diary, work Demo, busy weekend; family, drama, cycling, motorbike jobs

Demo day in work Thursday. All working and stable, a half hour in morning of no light getting back to one Transponder but that's fixed quickly. Demo runs very easily. Back to work automating tests Thur + Fri. Fix labview + socket things, move desk Fri and fix misc test things.

Fri morning Maeve gets up a bit earlier. She can't rouse anyone so crys (because she wants to get up in time to get the bus). Bus rescheduled for next week. We're all ready 8:10. Cycling is mooted for all, but in the end I cycle and kids + Fionn take car.
Whew! I've not cycled to work in a month or more. Hard work.
Hungry Fri evening.

Sat I do motorbike jobs and miscellaneous other things. For motorbike I take off seat (stuck! now oiled) and raise back box and fix left indicator (back box pressed down on it, fixed with bamboo + duct tape). finished desoldering old switch, disconnect messy cables and put switch back on, put in new battery. It's fit to go to garage and not completely confuse a proper bike mechanic now. When warm she's revving high. Carburettor needs cleaning? Also a small hole in exhaust and service should be due.
Motorbike job starts in morning and goes on piecemeal all day interrupted by other things, food, collecting kids. Luckily no rain, cover bike and tools when job left from showers though.

Builder Dermot calls morning. Dominic's brother. Gutter problems pointed out.

With motorbike battery put an old flying insect of  Daire's on charge. Flew it a bit with Daire just before light faded.

Collected Kate from gym by bike + trailgator. I thought Kate would be tired but no, loads of energy. I could really feel her pedalling from behind.

In afternoon I go down to Dundrum, look at white shirts - see one in M&S 35 euros, Hmm. no sure. Also the park bike, tramp through half shopping centre and tramp back is ... interesting in a way but ... not a place I like to be. Out and down to Noel Reid's who are back in old Dundrum Shopping Centre. (because now it's not going to be redeveloped so they were allowed to open up again). Measured for suits for My Fair Lady and buy white shirt there. 45 euros. But I couldn't bring myself to park and trail through the Dundrum shopping centre again. Get newspaper on way home.

Evening TV (British family on holiday France, seems normal for a long while though with ominous music. ... scary things do happen!). Some perl for manipulating rubik's cube while doing this (and printing in curses colours).

Sunday up and breakfasted, cappuchinos and hot chocolates for us again, last of milk used. Dominic calls fix radiator leak by tightening valve (valve needs replacing). Water off, fiddling in attic. Gutter pipes and fiddling out back. Wooden floor buckling problem discussions.

We all go see the new Chipmunk movie in Dundrum. That's two movies in a real cinema in about 3 weeks. A phenomenal record for us! It's quite  a good and funny one. Maeve really is absorbed and rocks along with the songs.

After this we need quick food. Carvery in Dundrum shopping centre food mall was introduced to me before by theatre crowd. We head there and get good and fast food. Fionn and Kate kids portions of pasta + fish and pasta + chicken. Daire and James and Maeve burger and Lamb and chicken(kids portion) respectively. 


I have about 2 main meals each day with lots of food in between. Definately well fed and snacked this weekend!

Grab car from car park, to scout den to drop me for rehersal. We go from start to servants song (and a bit more, probably almost all act 1. We repeat Ascot Gavotte a few times. Both for performace tonight and for show. I'm a butler already for Poor Prof Higgins song but also get a line and bring in Doolittle. Might have to chop off my long hair to be a butler!

Fionn and kids visit Eoghan and Mary and family and collect black shoes and a bow tie for me. Then to GAA for presentations. I walk over to there then to home. Food then I cycle down to Mill. Rehearse Ascot a bit after 7. Then waiting and perform a bit before 9. Whew! Fun. Cycle back up home. Chat and tea, Daire and Fionn. Caoime puts up some photos of the Ascot Gavotte costumes - fellas white shirt and black bow tie with black trousers. Girls dresses and hats all shades of black and white.

