In The Bourne

Today i did the second footfalljob in Sitingbourne between 9am and 5pm. As it is a covered mall i was able to sit down to do my counts. During my breaks i checked out some of the local charity shops.Just found two goodies today -

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (Polydor)
Belly - Star (4AD)


Last night i caught up with two episodes from Lucifer,which i guess must be nearing the end of the current series.I have throughly enjoed it so far.

Tomorrow i just have Gillingham and Maidstone to do.

Just Wondering

How organized is your kitchen?

Do you have one drawer just full of stuff that you aren't able to part with, but that serves no real purpose?

Do you have fire extinguisher in or near your kitchen?

Book 29 - Ted Hughes "Crow"

Ted Hughes "Crow" (Faber and Faber)





This is the fictitious life of Crow, a folkloric character, comedian and trickster. The collection ranges across various types of poems: fairy tales, lullabies, legends, comedic shtick, and parody. Like the crows one sees everyday, Crow scrabbles in waste, carrion, and garbage. He is a scavenger, appropriating things, a collector of junk. The poem titles bear this out, “Oedipus Crow,” “Crow Tyrannosaurus,” and “Crow Tries the Media.”

I would go as far and say that Crow is poetic anarchism writ large - raw and unflinching. A punk for the literate world and a ribald finger to the establishment.

Entertaining and interesting, this collection ranges from melancholy observations to dark questions and theories, based on and around the character of Crow Hughes used for this project. As a collection, the poems hold together an odd panorama of questions and sentiments (in many cases anger or distrust) that question life, religion, and philosophy. It's a dark book, but the poems are worthwhile, with quite a few being ones that I'll come back to many times.

Book 30 - John Hedley Brooke "Science And Religion"

John Hedley Brooke "Science And Religion : Some Historical Perspectives" (Cambridge University Press)






Thus will be of interest to anyone with an interest in modern historical approaches to the past interactions of science and religion. Brooke criticises both the conflict thesis (that science and religion have inevitably come into conflict in the past) and the harmony thesis (that 'properly understood' science and religion have always worked together). In their place he firmly defends the 'complexity thesis' and advocates an appreciation of the many diverse ways in which science and religion have engaged in different historical contexts.



Given the recent proliferation of books on science and religion in recnt years it should be noted that this is a history book and Brooke doesn't involve himself in philosophical disputes as to how science and religion should interact. If this is your main area of interest then you're likely to be disappointed by this book, although it will give you a valuable historical perspective on the debate.