Friday, May 29, 2009
Sunday, April 05, 2009
The weekend disaster
It's Thursday, you are already excited that tomorrow's Friday. (Because Thursday is the official start of the weekend, no?) Friday, the last day of the working week. Yay! And then it's Friday evening. You enjoy a nice home-cooked dinner or go to the movies for once or do something else that you haven't had time to do for a while now. Well done! But then it's Saturday. What do you do on Saturday? Shopping, cleaning and running errands. You run out of ideas and end up working any way. And then the Sunday; even worse. A whole day where you could do exactly as you want to do. But what do you do? You end up working any way. It is sad... And then as Sunday goes along, you already start thinking of Monday again - the work week starts over again. Snoopy, I agree!
Who invented the 7-days week? What not having a Pawukon calendar? It is a 210 day calendar consisting of 10 different concurrent weeks of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 days. This would be ideal: It changes constantly, so you would have no clue which day of the week it actually is. So no way you could get into a working-week rhythm. I like it! You cannot beat the system, so trick it and take advantage of it!
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Hammy the Hamster goes organic...
This post is actually about a serious topic. Is organic food really more interesting/tasty than convential food? Oh, so what: Hammy is sooo cute (^_^) Enjoy!
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
BBC Book List
Apparently the BBC reckons most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here.
Instructions:
1) Look at the list and put an 'x' after those you have read. (I'll bold those I've read and italicize those of which I only read part.)
2) Add a '+' to the ones you LOVE.
3) Star (*) those you plan on reading.
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien +
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen +
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams +
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis *
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott*
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling+
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling +
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling +
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot*
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez *
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett*
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens*
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh *
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett*
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens*
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett *
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman*
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett *
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding *
71. Perfume, Patrick Süsskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl *
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding +
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce *
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett*
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton 96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie
Seems like I've read 32 of it and started various ones... True true, once in a while it's hard to finish a book if it doesn't take you in from the beginning. I had that 'problem' with "A Room of One's Own" by Virginia Woolf. But you know what? It was actually worth it. The book was very good indeed! You just have to get past that certain point (^_-).
I can also proudly announce that I just finished "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" by Haruki Murakami. Really a very special book. I don't know what to think of Murakami. Either he's really sick or he's a genius. Like to sides of a coin they seem to belong to each other... no?
I just started "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins. A little harder to read for me as you really have to put yourself in the book, as you might say. Because the book does nothing to take you in (it's not a story after all!). Have you heard that busses drive around London with witty slogans like:
Science flies you to the moon,
Religion flies you into buildings.
Also a concotion of Mr. Dawkins I suppose. Nicely done!
Instructions:
1) Look at the list and put an 'x' after those you have read. (I'll bold those I've read and italicize those of which I only read part.)
2) Add a '+' to the ones you LOVE.
3) Star (*) those you plan on reading.
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien +
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen +
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams +
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis *
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott*
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling+
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling +
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling +
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot*
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez *
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett*
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens*
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh *
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett*
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens*
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett *
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman*
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett *
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding *
71. Perfume, Patrick Süsskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl *
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding +
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce *
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett*
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton 96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie
Seems like I've read 32 of it and started various ones... True true, once in a while it's hard to finish a book if it doesn't take you in from the beginning. I had that 'problem' with "A Room of One's Own" by Virginia Woolf. But you know what? It was actually worth it. The book was very good indeed! You just have to get past that certain point (^_-).
I can also proudly announce that I just finished "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" by Haruki Murakami. Really a very special book. I don't know what to think of Murakami. Either he's really sick or he's a genius. Like to sides of a coin they seem to belong to each other... no?
I just started "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins. A little harder to read for me as you really have to put yourself in the book, as you might say. Because the book does nothing to take you in (it's not a story after all!). Have you heard that busses drive around London with witty slogans like:
Science flies you to the moon,
Religion flies you into buildings.
Also a concotion of Mr. Dawkins I suppose. Nicely done!
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Some things to share...
Does anybody actually read this blog still? After I've been offline for such a long time? Maybe I already lost my dear readers and am now blogging into nothingness...
Well, nevertheless: I'm back. With lots of idle things to state.
For example here -> My favorites from the Sartorialist:
Aren't those pics gorgeous?
and the other thing: have you heard about GOSAT? The Japanese satellite -> more to be read here
Well, nevertheless: I'm back. With lots of idle things to state.
For example here -> My favorites from the Sartorialist:
Aren't those pics gorgeous?
and the other thing: have you heard about GOSAT? The Japanese satellite -> more to be read here
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