My neck is quite sore/stiff. Partly all body sore after cycle Friday.
Oh! That reminds me. I got rear ended at end of Sandyford in the morning on way to work. Me on pedal bike. Rearended by black SUV. I passed a black suv pulling out before getting to traffic lights at bottom end of sandyford village. Way back from lights  they went orange and then red so I pulled up in orange box. Stopped and put foot down and stood. Then whang! Rear tyre of bike bounces forwards. Jeezus! The black SUV has  driven all the way into the orange box to the front and hit me. I'm surprised! Surprised I'm still standing (and holding bike handlebars with left hand). And looks like me and bike are okay. Looks like plastic of front bumper of SUV hit rubber of my back tyre. I'd say she just barely caught me a glance. I act indignant and lady comes out to say sorry. I'm fine and bike seems fine, she says she turned round behind to look at the kids. Anyway. I run bike across road at end of green light. Can feel shaky then - adrenaline in system.

Later in evening I feel I have a bruise alright - saddle hit my arse. Right cheek.

I have about 2 main meals each day with lots of food in between. Definately well fed and snacked this weekend!

That's it. ach jaysus 12:54 am! Past bedtime. Silly blog/diary compulsion!

bow tie: origin as shirt fastening

My first time ever wearing a bow tie today :)
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3562358&id=694917871
We did the Ascot Gavotte for Mill Theatre Gala night.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_tie

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necktie

1650ish Croatian merceneries use neckerchief to hold together their shirts and this caught on among French upper classes as a fashion "cravat".  

log2csv.pl - grep data from any logfile format

Some people here were using LiveGraph, it looks a little grotty but works very very well. I had a quick look at using other things, custom graph generation in perl or perl + gnuplot. But LiveGraph gives a very neat solution with:
* GUI and immediate display of data by just pointing at .dat or .csv file
* immediate and easy tweaking of graph
* LIVE graph plotting
* Export graph to image using GUI
* Very nice generic automatic figure-format-out LiveGraph .csv/.dat file format

And hopefully, I think I did it before: * multiple sources of data on one plot

This script, log2csv.pl allows any textual log file with data in it to be fed to LiveGraph. So maybe I never have to write another data parsing + plotting script ever again! :)
log2csv takes:
* output .csv file name
* input log file name
* pairs of data name and regexp to grep out data value from log

#e.g.
log2csv.pl testdata.csv some.log \
D0 'WSS.*D00,PORT.*=\s*(\d+)\b' D1 'WSS.*D01,PORT.*=\s*(\d+)\b' \
PD_A 'PD:pd_a power:([-]*\d+[\.]*\d*)\b' \
PD_O 'PD:pd_o1a power:([-]*\d+[\.]*\d*)\b' \
PD_D1 'PD_D1:([-]*\d+[\.]*\d*)\b' \
PD_D2 'PD_D2:([-]*\d+[\.]*\d*)\b'

Run it on windows using cygwin (tail -f needed).

Here is the script:





#!/usr/bin/perl -w

=head1 NAME

log2csv.pl - process test log files, generate .csv file for LiveGraph

=head1 USAGE

=cut

my $usage = <
log2csv.pl [ ..]

e.g.
log2csv.pl testdata_22Feb_xx.csv /cygdrive/m/TclTestManager/Logs/TestRun_22Feb_*/*.log \\
D0 'WSS.*D00,PORT.*=\\s*(\\d+)\\b' D1 'WSS.*D01,PORT.*=\\s*(\\d+)\\b' \\
PD_A 'PD:pd_a power:([-]*\\d+[\\.]*\\d*)\\b' \\
PD_O 'PD:pd_o1a power:([-]*\\d+[\\.]*\\d*)\\b' \\
PD_D1 'PD_D1:([-]*\\d+[\\.]*\\d*)\\b' \\
PD_D2 'PD_D2:([-]*\\d+[\\.]*\\d*)\\b'
END

=head1 SYNOPSIS

e.g. parse this:

$ bash ./monitor_log.sh

log::logarray:aWSSinfo0(D00,ATTN) = 7.0
log::logarray:aWSSinfo0(D00,PORT) = 0
log::logarray:aWSSinfo0(D01,ATTN) = 7.0
log::logarray:aWSSinfo0(D01,PORT) = 1
MONITOR: WSS configured and check okay. D00 att:7.0 port:0 D01 att:7.0 port:1
MONITOR loop state:lock PD:pd_a power:-15.99 target:-16.00
TESTSTEP: FAIL fPDVal:-1.26 check PD_D1:-1.26 is about 7dBm, thresh:3 target:7 delta:8.26 thresh:3
TESTSTEP: FAIL fPDVal:-1.26 check PD_D2:-1.90 is about 7dBm, thresh:3 target:7 delta:8.26 thresh:3
MONITOR: OFSM processes check PASS
MONITOR PING test TX:1 RX:1 result:PASS


