[identity profile] whswhs.livejournal.com 2013-12-07 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
I voted for Obama in 2008 thinking that I would be getting that sort of politician, but I've found nearly everything he's done since then disappointing. It seems to me that both parties have spent the new millennium turning to independent voters when they need to get into office, and then forgetting about them and going straight partisan once they're in.
ext_6283: Brush the wandering hedgehog by the fire (Tired of London? Tired of Life!)

[identity profile] oursin.livejournal.com 2013-12-07 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
A London taxi-driver who has done The Knowledge and still uses it will get you where you are going more expeditiously than the one who relies on his GPS.

[identity profile] danceswithwaves.livejournal.com 2013-12-08 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
Interesting about GPSs. I haven't found that using them tends to make my memory of directions worse, but maybe that's because I tend to look at the overall map and set of directions that the GPS hands me and decide whether I like it or not, and if I can follow it without seriously relying on the machine. Because GPS devices aren't perfect, and they can tell you to turn right when they've previously been telling you to stay left, and depending on traffic, may not give you enough time to change lanes. I prefer to rely on myself and a map, so I try to remember routes on my own. Also, I compulsively check the GPS so I can remember where it wants me to go next so I can look for it...that whole "GPS devices aren't perfect" thing.