you feel better or worse.

Random Joke of the Day

I gave a brilliant speech today to a group of backpackers. They were on the edge of their seats.

There is a McDonald's on every continent except Antarctica

Finish with a Song
This is Johnny Cash with Hurt, released in 2002

The Thoughts of Chairman Anyhow : Tax Man

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The Thoughts of Chairman Anyhow : Tax Man

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The Thoughts of Chairman Anyhow : Tax Man

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Tax Man

In Today's Issue

Tax 
Paradise
That's Amaaaaaaaazing
Random Joke
Word...to your mother ?
Finish with a Song


TAX 

Paradise 

What does your tax

Really pay for

Scroungers, foreigners

And the poor?

It’s taken directly

From your pay

The amount that’s

Taken’s beyond your say

But there is a gap

a big loophole

If your rich

With a big bankroll

Don’t pay your way

Keep your wad

It’s not illegal

If money’s your god

So what does that

Tax provide?

Where would go that

Money you hide?

Hospitals, schools,

Fire and police

Libraries, Soldiers

To keep the peace

Everything society

Everything we need

Sacrificed for rich

Fat Man's greed

So keep your cash

Your conscious clean

It’s not illegal

But it is obscene.

The poorest pay more tax

The public generally believe that households with the highest incomes pay more in tax than those with the lowest. However, when taken as a percentage of that household's income, that isn't the case at all.

The poorest households hand over a whopping 43% of their incomes in various taxes, a massive eight percentage points more than the richest households, according to research from the Equality Trust.

Random Joke

Narcolepsy. It's a very serious cond,,,

‘Semantic satiation’ is repeating a word so often it sounds like nonsense.

Finish with a Song

This is The Taxman, by the Beatles released in 1966

The Thoughts of Chairman Anyhow : Tear Down The Wall

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The Thoughts of Chairman Anyhow : Tear Down The Wall

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Tear Down The Wall

In Today's Ich bin ein Berliner Issue

Ich bin ein Berliner 
Berlin
The Wall
That's Amaaaaaaaazing
Random Joke
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"Ich bin ein Berliner"

Ich bin ein Berliner" (German pronunciation: "I am a Berliner") is a quotation from a June 26, 1963, speech by U.S. President John F. Kennedy in West Berlin. It is widely regarded as the best-known speech of the Cold War and the most famous anti-communist speech. Kennedy aimed to underline the support of the United States for West Germany 22 months after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall to prevent mass emigration to the West. The message was aimed as much at the Soviets as it was at Berliners and was a clear statement of U.S. policy in the wake of the construction of the Berlin Wall. Another phrase in the speech was also spoken in German, "Lasst sie nach Berlin kommen" ("Let them come to Berlin"), addressed at those who claimed "we can work with the Communists", a remark at which Nikita Khrushchev scoffed only days later. The quotation was just short of five months before Kennedy was assassinated later that same year.

The speech is considered one of Kennedy's best, both a notable moment of the Cold War and a high point of the New Frontier. It was a great morale boost for West Berliners, who lived in an enclave deep inside East Germany and feared a possible East German occupation. Speaking from a platform erected on the steps of Rathaus Schöneberg for an audience of 450,000, Kennedy said,

A city divided by an

Ideology

Forged by the end of a

War.

Bricks and mortar

Splitting the vegetation

Of family

branches

One side capitalist

The other communist

And in the middle

The fulcrum of families

A push into power

By a Soviet force

Or protectionism of

Globalised product

And in the end

Nothing achieved

Shot by a wall

For living on the wrong side

It crumbled as all

Societies do

With a chant, not a gun

“Tear down the Wall”

Construction of the Berlin Wall began on August 13 1961 as a way of separating the three zones controlled by France, Britain and America from the zone controlled by the Soviet Union.

The Berlin Wall was constructed as a way of preventing East Germans from entering West Germany. It was not so much a boundary for West Germans wanting to enter the East, who were able to do so by obtaining a permit several weeks in advance. It didn't face much opposition by the western powers as its construction confirmed that the Soviet Union were not planning to take over West Berlin.

Official figures show that at least 136 people died trying to cross the border. People attempting to get from East to West were regarded as traitors and guards were instructed to shoot at them if they attempted to cross, although not to kill them.

The west side of the Berlin wall was covered in graffiti. The East side was not.

The Berlin Wall was something of a propaganda disaster for the Soviet Union and East Germany. It showed the communists to be tyrannical in the way they controlled the movement of their people and their willingness to shoot at people they considered to be traitors.