TODO: parse this:
TESTSTEP: FAIL waitForOlcControlState bResult=FAIL iTestTime=213 match(1,2):(0,0) check1:state:\s+lock\y
MONITOR: WSS init try:1

TODO: get time at every monitor loop, plot that, then can see when disconnected/waiting.
Test Start Thu Feb 18 13:17:32 GMT Standard Time 2010

=head1 DESCRIPTION

=head1 DESIGN/NOTES

Started with testreport.pl

tail /cygdrive/m/TclTestManager/Demo/DemoFeb2010/ofso_demo.log
tail /cygdrive/m/TclTestManager/Demo/DemoFeb2010/monitor_log.sh


=cut


sub openCSV {
my $outfile=shift;
my $refDetails=shift;

# open file, create and write header
# overwrite or append to outfile? overwrite.
( open( OUTFILE, ">$outfile" )) || die "file err: Can't open $outfile for write: $!";

# write header
my $bWriteComma = 0;
for my $ds ( @$refDetails ) {
#print "write var $ds->{var} val $ds->{val} regexp $ds->{regexp}\n";
($bWriteComma == 1) && print OUTFILE ", ";
if (defined($ds->{var})) { print OUTFILE "$ds->{var}"; }
$bWriteComma = 1;
}
print OUTFILE "\n";
close OUTFILE;
}

sub writeCSV {
my $outfile=shift;
my $refDetails=shift;

# open file, append
( open( OUTFILE, ">>$outfile" )) || die "file err: Can't open $outfile for append: $!";

# write data
my $bWriteComma = 0;
for my $ds ( @$refDetails ) {
#print "write var $ds->{var} val $ds->{val} regexp $ds->{regexp}\n";
($bWriteComma == 1) && print OUTFILE ", ";
if (defined($ds->{val})) { print OUTFILE "$ds->{val}"; }
$bWriteComma = 1;
}
print OUTFILE "\n";
close OUTFILE;
}


# TODO user passes in filename [optional outfile] [optional regexp/list of famille to take]
my $c = $#ARGV + 1;
print "ARGC=$c\n";
foreach my $i (0 .. $#ARGV) {
print "arg ARGV[$i]=$ARGV[$i]\n";
}

(defined $ARGV[0]) || die "args err: no outfile specified. \n$usage";
my $outfile = shift;
(defined $ARGV[0]) || die "args err: no infile specified. \n$usage";
my @infiles;
my $infilecount = 0;
while (defined($ARGV[0]) && -e $ARGV[0]) {
$infiles[$infilecount++] = shift;
print "args infile $infilecount is $infiles[$infilecount-1]\n";
}
($infilecount>0) || die "args err: no infile found. \n$usage";

my @data_spec;
my $data_spec_count = 0;
while (defined $ARGV[0]) {
# TODO: if match ^- option parse

# pair of data and regexp
(defined $ARGV[1]) || die "err: pair of data and regexp expected. \n$usage";
my $ds = {};
$ds->{var} = shift;
$ds->{regexp} = shift;
# mark first regexp as the one to trigger a write of values (e.g. 1st regexp is timestamp)
if ($data_spec_count == 0) { $ds->{write} = 1; }
push @data_spec, $ds;
$data_spec_count++;
print "data spec $data_spec_count is $data_spec[$data_spec_count-1]->{var} and $data_spec[$data_spec_count-1]->{regexp}\n";
#print "data spec 0 is $data_spec[0]->{var} and $data_spec[0]->{regexp}\n";
}

&openCSV ($outfile,\@data_spec);

#use File::Tail;
#my $file=File::Tail->new($infiles[0]);
#while (defined(my $line=$file->read)) {
# print "$line";
#}
open(INFILE, '-|', "tail -f $infiles[0]") or die "file err: Can't open $infiles[0]: $!";
my $lastline = "";
while () {
my $line=$_;
while (defined($_) && $line ne $lastline) {
#print "line: $_";
$lastline = $line;
for my $ds ( @data_spec ) {
#print "grep var $ds->{var} regexp $ds->{regexp}\n";
$_ = $line;
if (my ($val) = ($line =~ m/$ds->{regexp}/ ) ) {
print "GROPPED var $ds->{var} regexp $ds->{regexp} val $val\n";
# store value
$ds->{val} = $val;
# write out values when we get match on first regexp ...
if (defined($ds->{write})) {
print "GRO write\n";
&writeCSV ($outfile,\@data_spec);
}
last; # next; #break; continue;
}
}
}
}

return;

Questions about tcl for job interviews, thoughts on tcl quirks

Tricky question. "What is a simple question and answer that would give us confidence that they knew TCL?"

