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Researching, and engaging in music, poetry and lyric writing satisfies my fictional needs, so it's a healthy balance between reality and make-believe..
The Push - Tommy Caldwell
I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to
Mortimer and Whitehouse : Gone Fishing.
Very chucklesome.
and. The universe vs Alex woods
An autobiographical account of the lives of the author, her mother and grandmother through the twentieth century, from the end of the old empire through the Mao era and afterwards. If you think that the current state of politics in the UK is bad, you should probably read this... I'm about three-quarters of the way through at the moment, in the middle of the Cultural Revolution. It's absolutely terrifying what a dictatorship based on an unhinged personality cult did to a country - 'communism' isn't really a correct description, it was more a feudal monarchy with a mad emperor.
That they've been able to rebuild from that to the world's second largest economy - and soon the first - in only fifty years is really remarkable.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
currently:
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towle - Russian aristocrat survives revolution,wryly observes the changing times while maintaining his refined manners under house arrest in a luxury hotel. Charming, sometimes sad but elegantly witty comedy of manners.
How to be a Bad Birdwatcher - Simon Barnes - whimsical introduction to ornithology by Times nature and sport correspondent.
Zen Guitar - Philip Toshio Sudo- pithy aphorisms re our favourite subj., currently aiming for my green belt.
And a load of stuff about medical issues affecting family
Just finished The Desert and the Sea, a journalists account of being held hostage by Somali pirates for 977 days.
An interesting insight to pirate life, which is generally very disorganised and reliant on the drug Khat.
No particular plan, ridiculous ransoms, in fighting, constant moving around due to aircraft surveillance etc.
Very chaotic.
Next up is 'Gotta Get Theroux this' - Louis Theroux's new Auto biog.
The most depressing book I’ve ever read is Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee... the history of the genocide by the United States against the native Americans.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Currently reading Gomorrah by Roberto Saviano about the Camorra crime organisation in and around Naples.
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