Official figures show that at least 136 people died trying to cross the border. People attempting to get from East to West were regarded as traitors and guards were instructed to shoot at them if they attempted to cross, although not to kill them.

The west side of the Berlin wall was covered in graffiti. The East side was not.

The Berlin Wall was something of a propaganda disaster for the Soviet Union and East Germany. It showed the communists to be tyrannical in the way they controlled the movement of their people and their willingness to shoot at people they considered to be traitors.

Despite there being a wall separating East from West, there were a number of checkpoints that allowed passage to and from the two sides. The most famous of these was Checkpoint Charlie, a checkpoint separating the American-controlled zone of West Berlin from the Soviet-controlled East Berlin. The guard house for Checkpoint Charlie was removed in October 1990 and is now situated in the Allied Museum in Berlin-Zehlendorf. The last remnant of Checkpoint Charlie, an East German watchtower, was demolished in 2000.

Although November 9th 1989 is recognised as the date of the fall of the Berlin Wall, official demolition of it didn't start until June 13th 1990. Between November 9th and June 13th, border controls still existed, although were less strict that previously. Parts of the wall was chipped away by Germans to keep as souvenirs/sell on eBay. People who did this were known as "wall woodpeckers" (Mauerspechte) Some parts of the wall had been taken down but only to make way for more crossing points. All border controls ended on July 1st 1990 and Germany was recognised as one country again from October 3rd 1990.

The Berlin Wall was a physical barrier above the ground, but what about under the ground? Berlin, like many major cities, has an underground or subway system. After construction of the Berlin Wall, trains could only operate on the side in which they were based. Some trains either ran purely on the west side or the east side. Trains which previously crossed the border would now go no further than its respective border and then turn back. This was apart from three lines that were used by West Berliners but which went through East Berlin for a small part of their journeys. They travelled through several stations which became known as Ghost Stations (Geisterbahnhöfe), dimly lit and heavily-guarded stations that the trains were unable to stop at. This was apart from certain exceptions: Friedrichstasse Station was situated in East Berlin, but was used a transfer station for passengers to get onto other trains travelling to locations in West Berlin. Passengers could also enter East Berlin at this station if they had the relevant permits (also needed for crossing the Berlin Wall). Bornholmer Strasse Station was a station that both West and East Berlin trains passed through, but not on the same lines. Neither side's trains stopped at the station, and the two lines through it were separated by a tall fence. Finally, Wallankstrasse Station was another station situated right on the border. There were exits in the station, some leading the West Berlin, some leading to East Berlin. The exits to West Berlin were open and allowed people to pass through it freely. The exits to streets in East Berlin were locked. When the Ghost Stations were reopened after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the first people using them found them preserved as they were when they closed in 1961 with the same signage and advertisements on the walls.

The Most Posters on One Wall - Beverly, Massachusetts, United States / June 28, 2009

Connor Mooney has 186 posters on the walls of his bedroom.

What do call a man with an elephant on his head? An ambulance.

FINISH WITH A SONG

This is David Bowie with a song about the Berlin Wall - This is Heroes

The Thoughts of Chairman Anyhow : Help me Rondeau, Help Help me Rondeau

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Help me Rondeau, Help Help me Rondeau

In Today's Roundabout Issue

Rondeau

Help me Rondeau, Help Help me Rondeau

Circles
Word
Random Joke
Finish with a Song

A Rondeau is a short poem consisting of fifteen lines that have two rhymes throughout. The first few words or phrase from the first line are repeated twice in the poem as a refrain.

Help me Rondeau, Help Help me Rondeau

  

The sofa calls me to my rest

Like mewling babe embraced by breast

Swallowed up incased in leather

Enveloped against the weather

I have a home for that I’m blessed

It is MY sofa I’m no guest

Place for me somewhere to tether

My safety sofa.

I sink myself into headrest

Hide within when I am stressed

Place to get myself together

Stuffed with bird death their own feathers

I leave a dent, am I depressed

My safety sofa.

Circles

The simplicity of the circle — a set of points on a plane that are all the same distance from another point called the centre – has endlessly fascinated humans. Circles (from the Greek kirkos, meaning ring, from the ancient root ker, meaning “to turn”) are symbols of infinity – a line that never ends.

The Greek philosopher Empedocles (493-433BC) devised a highly eccentric personal cosmology whose god was a circle “of which the centre is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere”.

Circles are also efficient: they cover the maximum possible area for a given perimeter, or have the minimum possible perimeter for a given area. They are useful, too: a filled-in circle is a disc and gave us the wheel, perhaps the most famous of all inventions.

