Books
Wheel of Time Reading Workaround
That I’m a nerd and/or geek (choose your own definition) is definitely not a surprise. Just looking at the content and the categories of this website will tell you that. And if you spend any time with me at all, it’ll only be reinforced over and over again.
So it is no surprise that I […]
Colin Farrell Surrounded by Triage Jokes
I was immediately intrigued when, in my RSS feeds, I saw enumerable “Colin Farrell in Triage” headings. First of all, the sheer inane glee that must have arose when the authors of these articles heard that someone – anyone – was involved in a project called ‘Triage’ must have blown the roof off somewhere. How […]
Steve Jobs versus the Book
Sometimes a story/article must be built upon very little. In church, it is often the case with a good pastor that you will get a whole sermon on one short sentence. Here is my chance to test my skills against the fanboy-god Steve Jobs, in much the same vain.
Macworld as a few weeks ago, and […]
Wheel of Time Author Chosen
It was with a heavy heart and with much sadness that earlier this year, we discovered the loss of one of the 20th and 21st century’s greatest authors. On September the 16th of this year, James Oliver Rigney Jr., aka, Robert Jordan, passed away after a courageous battle with the rare blood disease amyloidosis.
Author […]
Literary Conceit
As a self-confessed book-worm, I manage to make it through many books a year. So far, at a rough estimate, I’m sitting at about 35 books read so far this year. I might be a few more, but I don’t actually count.
In addition to my love of books, is my passion for the fantasy […]
Books, Chaddy and Football
My gosh… can you believe the Cats managed to hold out on the Pies last night? That was a ripper of a game, and I was sitting at a bar in Chaddy last night watching it along with a whole heap of Pies supporters… to be honest, I’m surprised I made it out with my […]
Robert Jordan October 17, 1948 – September 16, 2007
Born James Oliver Rigney Junior, and writing primarily under the pen name Robert Jordan, the author of the wildly popular and successful Wheel of Time series passed away 2:45pm, on the 16th of September, 2007, aged 58.
Survived by his wife Harriet McDougal Rigney, Jordan died of a rare blood disease that, according to his […]
The Postal Service and my walk!
There is nothing quite like a nice walk to get you back to reality - and that’s just what my recently completed walk did. I finished off listening to Buzz Out Loud, and continued on with some Bloc Party and The Postal Service (See above).
As for Buzz Out Loud, let me state right here […]
Pills and pills and pills and…
Now Listening; Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
What a weird day… up to 4am last night working on the new site, thus didn’t wake up until about 1pm, at which point I just gave up with the whole lying in bed thing, and went and stuck my head underneath the cold water in the shower… […]
Dedicated to Tom Merritt
Now Listening; Josh Groban - Closer.
In a passing note before I hit the sack, and question whether to go to church in the morning after playing WoW until 3am, I would like to say hello to Tom Merritt - someone who, in my eyes, is an internet celebrity, but who takes the time to […]
WoW; back in my heart!
That’s right - I’ve got another month of World of Warcraft underneath my belt - and I’m already lovin it! And despite not finding people willing to stick with me on the Van Cleef quest till the end, I was able to level up to 20 and beyond ogre-bashing! Lots of fun!
As for anything else […]
Dinner at Tim’s…
Oh, I think I just ruined any actual descriptions through the cleverly titled title I gave this post…
But yes, Laurz and I were invited to dinner at Tim’s house, where his brother (forgotten his name, though were never really introduced in the first place) and parents joined us for dinner (or did we join […]
Anyways…
I thought I’d seperate the rant from the actual goings on of today… Of course, today doesn’t really get interesting until after the service. As today was just reading my new book and watching Numb3rs!
After church I managed to chat to Matt - the baptism’s confirmed for Easter morning, eep! - to Mike - who […]
Lazy Days…
Purification Day
All I needed was a fire - despite the fact it was 34 today - and it would have been a perfect day with me and my book. Finished the Farseer trilogy - and have to say it’s one of the better series I’ve ever read! Definitely up there with the classics like LOTR, […]
City Escapades…
Well, a bit of a gap in writing, but by the time I got home last night, I was knackered. Today was boring - slept off yesterday mostly, and then finished book 2 of Farseer (see below) and just finished watching Sky One’s Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather. Brilliant btw - absolutely brilliant.
As for yesterday, had […]