Just couldn't let these three things I've read this week go by w/o sharing. And this doesn't include all the crazy political and economic news of the week!
NEW ZEALAND - More mysterious lard-like lumps have washed up on lower North Island shores, proving a beacon to dogs and fortune hunters. (Read about it here)
And...
UNITED NATIONS - Michael Douglas had to field questions Wednesday about the financial turmoil shaking world markets from reporters recalling his role in the 1987 film "Wall Street." (Article is here)
Lastly....
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A West Virginia man who police said passed gas and fanned it toward a patrolman has been charged with battery on a police officer. (Read more here)
(As a coworker said, "I could have charged my brother with battery all those years ago???")
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Currently Reading:
--Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson
--Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson
--Jan - June 2009 National Geographic Magazines
--A Year in the Merde, by Stephen Clarke 5*
--a few of the "Death In..." books, by JD Robb 4* (as airplane reading)
--The Adventure of English, by Melvyn Bragg 5*
--Shipping News, by Annie Proulx 3*
--Confessions of an Economic Hitman, by John Perkins 5*
--Duma Key, by Stephen King 5*
--Beasts, by Joyce Carol Oates 4*
--Skin Privilege, by Karin Slaughter 1* (HORRIBLE writing)
--Plain Truth, by Jodi Picoult
--Kafka on the Shore, by Haruki Murakami
--The Road, by Cormac McCarthy 5*
--Oil!, by Upton Sinclair 2* (good writing, a bit long, didn't flow well)
--Out Stealing Horses, by Per Patterson 4*
--Stumbling on Happiness, by Daniel Gilbert 3.5*(interesting, not as good as Tipping Point or Blink or Paradox of Choice)
--Speaker for the Dead, by Orson Scott Card 4* (but not nearly as good as Ender's Game)
--Beasts, by Joyce Carol Oates 4*
--Skin Privilege, by Karin Slaughter 1* (HORRIBLE writing)
--Plain Truth, by Jodi Picoult
--Kafka on the Shore, by Haruki Murakami
--The Road, by Cormac McCarthy 5*
--Oil!, by Upton Sinclair 2* (good writing, a bit long, didn't flow well)
--Out Stealing Horses, by Per Patterson 4*
--Stumbling on Happiness, by Daniel Gilbert 3.5*(interesting, not as good as Tipping Point or Blink or Paradox of Choice)
--Speaker for the Dead, by Orson Scott Card 4* (but not nearly as good as Ender's Game)
Things I've Done in London
Tourist Sites
--Sir John Soane house/museum
--Whitechapel Bell Foundry Tour
--Kensington Palace / Last year of the Deb exhibit
--Tower of London / Crown Jewels
--Tate Britain
--National Gallery
--Annie Leibovitz exhibition at National Portrait Gallery
--National Portrait Gallery
--Cabinet War Rooms / Churchill Museum
--Kew Gardens (Royal Botannical Gardens)
--British Museum
--London's Transport Museum
--Victoria & Albert Museum
--Tate Modern Museum
--Bath (Roman Spa; Abbey; Gravel Walk; etc.)
--Greenwich (National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory...)
--Tourist Walking (Buckingham, Westminster, Big Ben...)
--Borough Market
--St. Martin-in-the-Fields
--Camden Market
Plays / Shows
--Cirque-du-Soleil's Quidam @ Royal Albert Hall
--London Parade (New Year's Day)
--Handbell concert in Westcliff-on-Sea
--Spamalot
--Advent Carols by Candlelight @ St Martin...
--Lord Mayor's Show (parade)
--The Lion King (musical)
--Carmina Burana @ Royal Albert Hall
--Manon (ballet) @ Royal Opera House
--Wicked (musical)
--King Lear @ Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
--Twelfth Night @ Regent's Park Open Air Theatre (rained out after 40 minutes)
--The Phantom of the Opera @ Her Majesty's Theatre
--Strictly Gershwin @ Royal Albert Hall (National Ballet)
--Avenue Q (musical)
--Romeo & Juliet @ Opera House (Royal Ballet)
--Bruce Springsteen (concert)
--The 39 Steps (play)
--Sir John Soane house/museum
--Whitechapel Bell Foundry Tour
--Kensington Palace / Last year of the Deb exhibit
--Tower of London / Crown Jewels
--Tate Britain
--National Gallery
--Annie Leibovitz exhibition at National Portrait Gallery
--National Portrait Gallery
--Cabinet War Rooms / Churchill Museum
--Kew Gardens (Royal Botannical Gardens)
--British Museum
--London's Transport Museum
--Victoria & Albert Museum
--Tate Modern Museum
--Bath (Roman Spa; Abbey; Gravel Walk; etc.)
--Greenwich (National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory...)
--Tourist Walking (Buckingham, Westminster, Big Ben...)
--Borough Market
--St. Martin-in-the-Fields
--Camden Market
Plays / Shows
--Cirque-du-Soleil's Quidam @ Royal Albert Hall
--London Parade (New Year's Day)
--Handbell concert in Westcliff-on-Sea
--Spamalot
--Advent Carols by Candlelight @ St Martin...
--Lord Mayor's Show (parade)
--The Lion King (musical)
--Carmina Burana @ Royal Albert Hall
--Manon (ballet) @ Royal Opera House
--Wicked (musical)
--King Lear @ Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
--Twelfth Night @ Regent's Park Open Air Theatre (rained out after 40 minutes)
--The Phantom of the Opera @ Her Majesty's Theatre
--Strictly Gershwin @ Royal Albert Hall (National Ballet)
--Avenue Q (musical)
--Romeo & Juliet @ Opera House (Royal Ballet)
--Bruce Springsteen (concert)
--The 39 Steps (play)
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