Try and set up interview so your candidate can write code. You can’t determine it with one question I think but you can if you get them to write a function. Incidentally The Gureilla Guide to Interviewing by Joel Spolsky FogCreek is very good on technical/software interviews.

One question might be what kinds of different data types are available by default in tcl?
Answer1: in tcl, “everything is a string” (but lots of people who know tcl mightn’t get this!)
Answer2: There is default support for list and array. And normal var types would be considered integers/floats/strings.
“everything is a string” means there is no type protection
Data types are supported by the way they are treated in procedures.


Write a procedure (that would require a while or for loop) to calculate something.
Show how this can be called and print the answer.
e.g. calculate the sum of a list

# my answer
proc calc_sum_of_list { list } {
set sum 0
foreach a $list {
# OR if you're a real tcler here use: incr sum $a
set sum [expr $sum + $a]
}
return $sum
}

# how this is called
set mList [list 1 2 3 4]
puts “sum of list result: [calc_sum_of_list $mList]”

# OR
set mList [list 1 2 3 4]
set result [calc_sum_of_list $mList]
puts “sum of list result: $result”


Simpler questions:

How do you set a variable?
Answer: set a 40

How do you increment an integer variable?
Answer: incr a

How do you decrement?
Answer: incr a -1

How to you print a variable?
Answer: puts $a
OR puts “a is $a”
OR puts [format “a is %d = 0x%08x, string %s” $a $a “string”]
OR ...



A fundamental tcl question: Are spaces needed in tcl in for/while/if loops?
Answer: YES tcl has a couple of really awkward quirks.

e.g. valid tcl:
set a 20
if {$a > 4} {
puts “$a is bigger than 4”
}

Invalid:
set a 20
if{$a > 4} {
puts “$a is bigger than 4”
}

invalid command name "if{20"

Invalid:
set a 20
if {$a > 4}
{
puts “$a is bigger than 4”
}

wrong # args: no script following "{$a > 4}" argument
invalid command name "
puts "$a is bigger than 4"
"



Another fundamental question: In tcl what brackets in comments might cause problems (especially if they’re not balanced in comments)?
Answer: Curley brackets {} cause problems. parenthesis () or square [] or anything else don’t cause problems in comments.

Pure and even very impure software people who haven't encountered tcl before have probably already WTFed several times and swooned away by now. Must be because tcl syntax was defined by one of those hardware people! :-P i.e. Possibly a very practical person who has made a very gluey language with a few glaring hairy things remaining in the syntax (possibly on purpose to scare/annoy computer science philosophers).
Please excuse me hardware and software people alike :)
Tcl language syntax overview
Why is tcl syntax so weird?on wiki.tcl.tk
syntax related pages on wiki.tcl.tk
Ousterhout
John Ousterhout on tcl history
wikipedia.org:Tcl

bash shell logrotate function

# Yet Another installation in the Yet Another script to do whatever series

# I have done logrotate in bash in at least two other flavours before. :-7

# bash shell logrotate function
function logroti () {
for f in $* ; do
echo logroti for f
if [ -e "$f" ] ; then
ROTFILES=$(find $f.[0-9] 2>/dev/null| sort -r )
for rf in $ROTFILES; do
BASE=${rf%.*}
NUM=${rf##$BASE.}
((NUM++))
echo logroti for rf=$rf BASE=$BASE NUM=$NUM new file $BASE.$NUM
mv -f $rf $BASE.$NUM
done
cp -f $f $f.0
cat /dev/null > $f
fi
done
}

# e.g. usage
logroti run_demo.log
while [ 1 ]; do
logrotate demo.log 2>&1 |tee -a run_demo.log
date |tee -a run_demo.log
echo "DEMO script start" |tee -a run_demo.log
tclsh RunDemo.tcl 2>&1 |tee demo.log
date |tee -a run_demo.log
echo "DEMO script exited" |tee -a run_demo.log
done

# the tcl script internally at top level has a catch {...} sError
# but some errors get past this! :)
# So am catching everything and can see how long things run for and what errors cause any problems

Hoxton accent? My Fair Lady.

