In case you didn’t know there has been an earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand and hundreds of aftershocks. I love this map of the quakes and aftershocks – helps to understand what is going on when you see it unfold graphically. Christchurch Quake Map
Monthly Archives: September 2010
The Euphemism Collector
Ever been bombarded by someone’s cologne as they walk past? Did you nearly pass out from someone’s glowing body odour? According to Mark Peters, you could easily call them an “essence-peddler”. And apparently when the flight attendants fart in the aisles of the plane, unheard by the unsuspecting passengers over the engine noise, they call [...]
Great Quotes from the Wide World
Anathem by Neal Stephenson
I have just finished this massive task, I call it massive as Anathem is huge and it required a lot of my brain to be involved in the reading of it. On Salon.com, Andrew Leonard described the book as “a page turner and a philosophical argument, an adventure novel and an extended existential meditation, a [...]
Allegory about a burden
The Happiness Project
BookSneeze new book
Having finished Popes and Bakers I have now ordered another book from BookSneeze to review. This is what the publishers say about it. I only know Max Lucado’s stories for children so this might be a fun read. Outlive Your Life You Were Made to Make a Difference By Max Lucado Published by Thomas Nelson [...]









