Look at this bloody sun, throwing its unwanted heat rays down upon my weekend. Go away damn it! #BallaratIsMeantToBeCold from Instagram: http://ift.tt/2jkQQQR
January 07, 2017 at 10:08AM
January 04, 2017 at 10:23AM
Hot damn; I knew things would get better in 2017!! #TotallyNotAScam from Instagram: http://ift.tt/2iFMeDW
Book 40 for 2016: 1913: The Eve of War
Managed to sneak this book in just in time to get my yearly read goal completed! (Though a belated post about it).
The First World War has always fascinated me, so much of the world changed due to the massive conflagration, and yet I have struggled to get a good understanding of just what set the world on fire.
They say that If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don’t understand quantum mechanics. Well to me this has always been the case with World War 1. If you think you understand the First World War, you don’t understand the First World War. Read one book and it was Germany’s empire building to blame, in another it was precisely their inability to build an empire that set them on edge.
So having read a Paul Ham book earlier in the year I figured that this read would be a good primer on what lead to the beginning of the war.
Was definitely worth the last minute read. Gave me a lot more of an understanding of just what was going on in Europe that allowed war to break loose (and allowed is apparently the right word), but also gave me a bit of pause as some of the patterns present there seem to be rearing their ugly heads in this century also.
Lets hope that we have learnt enough from history to avoid repeating it.
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The First World War has always fascinated me, so much of the world changed due to the massive conflagration, and yet I have struggled to get a good understanding of just what set the world on fire.
They say that If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don’t understand quantum mechanics. Well to me this has always been the case with World War 1. If you think you understand the First World War, you don’t understand the First World War. Read one book and it was Germany’s empire building to blame, in another it was precisely their inability to build an empire that set them on edge.
So having read a Paul Ham book earlier in the year I figured that this read would be a good primer on what lead to the beginning of the war.
Was definitely worth the last minute read. Gave me a lot more of an understanding of just what was going on in Europe that allowed war to break loose (and allowed is apparently the right word), but also gave me a bit of pause as some of the patterns present there seem to be rearing their ugly heads in this century also.
Lets hope that we have learnt enough from history to avoid repeating it.
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Book 39 for 2016: The Old Man and the Sea
I have wanted to read a Hemingway book for years, so finally finding the time these holidays was a real treat. Sure the fact that it is a relatively short read played a part in it selection this close to the end of the year. But boy am I glad I read it!
I loved the simplicity of the read. So easy to get into the head of the old man and just feel your way through the story. Plus after doing some research afterwards it was refreshing to hear Hemingway talk about the story as devoid of extraneous meaning. The old man was simply that; and old man. And the sea was just the sea.
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I loved the simplicity of the read. So easy to get into the head of the old man and just feel your way through the story. Plus after doing some research afterwards it was refreshing to hear Hemingway talk about the story as devoid of extraneous meaning. The old man was simply that; and old man. And the sea was just the sea.
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December 29, 2016 at 08:27PM
Pi during the warmer days can go from one of his rare smiles to terrifying in the blink of an eye. #chihuahuasofinstagram #unleashthebeast from Instagram: http://ift.tt/2igPLGa
December 25, 2016 at 09:54AM
Wouldn’t be Christmas morning without some Lego to put together. #christmas2016 #uwing from Instagram: http://ift.tt/2hd3RGL
December 25, 2016 at 08:38AM
Today’s huge Xmas breakfast, ready to start a merry day. #christmas2016 #bigbreakfastisbig #wifecooksthebestscrambledeggs from Instagram: http://ift.tt/2hniwnv
December 24, 2016 at 08:49PM
Because it wouldn’t be Christmas Eve without the greatest Christmas film of all time. #diehard #xmaseve #diehardwithahohoho from Instagram: http://ift.tt/2iqg1wF
December 22, 2016 at 01:18PM
Book 38 for 2016: Sleeping Giants
December is here and I am still hoping that I will make it to 40 books before year’s end; so I really need to get cracking! Ten days left, three books required. Maybe I can do this. And though I have a glut of candidates for what I want to read next, I figure that a nice fiction book to get me rolling is the best option.
Luck appears to be on my side,because Amazon had a sale on Sleeping Giants, and it was a book I had been recommended earlier in the year. $5 for a quick read; sold.
Not really sure what to expect from this tale, but it is one of those times when a quick synopsis really gets me intrigued:
“The novel begins when a girl falls through the ground and finds herself in the palm of a giant metal hand. Fast forward almost two decades later, and the girl is now leading a team of scientists to try and figure out the secrets behind the hand, and where the rest of the body is.”
Nice!
Hopefully I can knock it down in three nights.
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December is here and I am still hoping that I will make it to 40 books before year’s end; so I really need to get cracking! Ten days left, three books required. Maybe I can do this. And though I have a glut of candidates for what I want to read next, I figure that a nice fiction book to get me rolling is the best option.
Luck appears to be on my side,because Amazon had a sale on Sleeping Giants, and it was a book I had been recommended earlier in the year. $5 for a quick read; sold.
Not really sure what to expect from this tale, but it is one of those times when a quick synopsis really gets me intrigued:
“The novel begins when a girl falls through the ground and finds herself in the palm of a giant metal hand. Fast forward almost two decades later, and the girl is now leading a team of scientists to try and figure out the secrets behind the hand, and where the rest of the body is.”
Nice!
Hopefully I can knock it down in three nights.
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December 20, 2016 at 07:43PM
It is tiring work, being a sink cat. #SinkCat from Instagram: http://ift.tt/2hlHe3v
A Moment Worth 