THE WORLD WILL CHANGE

At least party- goers will be warmly wrapped for Rib-Fest in the Park. No nasty surprises in the weather. It's been cool and damp all day.

I'm warm and cosy in my big comfy chair watching the West  Block on Global TV. Listening  to talk about the election. The general consensus is  interesting.

The NDP apparently learned  in the last BC campaign being nice doesn't work. The leader refused to do negative advertising and lost. 

I had a campaign once without signs. They are the most work,most frustrating ,most expensive

and most complained about part of any campaign. I wasn't elected. People noted afterward because I had no signs, they didn't know I was a candidate and didn't vote. 

Charlie Rose had three writers in his hour long show on night  last week. I like to listen to writers. Hear how they go about their craft ....why they chose to be writers. 

Narcissism is a character trait. It's why they anticipate ipeople will read what they write. 

It makes sense. 

One of Charlie's writers went to the U.K. from Japan at  five years old .He started writing as a means of keeping memory of the magical place left behind. He always thought he would return. The book  just published, took ten years to write. He wrote  other things at the same time including song lyrics.

I don't need to write to keep memory fresh. I can quote a comment years after I heard it. Not everything of course. Only stuff that strikes a chord  for one reason or another, 

I don't carry grudges.  Generally I pay as I go. I'm not sure when the put-down started reflecting back on the speaker.  

People engaged in politics write the script. Without experience, they have no idea how it may be heard. It's not rehearsed, there is no director, they don't know what they're going to say and easily forget what they said. 

I used to obsess. It was like sitting on my own shoulder. Driving  home after a meeting, I would rehash everything said and how it could have been said better. Eventually  it became like second nature.

About the time I learned to relax and enjoy what I was doing.

When I quote, it's part of the discipline learned. A word picture with a detail that makes it come alive. 

Video cameras, tape recorders have not always been with us.The blog is a previously unimagined tool . 

I think in my great-grand- children's generation, a person without ability to combine communication skills with communication tools, will have no place in politics. 

People will be the same.

The world will be a different place.