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Twitter Updates for 2009-07-29

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
  • Have read – in 48hrs – From Balham to Bollywood by Chris England. The making of Bwd classic Lagaan, combines travel film and cricket. Score! #
  • Succumbed to temptation in library, now reading The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail. Very entertaining. Like a warm bath. #
  • Will have to get back to the Victorian whodunnit and the meditation book when it's finished… how these things always do happen… #

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Twitter Updates for 2009-07-24

Friday, July 24th, 2009
  • Now reading: Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Henepola Gunararatana – a guide to the practice of Vipassana (or insight) meditation. #
  • Mindfulness book looking good so far. Seeing parallels with Jung. #
  • Also embarking on Victorian-era detective novel – Long Spoon Lane by Anne Perry. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-23

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
  • Have finally read and returned all library books. Great sense of freedom. Kicking back with a crime novel. #
  • Just finished: Cold in the Earth by Ann Granger. Nice, straightforward police procedural picked up second-hand. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-20

Monday, July 20th, 2009
  • Finally sorting out blog post on Jung in Julian May's work before the book it's based on has to go back to the library. Interesting stuff. #
  • @thabookie Cheers, but enough pain watching Eng cricket team trying to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory :D #ashes #

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-17

Friday, July 17th, 2009
  • Enchanted with Lord Dunsany's My Talks With Dean Spanley – would heartily recommend this almost unclassifiable author. #
  • More on Lord Dunsany here: http://bit.ly/RS3Z5 #

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-15

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
  • Just finished Philippe Petit's To Reach The Clouds – story of his high-wire walk between New York's WTC towers in 1974 #
  • The book was made into the film Man on Wire – both book and film thrilling, highly recommended. #
  • Read the book in two short sittings. Next up: Lord Dunsany's Dean Spanley, also the subject of a recent film. #
  • Currently on the go: Logic for Dummies and @rand0m is reading The Eyre Affair out loud – "plock, plock" said the dodo :D #
  • @TheaEuryphaessa Thanks for your response re Jung – certainly a fascinating field and I'm certain I shall read more #
  • Looking forward to @lostsymbolbook release. Have always enjoyed Dan Brown (light blue touchpaper and retire…) :D #
  • @paigethedino Good reads: The Gormenghast trilogy – Titus Groan, Gormenghast and Titus Alone http://bit.ly/jyPGq #

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-09

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
  • Now reading: Jasper Fforde's The Eyre Affair, on the grounds it is highly recommended by almost everyone I meet. 4 chs in and looking gd #

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-08

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
  • Now reading: Logic for Dummies by Mark Zegarelli. A fascinating discipline to try to get your head around. #
  • Now reading: Paranormal Review, the latest publication from the Society for Psychical Research. Fascinating stuff. #
  • Enjoyed Robin Robertson's Introduction to Jungian Psychology which is the book I just finished. Recommended for an overview. #
  • Jungian psychology = the most satisfying meeting between the worlds of science and spirituality I have yet found. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-06

Monday, July 6th, 2009
  • Awww! Book lovers' cute overload! http://bit.ly/voLJN #
  • Today's dilemma: oft-renewed library books now due back. Not read. Return, or run up fines? #
  • One has to conclude that they haven't been read in this long, they won't be given a day or two longer. #

Twitter Updates for 2009-07-02

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
  • Investigating storytelling podcasts. Will report back on findings. #
  • Much success with Saga of the Exiles/Jung crossover. Will post to blog. Also planning a #Steampunk booklist. #
  • JD Salinger succeeds in getting Catcher in the Rye sequel stopped: http://bit.ly/wxYRk #
  • The library that never closes: ambitious plan to catalogue all books, ever, on the web for posterity: http://bit.ly/irCux #

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-30

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
  • How not to handle poor reviews: use Twitter to launch a firestorm: http://bit.ly/WfFfZ
    ? #
  • Now reading: Introducing Jungian psychology by Robin Robertson. Readable, gives insights into interface between psychology and paranormal #
  • Trying to apply Jungian archetypes to characters in Julian May's excellent Saga of the Exiles series, on which apparently they wre based. #
  • Might try to do a full blog post on the subject if we have any success. #
  • @scifi_books Nothing good :D #
  • Learn more about The Saga of the Exiles here: http://bit.ly/16r4bl #
  • @SilentBrothers Will check gn out – but the site is badly in need of a prominent 'sound off' button for folks viewing sneakily at work… #
  • Playing The Nethernet – check out here: http://www.nethernet.com #
  • If you take a look and fancy playing, do feel *absolutely* free to use my recruitlink :D http://thenethernet.com/join/astrofiammantenacht #

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-18

Thursday, June 18th, 2009