Let me just begin this post by apologising in advance. I’m just going to be posting my thoughts rather than attempting to put together a structured post. That may cause my musings to be a little disjointed or difficult to… Read More ›
Religion and Spirituality
30 Day Book Challenge Day 12:
A Book You Wanted to Read for a Long Time But Still Haven’t Wow. There are so many, many books I could use for today’s challenge. At the time of printing, I have 2,667 books on my wishlist, and over… Read More ›
John Holt in ‘What Do I Do Monday?’
“A man may cling desperately to the belief that Jesus loves him because he is certain that nobody else does. Thus Christianity can all too easily…turn into a religion of hate and despair.” ~ John Holt in ‘What Do I… Read More ›
Herbert V Prochnow & Herbert V Prochnow Jr in Jokes Quotes & One Liners
A reporter was interviewing a man who was believed to be the oldest resident in town. ‘May I ask how old you are?’ the newsman enquired. ‘I just turned a hundred this week,’ the old man proudly replied. ‘Great! Do… Read More ›
Kathy Lette in ‘How to Kill Your Husband (and other handy household hints)’
“All husbands think they’re gods. If only their wives weren’t atheists…” ~ Kathy Lette in ‘How to Kill Your Husband (and other handy household hints)’
Unknown
“Do not be afraid to ask dumb questions. They are easier to handle than dumb mistakes.” ~ Unknown
Uncle Fester’s Wit of the Day
“Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are God.”
Anatole France
“Lever lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are those that other people have lent me.” —Anatole France
Joe Queenan in ‘Balsamic Dreams’
“Boomers persist in the belief that they are the most resourceful, most ingenious, most sophisticated, and most important in the history of mankind.” Related articles Book Review Podcast: Joe Queenan on a Lifetime of Reading (artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com) Disgruntled (aspiringwriter25.wordpress.com) This Could… Read More ›
What is Unusual About this Paragraph
How quickly can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing was wrong with it at all; and in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. Why? If you… Read More ›
Books I Read in July 2009
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie Echoes by Maeve Binchy (53 pages) Finland, Cultural Lone Wolf by Richard D. Lewis Replay by Ken Grimwood The Plague by Albert Camus (207 pages) Related articles… Read More ›
Books I Read in April 2009
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Nightbloom by Herbert Lieberman The Life of Riley by Steve Wright Shadows by John Saul Stone Cold by Robert Swindells The Waitress by Sinclair Smith Mummies: Unwrapping the Past by Rosalie David The Way-Paver by Anne… Read More ›
I Hate My Moontime…
I know that, as a pagan, I am supposed to view my moontime as a mystical, magickal time, a time to celebrate being a woman, but I just can’t do it! For me moontime means mess, smell, discomfort, wind, constipation,… Read More ›
‘Yes I’m Pagan, No I’m Not Wiccan…’
Myth #1: All Pagans are Wiccans This is simply not true. While there are increasing numbers following the Wiccan path, there are many other pagan paths out there. Druids, Native Americans, Ancient Roman, Greek and Egyptian religions, Australian Aboriginals, African… Read More ›
Old Bible (joke)
I found this joke on a bookcrossing thread (posted by nwpassage): A collector of rare books ran into an acquaintance who told him he had just thrown away an old Bible that he found in a dusty, old box. He… Read More ›
