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And yes, the lead is Dougie Houser.

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*Sigh* I so wish I could go and see it, please take pics :D

I loves me some witty, sarcastic Brits -- Hornby, Toby Young, Mil Millington (although the latter two's stuff kept getting worse and worse) -- and I need to be introduced to more authors from across the pond that are of the same vein. Light, fluffy beach reading, dig?

Does anyone know of a good non-fiction book about dreams? Like their purpose and possible interpretations? I'm just looking to learn more about why we dream and more specifically, why we dream the way we dream. Any help would be appreciated :)

http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/07/17/english-patent-curiosa-railroad-pocket-watch-gun/

for the Steamy 007

Hi all,

I just finished reading a wonderful book and I thought I would share the book review.  It is a prequel to Through a Glass Darkly which I am going to read again; I didn't really like that book but I think I was to young and in my bodice ripper stage. Ha Ha

 

In this prequel to Koen’s bestselling novel Through a Glass Darkly, we meet the ambitious, haughty Alice Verney, returning from France with Charles II’s sister, Henriette, who is married to King Louis’ son, Prince Philippe. The unhappy princess is desperate to come home to the love of her family before returning to an increasingly unhappy marriage. That she bears a secret treaty is known to but a few - the king and his most loyal courtiers.

As a lady-in-waiting to Henriette, Verney is looking for placement in Queen Catherine’s court, her loyalties with the barren queen who is the butt of rude jokes by the citizens for her inability to provide Charles with an heir. The Restoration Court of Charles II is in full swing, debauchery and merrymaking indulged by all after the long years of exile Charles suffered while waiting for Oliver Cromwell to die and release the throne.

Alice, while not the most beautiful lady-in-waiting, has designs on a high marriage for herself and the other ladies. She is heir to the wealthy Sir Thomas Verney, a man deeply involved with political intrigues in the court who has no qualms about using his daughter to pursue his own agenda. But Alice has plans of her own, setting her sights on the elderly Duke of Balmoral to avenge a jilting suitor and establish herself in a position of power.

Alice returns to France with the princess’s entourage only to sail back to England in a fog of grief. The princess has died suddenly, whispers in the royal apartments of poison at the hands of Henri Ange. England is shocked by this untimely death, Charles’s court rife with rumors and plots, secret treaties and a possible war with Denmark or France.

Returning with the beautiful Renee Karoualle, Alice is eager to reform her alliances with the court ladies but instead learns that new friendships have formed while she was in France, the young women resentful of her arrogance. For her part, Alice refuses to acknowledge their response, in her pride tossing aside lifelong friendships.

Fostering Renee’s romance and potential marriage to the handsome Lieutenant Richard Saylor, Alice’s first intimation that she has lost control is a failure to understand the machinations behind Renee’s advancement in the court and the serious interest of King Charles himself.

While the court seethes with intrigue, the Catholic-Protestant issue of succession a cause of great speculation, Alice blindly pursues her own ambitions, only belatedly realizing the foolishness of her designs. By then she has lost her dearest friend and her hopes of a powerful marriage.

Verney is an unsympathetic character until her change of heart through tragic circumstances. It is hard to reconcile an insignificant courtier with such power in the royal court, propelled through chaotic events including the appearance of Henri Ange in England and a possible plot to poison the queen. After Through a Glass Darkly, this novel suffers a lack of a believable protagonist, more action in the last chapter than the previous hundreds of pages. Still, Koen fans will remain true believers.

Not fashion, strictly speaking, but I thought the audience here would appreciate the visual and musical style. I heard about "The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom" via G4's coverage of the E3 video game convention. It appears to be a PC game, but I didn't see any release information.

"Create Your Own Paradox for the Love of Pie!"



The website is here.

So, I just happened to notice* that the Pern series has exploded since I first read it in high school. At that time I read the Dragonriders of Pern trilogy, the Harper Hall trilogy, Moreta, Nerilka, the Dolphins of Pern, and one more with an AI in it. I read ten or twelve in total, I guess. Then I think McCaffrey worked on other projects for a while, and by the time she started writing about Pern again, I had moved on to other writers.

Now there are so many more books. Twenty-eight! Unbelievable. Anyway, my question is to those of you who have read the original books as well as more recent offerings - how are the newer ones? Should I read them, or some of them? Which ones? Are the ones co-written or written entirely by her son worth reading? Or should I just go back and re-read those that I remember fondly? Inquiring minds want to know.

*Thanks to the wonders of amazon.com recommendations. I mostly choose to buy books locally, but I have to admit their algorithms are very good.

OK, so I just got a time in competition 6 which would get me to about #6 in Europe but I wanted to know, if I just clicked restart, and played again, then clicked send record later on, would it send the best time or just the time I got that race around? I assume it would send the fastest time but not sure whether to risk it :P

Answered now ty

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Thanks for the positive feedback on the last images I shared, it's much appreciated! Thought you might enjoy seeing some of the photoshoot for which the costume was designed and worn, my friend Ben Ford's photo project...



( Promenading in front of the Pavilion )

Hope you enjoy x

In honor of The Dark Knight coming out, here is a Batman-bento I made a while back but never posted.

( Why so serious? )

Hope you enjoy!