Working on programme for musical tonight.
With scribus. Nice except tables (and paste from clipboard must mess with versions on ubuntu jaunty).

When is my Fair Lady set and what would a Hoxton accent have sounded like in those days?

Eliza - I'm a good girl, I am!
Higgin - Yes, dear. Yes.
Hoxton man - Where do I come from?
Higgins - Hoxton.
Hoxton man - Well, who said I didn't?
? - Blimey, you know everything, you do.

http://www.allmusicals.com/lyrics/myfairlady/script.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockney
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoxton

This girl - Amy Walker - is pretty entertaining:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UgpfSp2t6k
Amy Walker. 21 accents.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJyTA4VlZus&feature=channel
How To Learn Any Accent Part 1
A masterclass with Amy Walker (of "21 Accents") to empower You to teach yourself any accent on the planet. Learn the way Amy learned -with the world as your classroom. http://www.21Accents.com Amy's current feature film project: http://www.ConnectedFilm.com Amy's personal website: http://www.AmyWalkerOnline.com
Vibes to You in all you do!


Ascot Gavotte
Ev'ry duke and earl and peer is here
Ev'ryone who should be here is here.
What a smashing, positively dashing
Spectacle: the Ascot op'ning day.

At the gate are all the horses
Waiting for the cue to fly away.
What a gripping, absolutely ripping
Moment at the Ascot op'ning day.

Pulses rushing! Faces flushing!
Heartbeats speed up! I have never been so keyed up!
Any second now They'll begin to run. Hark!
A bell is ringing, They are springing Forward Look!
It has begun...! . . . . . .

What a frenzied moment that was!
Didn't they maintain an exhausting pace?
'Twas a thrilling, absolutely chilling Running of the
Ascot op'ning race.

With a Little Bit of Luck
A man was made to help support his children
Which is the right and proper thing to do
A man was made to help support his children
But, with a little bit of luck, with a little bit of luck
They'll go out and start supporting you
(With a little bit, with a little bit)
(With a little bit of luck they'll work for you)

(He doesn't have a tuppence in his pocket)
(The poorest bloke you'll ever hope to meet)
(He doesn't have a tuppence in his pocket)
(But, with a little bit of luck, with a little bit of luck)
(He'll be movin' up to Easy Street)
(With a little bit, with a little bit)
(With a little bit of luck he's movin' up)
(With a little bit, with a little bit)
(With a little bit of bloomin' luck)

I'm getting married in the morning
Doolittle and Everyone:
I'm getting married in the morning
Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime.
Doolittle: Drug me or jail me, Stamp me and mail me.
All: But get me to the church on time!
I gotta be there in the morning
Spruced up and lookin' in me prime.
Doolittle: Some bloke who's able Lift up the table,
All: And get me to the church on time!
Doolittle: If I am flying Then shoot me down. (Then shoot me down)
If I am wooin', Get her out of town!
All: For I'm getting married in the morning!
Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime.
Doolittle: Feather and tar me;
Call out the Army; But get me to the church.
All: Get me to the church...
Doolittle: For Gawd's sake, get me to the church on time!

~ ~ ~ ~ The crowd “pulls out the stopper” and dances a wild street dance. ~ ~ ~ ~

Harry and Everyone: Starlight is reelin' home to bed now.
Mornin' is smearin' up the sky. London is wakin'.
Daylight is breakin'. Good luck, old chum,
Good health, goodbye.
Doolittle: I'm gettin' married in the mornin'
Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime...
Hail and salute me Then haul off and boot me...
And get me to the church, Get me to the church...
For Gawd's sake, get me to the church on time!


Wouldn't It Be Loverly?

It's rather dull in town, I think I'll take me to Paree.
Mmmmmm.
The mistress wants to open up
The castle in Capri.
Me doctor recommends a quiet summer by the sea!
Mmmm, Mmmm, wouldn't it be loverly?

