Archive for December, 2008

Books and Music

December 31, 2008

It is late at night and I am listening to Leonard Cohen sing his songs (lots of them). His music and words are wonderful- the concert earlier this year in London was sublime! All those baby boomers singing and clapping. I do not believe I paid much attention to his music until [...]

Questions for housekeeping

December 30, 2008

Reviewing books I own looks a simple organisational task. It is until I started to put it into practice.
I have now come up with a logistic issue. Namely, our/my books are spread on bookshelves, tables, surfaces all around the house. Where will I put the books that I have reviewed?
Easiest would be [...]

My first week list of books to review- blog about

December 29, 2008

How exciting! I have a first comment on my blog from an experienced book reviewer- thank you Jan for the encouragement.
My challenge for the first week is to review the 5 books on the table closest to me. They are:
1. The failure of market failure Towards a 21st century Keynesianism
By Will Hutton [...]

What is this Year long Project about – First Idea

December 25, 2008

As I went to bed last night- late again (2.30am) but not as late as recently- I could not get to sleep straight away. So, I thought about the Project and this blog.
The Idea that kept coming back is to catalogue- with my notes of quotes and comments- the books I have in my [...]

Hello world!

December 23, 2008

Welcome to my new blog! As the old year 2008 ends, I am starting to create a new presence and focus for my passions and work. This will be the place to chart progress, regress, highs, lows, digressions, expansions, connections, gains, losses, ideas and practicalities of making money from my web connectivity.
Hopefully, it will [...]