Border Terrier and the Fox (News)
“This may worry some of my English friends but I’ve discovered that Beattie, my brother’s dog, a Border Terrier likes watching Fox news. She watched it for about half an hour.. at one point we even thought we heard her say ‘shush’ because we were laughing so much.”
She seems to be a big fan of Studio B. Hates adverts though…plays with her toy. Well they say Shepherd Smith has a lot of female fans just didn’t realise that crossed the species line as well.
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Book review: The Waters of Andros by Madsen Pirie
The Waters of Andros
by Madsen Pirie
Hot on the heals of his first two novels; comes his third that is set on the planet of Andros. Andros is a water-centric planet with few land resources and an economy that is dependent on the sea. The planet affords its natives with a fairly fast recovery rate and some degree of self-healing. This is lucky for Mikhail the main character as he gets into his fair share of scrapes in this 142 page book.
For an adult this book is a page-turner and one that will probably read in one sitting. Its short but pacey enough to keep a younger reader going as well.
Now from the sea and ecosystem theme you might be lulled into thinking this is a caring and sharing envirosocialist morality allegory for earth and climate change. Its not, but I won’t tell you how lest I ruin the tale. Lets just say that assumptions of the guilty would prove to be wrong.
There is something going distinctly wrong in the sea causing animals all over the planet to go a bit nuts and lash out at anything. Add to this the annual sea dinosaur race festival and you know things are gonna get hairy.
As with Madsen’s past two novels the book is well written and there is great attention to detail. Unlike the last Rowling effort there is no sign of grammar or spelling mistakes, surely a must for a book aimed at the young adult. Unlike the latest Harry Potter it doesn’t plod along in the middle either.
My favourite of three books remains the same; but it is good to see that Madsen is able to write in three different genres with equal ability and quality. Clearly a purchase of all three books for the young reader in your life would be a good tip for this Christmas.
You will find it hard to find three better written books in the young adult market.
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Carbon taxes: the case against
“GOVERNMENT RAISING £10 BILLION MORE FROM GREEN TAXES THAN REQUIRED TO COVER COST OF UK’S CARBON FOOTPRINT
EVERY UK HOUSEHOLD ALREADY OVER-PAYING GREEN TAXES TO THE TUNE OF MORE THAN £400 A YEAR
FIRST EVER AUDIT OF UK GREEN TAX POLICY REVEALS EXCESSIVE BURDEN OF ENVIRONMENTAL LEVIES THAT FAIL THEIR OBJECTIVES”
Shockingly a poll finds that most people think green taxes are just another revenue raising for the government, both local and national. Who says the general public are stupid?
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Vista users in Swedish community can’t get online
“An entire section of Swedes are apparently going without simply because they’re using Windows Vista. According a local newspaper, Vista users in Lund can’t connect to the internet due to a “bug” that prevents Vista from playing nice with their Linux-based ISP.” Guessing they might buy Macs now?
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BOMS bank holiday
Welcome to the August 27, 2007 edition of best of me symphony.
mom & dad presents Nervous Tics in a Nine Year Old Boy posted at raising4boys.com.
nickel presents How Movie Theaters Make Money posted at fivecentnickel.com.
Michael Emilio presents How To Recognize the Full Value of Your Real Estate Investment posted at Michael Emilio.
Alfa King presents Writers questions answered posted at Alfa King Memories.
Warren Wong presents Video Games And The Human Race posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, “A simple improvement in video games like the Wii can have a dramatic impact on the human race as a whole.”
Hell’s Handmaiden presents More Firepower? Less Crime? | hell’s handmaiden posted at
edithyeung presents The Money Series – You Are Not Going to Live Forever posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..
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Other round-ups: Britbloggers and of course there is a new SNN.
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