tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post3414511424418172330..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Foundations of a Millennium by Ruby BarnesKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-90143659648054061222014-04-26T13:04:25.440+01:002014-04-26T13:04:25.440+01:00Very interesting and thought-provoking, Ruby. Mayb...Very interesting and thought-provoking, Ruby. Maybe, given your antipathy to heights, it's as well you didn't check those stats before you visited. But the metaphor's a good one. I used it recently in a talk, but my intent was to draw people's attention to the gaps between sentences which need to be bound carefully together to achieve our aims, so my focus was on mortar as well as stones.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-10299498141337841782014-04-26T12:24:55.981+01:002014-04-26T12:24:55.981+01:00fascinating Ruby. it would be a bit crowded at the...fascinating Ruby. it would be a bit crowded at the top during a raid however... you don't always need deep foundations if you have solid ground to build on, perhaps... damn this metaphor business is catching!Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-34407694293913203032014-04-26T11:42:12.436+01:002014-04-26T11:42:12.436+01:00What an amazing place, Ruby! - Thanks for letting ...What an amazing place, Ruby! - Thanks for letting me know about it. A thousand years old and it looks like a Black Country factory chimney. But will probably still be around when they've all fallen down.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-4646911356828198702014-04-26T09:45:26.849+01:002014-04-26T09:45:26.849+01:00Second that, Jo!
(And it's precisely my confi...Second that, Jo!<br /><br />(And it's precisely my confidence that allows me <i>not</i> to charge for my writing.)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-68808860485518378642014-04-26T08:59:30.465+01:002014-04-26T08:59:30.465+01:00Oh heck, if social media is our scaffolding it all...Oh heck, if social media is our scaffolding it all feels very flimsy. Thank goodness for the solidity of stone.JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.com