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So here it is.. a blog. Repository of some of my present musings and interests. Sometimes things pop into my head that should probably stay there - it is possible I shall share at least some of them here. (Naturally I shall filter out the ones about my sordid obsession with the culinary dark arts, one has to protect the innocent!) Please feel free not to take this too seriously, much of it could wind up being snippets of things that amuse me. Yesterday I came up with this: Few politicians can be considered first class, but not a few are number twos. What can I do with it? Nothing springs to mind, except perhaps blog it. Perhaps in some other life I'm a failed stand-up comedian. I have the beginnings of an idea to introduce another player into the Mr Moonlight story, a nice visual has occurred to me, and a summoning gone wrong seems appropriate. When I finish up here I shall literally put pen to paper. I find writing at least initially longhand helps my ideas flow. When I type up what I've written, I give it a first revision at the same time, and as a bare minimum check my spellings and grammar . I do want to keep tabs on my current reading here. I usually have several books on the go at the same time. Currently I am working through 'Pyramids' by Terry Pratchett. I reread Pratchett's books over and over - usually at work where they provide much needed amusement whilst I eat breakfast. 'The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle', by Stuart Turton was loaned to me by a friend who shares a love of murder mysteries, (especially Agatha Christie's works). It is a new take on the genre and very very clever. The protagonist occupies different bodies - a selection of the guests at the house where Evelyn is murdered. Each day he spends in a different guest, and he has been tasked with discovering the murderer - or maybe saving Evelyn from actually being murdered, it is hard to tell. The book twists and turns and is quite intriguing. 'New Science - Principles of the new science concerning the common nature of nations' is an English translation by David Marsh of 'La Scienza Nuova' by Giambattista Vico, published in 1725. Not far into this yet, I had to find a copy of the frontispiece online, as it wasn't included in the Kindle edition. The first part of the book explains the idea - and uses a detailed description of the frontispiece to convey this. So being without it would have made things somewhat harder. 'The Complete Works of Michael De Montaigne' is again a translation, this time by Donald M. Frame. Montaigne's Essays are famous, I kept reading about them, so treated myself to a nice hardbound copy to dip into - usually just before bedtime. So there we have it - a blog entry - enjoy! (whispers almost inaudibly 'Bon Appétit). |
| I think that one of the best things about the Internet is YouTube. The reason I think this is I love music, all sorts of music, from all sorts of genres and several different countries. YouTube allows me to hear things that rarely or never get played on UK radio, and besides I like music videos too. I was a little surprised last week when the BBC named 'Wet Leg' as an up and coming band for 2022, I already have bought 3 of their MP3s. For some reason amazon wants me to pay £8.00 a month for 'unlimited music'. They don't seem to notice that I am a dinosaur, I actually buy music, and I pretty much always spend more than £8 every month, it isn't hard when one album alone costs more. Back to YouTube. I can find old friends, things I haven't heard in years. There is a reason I call myself Adherennium by the way, I have an excellent memory. I'm sorry, what was I talking about? Oh yes, memory. Old adverts, musical intros to shows, records my parents played, the music on the radio at my grandparents, I remember them all. But as well as loving deeply the music of my past, I also love to listen to music that is new to me, and since the rise of YouTube, I've been able to listen to music from Russia (I have an album by a group who's name I cannot pronounce and who's lyrics are in a language I don't speak, it is brilliant); from France, several rather wonderful artists from France; Japanese Metal bands; A Norwegian singer/songwriter of extraordinary ability, you get the picture. I'd swamp this blog with links if I thought anyone wanted to listen, but I suspect I'm doing well if I'm even read. (ooh my cynicism is showing). Okay one link, just one. This is my most recent purchase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45D9NiOimt8 |
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). I mostly reject that. I'm eating rice with an egg this morning but Pannya just brought me chocolate milk from 7/11 (bless him; I really don't need it).
