Sphinx: He who questions training only trains himself at asking questions.
Furious: What??
Sphinx: Patience, my son. To summon your power for the conflict
to come, you must first have power over that which conflicts you.
Furious: Okay, am I the only one who finds these sayings just a
little bit formulaic? “If you want to push something down, you have
to pull it up.” “If you want to go left, you have to go right.” It’s–
Sphinx: Your temper is very quick, my friend. But until you learn to
master your rage–
Furious: Your rage will become your master? That’s what you were
gonna say, right? Right?
Sphinx: …Not necessarily.

But because I love you Donna and value your opinion, I took my first look at the theses in a few years and I have to admit that looking at them in light of the emergence of social media, they age well. I still can’t stop myself from mocking them after reading the first fifty or so, but that’s just me. Now I still don’t know f**k-all about Gordon Ramsay, but thanks for melting a bit of the cranky ice that is my brain …

What’s interesting, talking of authenticity, the owners of at a local cafe recently went to see Gordon Ramsay in Sydney do a cookery show and queued with others for hours to get books signed and it does seem as if G. himself is authentic and honest. I wonder if that is a major contribution to his popularity? (QED Cluetrain
I’ve just lost a terminology battle at work - I now have to refer to library users as ‘clients’ on the web site…I had another look at Cluetrain - thanks for the reminder about it! - and giggled to myself as I was reminded about the TQM (Total Quality Management) phase and how in the UK at least, companies ended up saying they were ‘TQM’ organisations often enough to believe it and I feel the same with ‘client’ … “yes, we’ll be providing a better service to you, because you are now our clients not library members.”

I haven’t heard of the Cluetrain Manifesto before! I’ve just had a look at the website and the book sounds fascinating. I’ll add it to my to-read list.