Eliza All I want is a room somewhere,
Far away from the cold night air.
With one enormous chair,
Aow, wouldn't it be loverly?
Lots of choc'lates for me to eat,
Lots of coal makin' lots of 'eat.
Warm face, warm 'ands, warm feet,
Aow, wouldn't it be loverly?
Aow, so loverly sittin' abso-bloomin'-lutely still.
I would never budge 'till spring
Crept over me windowsill.
Someone's 'ead restin' on my knee,
Warm an' tender as 'e can be. 'ho takes good care of me,
Aow, wouldn't it be loverly?
Loverly, loverly, loverly, loverly
[REPEAT]

With a Little Bit of Luck
music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
 ALFIE:
The Lord above gave man an arm of iron
So he could do his job and never shirk.
The Lord gave man an arm of iron, but
With a little bit o' luck,
With a little bit o' luck,
Someone else'll do the blinkin' work!

ALFIE, JAMIE AND HARRY:
With a little bit... with a little bit...
With a little bit o' luck you'll never work!

ALFIE:
The Lord above made liquor for temptation,
To see if man could turn away from sin.
The Lord above made liquor for temptation, but
With a little bit o' luck,
With a little bit o' luck,
When temptation comes you'll give right in!

ALFIE, JAMIE AND HARRY:
With a little bit... with a little bit...
With a little bit o' luck you'll give right in.

ALFIE:
Oh, you can walk the straight and narrow;
But with a little bit o' luck,
You'll run amuck!
The gentle sex was made for man to marry,
To share his nest and see 'is food is cooked.
The gentle sex was made for man to marry, but
With a little bit o' luck,
With a little bit o' luck,
You can have it all and not get hooked.

ALFIE, JAMIE AND HARRY:
With a little bit... with a little bit...
With a little bit o' luck you won't get hooked.
With a little bit... with a little bit...
With a little bit o' bloomin' luck!

ALFIE:
They're always throwin' goodness at you;
But with a little bit o' luck,
A man can duck!
ALFIE:
The Lord above made man to 'elp is neighbor,
No matter where, on land, or sea, or foam.
The Lord above made man to 'elp his neighbor, but
With a little bit o' luck,
With a little bit o' luck,
When he comes around you won't be 'ome!

JAMIE AND HARRY:
With a little bit... with a little bit...
With a little bit o' luck,
You won't be 'ome.
With a little bit... with a little bit...
With a little bit o' bloomin' luck!
[dialog]
ALFIE:
A man was made to 'elp support his children,
Which is the right and proper thing to do.
A man was made to 'elp support his children, but
With a little bit o' luck,
With a little bit o' luck,
They'll go out and start supportin' you!
ALFIE, JAMIE AND HARRY:
With a little bit... with a little bit...
With a little bit o' luck they'll work for you!
With a little bit... with a little bit...
With a little bit o' bloomin' luck!
ALFIE:
Oh, it's a crime for man to go philanderin'
And fill his wife's poor 'eart with grief and doubt.
Oh, it's a crime for man to go philanderin', but
With a little bit o' luck,
With a little bit o' luck,
You can see the bloodhound don't find out!

ALFIE, JAMIE AND HARRY:
With a little bit... with a little bit...
With a little bit o' luck she won't find out!
With a little bit... with a little bit...
ALFIE:
With a little bit o' bloomin' luck!












ARTIST: Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
TITLE: With a Little Bit of Luck
Lyrics and Chords


[My Fair Lady]

The Lord above gave man an arm of iron
So he could do his job and never shirk
The Lord above gave man an arm of iron - but
With a little bit of luck, with a little bit of luck
Someone else'll do the blinkin' work
With a little bit, with a little bit
With a little bit of luck you'll never work

/ C G C - / / F - - E7 / F - G C /
/ F G C - / G - C - / C G C - /

The Lord above made liquor for temptation
To see if man could turn away from sin
The Lord above made liquor for temptation - but
With... / When temptation comes you'll give right in
With... you'll give right in

Oh, you can walk the straight and narrow
But with a little bit of luck you'll run amok

/ F - C - / D - G - /

The gentle sex was made for man to marry
To share his nest and see his food is cooked
The gentle sex was made for man to marry-but
With... / You can have it all and not get hooked
With... you won't get hooked
With a little bit, with a little bit
With a little bit of bloomin' luck