Divination circles

Gyromancy is a form of divination in which a person walks in circles until they fall over through dizziness. The position one falls in is then used to interpret the outcome of future events.

Walking in circles

In situations where there are no navigational clues – such as a snowstorm or thick fog – humans always end up going around in circles.

Research carried out in 2009 by the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen had volunteers set down in a particularly empty bit of the Sahara or the dense, flat Bienwald Forest in south-west Germany and tracked them using GPS. When the sun or moon was out, they were perfectly capable of walking in a straight line. When it wasn’t, they started to walk in circles, crossing their own path several times: the average diameter of the circle they walked was only 66ft (20m). It suggested that we have no instinctive sense of direction.

Ant circles

If a group of army ants gets separated from the main foraging party, they can lose the pheromone track and begin to follow one another. They form a continuously rotating circle and keep going until they die of exhaustion.

Stone circles

The most famous henge – an oval area enclosed by a bank and an internal ditch – is Avebury, in Wiltshire. The nearby ancient stone circle of Stonehenge isn’t, strictly speaking, a henge because its ditch runs outside its bank.

The word henge was given its precise modern meaning by Thomas Kendrick, Keeper of British Antiquities at the British Museum, in 1932. For centuries, any stone circle or ritual site was called a henge in imitation of Stonehenge. The word had long since lost its meaning in Old English, which was “hanging place” (either in the sense of “gallows” or “precipice”).

Kendrick used it to mark out a particular style of circular monument which occurred all over the British Isles but not in the rest of Europe. But, by defining it so precisely, he excluded Stonehenge itself.

Star circles

Zodiac comes from the Greek kyklos (circle) and zoon (animal), and so means “circle of animals”.

The identification of the constellations with animals and mythical figures was first recorded in the Sumerian civilisation of Mesopotamia, around 3,000BC, from where it spread to Egyptian and Greek cultures.

Crop circles

Mathew Williams, of Devizes in Wiltshire, is the only person to have been arrested for creating crop circles; in 2000 he was fined £100 after putting his work on the internet.

Circle of learning

The word encyclopedia literally means a “circle of learning” and was originally used to indicate a well-rounded education. It was not used as a title for books of general knowledge until the 17th century.

VORFÜHREFFEKT (German) - "demonstration effect", when something doesn't work until you go to show someone the problem - and it suddenly works again.

Instead of ‘British Summer Time’ and ‘Greenwich Mean Time’ why not just call it ‘Oven Clock Correct Time’ and Oven Clock One Hour Out Time’

FINISH WITH A SONG

This is The Circle of Life - Elton John

The Thoughts of Chairman Anyhow : Zeitgeist

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The Thoughts of Chairman Anyhow : Zeitgeist

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Zeitgeist

In Today's Populist Issue

Zeitgeist
Not Quite "Geist"
Popular
Random
Word (To your Mother)
Finish with a Song

The Zeitgeist is a concept from 18th to 19th-century German philosophy, translated as "spirit of the age" or "spirit of the times". It refers to the concept of an invisible agent or force dominating the characteristics of a given epoch in world history.

Beans means Heinz

Hey rock and roll

Never trust a hippy

Go buddy go

Go to work on an egg

Put Tiger in your tank

Snap crackle pop

Its Blankety blank

I’m lovin it

Finger licking good

Shoop doggy dog

Boys in da Hood

Every little helps

Its Asda price

The better way to shop and save

Its naughty but nice

Yabba Dabba doo

Suffering sucatash

Supermarket sweep

Jumping Jack Flash

Dribble, piffle, plop

Yackety yak

Something something something

Errm quack quack quack

Michael Jackson "Thriller" is the best-selling album of all time, with sales over 110 million copies worldwide

Tetris had 100 million paid downloads, making it the best-selling mobile game of all time

Rubik's Cube remains the top-selling single toy of all time with 350 million sold

McDonald's The largest fast food chain 35000 outlets throughout the world

"Avatar" £2,787,965,087 billion Is the highest-grossing film of all time

Snickers best-selling candy bars in the world £3.6 billion

Finding Nemo Best selling DVD of all time 40 million copies

Snow Beer (China) is biggest selling beer in the world

Football is the most popular sport with 3.5 Billion fans

Flattery is telling others exactly what they think of themselves.

Word of the day: SKÄMSKUDDE (Swedish) -
literally "embarrassment pillow", the feeling you get when seeing something so embarrassing that one gets the urge to hide one's face in a pillow or couch cushion

FINISH WITH A SONG

The biggest selling UK single of all time - Elton John, Candle in the Wind