01 July 06 - 14:45Book Reviews
If there is one thing that Mensa members have in common it's a love of books. I have hundreds, perhaps thousands. So here is a new site feature. Book Reviews by Mensa members. I've started the ball rolling with a review of the
The Book of Tells.
Read an Interesting book recently? Send in a book review and share it with us.
Book Publishers. Got a book that you think would look well reviewed by a member of Mensa? Email
mensanblogger@gmail.com.
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29 June 06 - 11:59What would Mensa be like...
If it were ten times bigger. Its not impossible, though on the face of it unlikely. In the UK, 24,000 is just 2.4% of the top 2% of the population who could join. There are about a million potential members in the UK alone. 1% of the UK population is roughly 550,000. Imagine what it would be like with 250,000 members. There would still be only 5-10% active members but there'd be more groups- 3 to 4 times as many meetings- much larger weekend attendances. We'd be having to hire the Albert Hall or Earl's Court for AGs!
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27 June 06 - 09:47Something different
Hello UK mensans,
If you are the parent of a bright child aged 10 to 12 (or thereabouts), take a look at www.crathespress.co.nz sometime. Believe me, the booklets shown there are different. Written by a mensan for his gifted Grandson. E-mail if interested of if any questions. Cheers from kiwiland.
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27 June 06 - 07:31Welcome New Bloggers!
Folowing a bunch of new signups- Heres a full list of our Bloggers. David (aka Admin), Martyn, Robert, geoff, ros, tristan, George, john, pinkthing999, amod, ian, clayton, margaret, francis, william, jeff, rowena, tony, RobertL, tracey and phyllis.
Blogging - short for Web Logging, is just writing an online journal. There are something like 42 million blogs in existence. I for example have one at
Davids Blog. They get written for many reasons. Self-therapy, informational, marketing a service or product, commenting, whinging, or just to demonstrate writing ability.
Perhaps they even send secret messages? Not encrypted messages but messages hidden within normal phrases. E.g. Take the first letter of each word in this sentence. "Just One Individual Newcomer Might Ease Nerves Says Albert".
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26 June 06 - 14:22Funny Money
The text from a letter from the Inland Revenue to a poor tax payer (Chris Addison) which was published in the Guardian newspaper in September 2003, has been circulating again in email circles.
It made me laugh, so I thought I'd share it with you.
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