Ales

Picked up one of those Ikon “Introducing ..” books from Sandpiper Bookshop on Monday for £2 brand new. They have a whole range at that price including ones on Rousseau , Psychology, Sartre etc. I picked up the one on Noam Chomsky.

Had a couple of pints at the Evening Star. Met Nigel and Postman Mark whilst there. Had a pint of the D.S. Milk Chocolate Stout (4.5 % ABV) and a pint of the D.S. Revelation Ale (5.7 % ABV). Two excellent very different yummy ales.

Revelation

Picked up one of those Ikon “Introducing ..” books from Sandpiper Bookshop on Monday for £2 brand new. They have a whole range at that price including ones on Rousseau , Psychology, Sartre etc. I picked up the one on Noam Chomsky.

Had a couple of pints at the Evening Star. Met Nigel and Postman Mark whilst there. Had a pint of the D.S. Milk Chocolate Stout (4.5 % ABV) and a pint of the D.S. Revelation Ale (5.7 % ABV). Two excellent very different yummy ales.





A revelation in a beer glass.

My tweets

• Mon, 14:04: Star beer Dark Star Revelation (5-7 % Abv) is a revelation !
• Mon, 14:38: Kasabian being played in Evening Star
• Mon, 21:37: Writer's Block: Poetry Break http://t.co/X3S9hPH6
• Mon, 21:39: RT @ubuweb: Download & archive. Don't trust clouds, storage lockers, or torrents. They all eventually die.
• Mon, 23:52: Right i am pooped so good night all

( Read more... )

Books and the Challenge

This morning picked up a few books from charity shops to sell on the Play trade site as I have already sold three this week.

They are as follows -

A bundle of New Scientist books “Does Anything Eat Wasp?” , “Why Don't Penguins Feet Freeze?” and “How To Fossilise Your Hamster” , and would be referenced as science / humour as they are humorous as well as being scientific.

Thomas Mann “Doctor Faustus” (Everyman Library)
Milan Kundera “The Curtain” (Faber)


I have now read the Cormac McCarthy book “The Road” which was one of the challenge books for this year. So now to complete the David Mitchell book , which I left, to read the McCarthy book, which I found quite exhilarating and thus read very quickly.


This afternoon off to Brighton for a visit and and possibly a haircut.

Cormac McCarthy - The Road

Chilling, unrelenting, and a damn good read. Readers be warned: The Road should not be picked up at late hours unless one is prepared to spend the night with a head full of dark dreams. Cormac McCarthy writes from the edge of human reason with this apocalyptic exploration, delving into subject matter ranging from the bitter lengths of survival, a brittle father-son relationship, and the constant presence of death on the road.

McCarthy pits sparse, naked writing against the human imagination and allows his readers to fill in the details more often during fearful scenes. Some issues were taken with his tendency to use incomplete sentences and the sometimes stagnant dialogue between the man and the boy. Though, in his defence, it is hard to imagine survivors having much to talk about between each other. A powerful post- apocalypse read nonetheless.

Cormac McCarthy - The Road

Chilling, unrelenting, and a damn good read. Readers be warned: The Road should not be picked up at late hours unless one is prepared to spend the night with a head full of dark dreams. Cormac McCarthy writes from the edge of human reason with this apocalyptic exploration, delving into subject matter ranging from the bitter lengths of survival, a brittle father-son relationship, and the constant presence of death on the road.

McCarthy pits sparse, naked writing against the human imagination and allows his readers to fill in the details more often during fearful scenes. Some issues were taken with his tendency to use incomplete sentences and the sometimes stagnant dialogue between the man and the boy. Though, in his defence, it is hard to imagine survivors having much to talk about between each other. A powerful post- apocalypse read nonetheless.