Monthly Archives: September 2010

Quake Map

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

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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 [...]

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Great Quotes from the Wide World

“There is difference between truth and fiction – fiction has to make sense” ‎”The pen is the tongue of the mind.” — Miguel de Cervantes To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone. ~ Reba McEntire

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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 [...]

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Allegory about a burden

My local newspaper – The East and Bays Courier – came to interview me about the book In the Realm of the Golden Queen The article talks about how it is possible to overcome your past and set free from the burdens we carry. It was exciting to see the article in print! You can [...]

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The Happiness Project

I am reading The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin at the moment and I am in love with this book. I have never read any book that has spoken straight into every aspect of my life in a few short pages. You are going to have to live with a lot of quoting from it [...]

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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 [...]

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