The Lord above made man to help is neighbor
No matter where, on land, or sea, or foam
The Lord above made man to help his neighbor - but
With... / When he comes around you won't be home
With... you won't be home

They're always throwin' goodness at you
But with a little bit of luck a man can duck

Oh, it's a crime for man to go philanderin'
And fill his wife's poor heart with grief and doubt
Oh, it's a crime for man to go philanderin', but
With... / You can see the bloodhound don't find out
With... she won't find out
With a little bit, with a little bit
With a little bit of bloomin' luck

He doesn't have a tuppence in his pocket
The poorest bloke you'll ever hope to meet
He doesn't have a tuppence in his pocket-but
With... / He'll be movin' up to easy street
With... he's movin' up
With a little bit, with a little bit
With a little bit of bloomin' luck
Jamie, Harry, Friends:
There's just a few more hours.
That's all the time you've got. A few more hours
Before they tie the knot. Doolittle
There are drinks and girls all over London,
and I've gotta track 'em down in just a few more hours!

I'm getting married in the morning! Ding dong!
The bells are gonna chime. Pull out the stopper!
Let's have a whopper! But get me to the church on time!
I gotta be there in the mornin'
Spruced up and lookin' in me prime.
Girls, come and kiss me;
Show how you'll miss me.
But get me to the church on time!

If I am dancin' Roll up the floor.
If I am whistlin' Whewt me out the door!
For I'm gettin' married in the mornin'
Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime.
Kick up an rumpus But don't lost the compass;
And get me to the church, Get me to the church,
For Gawd's sake, get me to the church on time!

Doolittle and Everyone:
I'm getting married in the morning
Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime.
Doolittle: Drug me or jail me, Stamp me and mail me.
All: But get me to the church on time!
I gotta be there in the morning
Spruced up and lookin' in me prime.
Doolittle: Some bloke who's able Lift up the table,
All: And get me to the church on time!
Doolittle: If I am flying Then shoot me down. (Then shoot me down)
If I am wooin', Get her out of town!
All: For I'm getting married in the morning!
Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime.
Doolittle: Feather and tar me;
Call out the Army; But get me to the church.
All: Get me to the church...
Doolittle: For Gawd's sake, get me to the church on time!
~ ~ ~ ~ The crowd “pulls out the stopper” and dances a wild street dance. ~ ~ ~ ~

Harry and Everyone: Starlight is reelin' home to bed now.
Mornin' is smearin' up the sky. London is wakin'.
Daylight is breakin'. Good luck, old chum,
Good health, goodbye.
Doolittle: I'm gettin' married in the mornin'
Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime...
Hail and salute me Then haul off and boot me...
And get me to the church, Get me to the church...
For Gawd's sake, get me to the church on time!




http://www.guntheranderson.com/v/data/withalit.htm - with a little bit of luck and Chords
http://www.allmusicals.com/lyrics/myfairlady/ascotgavotte.htm
http://www.reelclassics.com/Musicals/Fairlady/fairlady-lyrics.htm
http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/w/withalittlebitofluck.shtml
http://www.allmusicals.com/lyrics/myfairlady/wouldntitbeloverly.htm

Why people vote the wrong way!?

This from the BBC is very interesting.

"in politics, when you are explaining, you are losing. And that makes anything as complex or as messy as healthcare reform a very hard sell."

"stories always trump statistics"

"in contemporary politics, if you can fake sincerity, you have got it made"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8474611.stm

... please excuse me ... this is how I rant ... mostly to myself inside my head ... sometimes to Fionnuala ... sometimes to my computer/everyone in the whole wide intarweb ...

What in this world now is not made complex, even seemingly simple things opened up to debate and put under the microscope suddenly have murky waters with hydraen creatures lurking). Any issues with complexity like any green/environment/planning issues, like Lisbon have many facets. If you are against one facet then it puts you against the whole thing. Focus is much more easily put against any negative facets and positive facets count for nothing.

We must understand all facets of an issue logically and scientifically correctly and work out the best solutions. But when debating politically and persuading people the logic and intellectual argument only counts for a little.

Can we debate and convince people of the correct argument in an entertaining and sincere and emphatic way which is also honest and accurate?

After working out the intellectual argument every point should be translated to allegory. But that can then be countered by better allegory. Nuts.

etymology of allegory

Ben Goldacre's bad Science

Bruce Schneier on Security

Green Party Ireland