February 2012
Books vs. E-readers →
Lucy Mangan here explains exactly how I feel about the book vs. e-reader debate. Could not agree more with this article.
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Don’t you ever kinda wish that the world would just stop?
That the band would pack up, and the curtain would drop?
A charmed birthday, really.
It’s funny how many messages I got on Facebook too, and from some of the oddest people. People I’ve not spoken to in years.
It’s also quite funny the people I haven’t heard from.
How ridiculous.
Well ... that's what I call a refresh.
“…This is the country that produced Ernest Rutherford, the man who split the atom...”
– Stephen Fry on New Zealand (via codyshuttleworth)
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Twenty-four
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Were you to add up every score that Alan Davies...
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“When you think about it finding the perfect partner is a bit like a game of...”
– Mr Commitment by Mike Gayle (via lostinthesounds)
fuckyeahmercury:
Killer Queen - Queen (Isolated...
Dad: They've just said on the news that one in six children aged between six and sixteen don't own a book.
Me: I know, it's tragic isn't it?
Dad: It's because you've got them all.
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The trouble with having a 74-book-long reading...
I’ve read 9 books this year, so far, and that already seems not nearly enough, despite it actually being (on average), a book every 6.3 days. That’s a very vague average though, since one took an hour and one took two and a half weeks.
So now I’m stuck with choosing another one because I whipped through the ninth in two days. I can’t read another Christie since I just...
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“For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a...”
– Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (via excessivebookshelf)
Richard: Billie Piper is more famous as an actor now than a singer.
Alexander: She's a very good actor, actually.
Richard: Are you implying she wasn't a very good singer?
Alexander: ...She's a very good actor.
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A Royal Factoid
When becoming King or Queen, the monarch may choose their name from ANY of their birth names. For example, George VI (as we all know from The King’s Speech) actually had the first name of Albert.
It is generally given within royalty, however, that, in honour of Queen Victoria’s husband’s memory, no king will ever adopt the name Albert for official duties. Queen Victoria,...
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The only German that James May knows is,...
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Watching a quiz show
Presenter: So, the topic is rugby. Do you keep up with rugby?
Contestent: Well, I've been in a room when it's been on the television...
Little, Brown to publish J.K. Rowling's first... →
Little, Brown will publish the first novel for adults by J.K. Rowling. The title, the date for the worldwide publication and further details about the novel will be announced later in the year. The novel will be published in both print and e-book format. “Although I’ve enjoyed writing it every bit as much, my next book will be very different to the Harry Potter series.” - J.K. Rowling The...
Jon Richardson: You should really write porn.
Paul Merton: Too busy living it, mate.
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Queen's Corgis and Dorgis
The Queen’s four Corgis are called Linnet, Monty, Holly and Willow. She also has four Dorgis (a Corgi/Daschund cross) called Cider, Berry, Candy and Vulcan.
“For all our serious side, the British have always been rather good at fun.”
– Richard Hammond
We can none of us ever be perfect, but we can try...
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I think it's somewhere in Argentina or something,...
EDIT: I have to go out, so I checked where I was. It was Romania. So I was a bit wrong.
“They’ve promised that dreams can come true - but forgot to mention that...”
– Oscar Wilde (via sjora)
Two kids in the shop yesterday were chasing each...
That moment when you finish a book, look around, and realize that everyone is just carrying on with their lives as though you didn’t just experience emotional trauma at the hands of a paperback.