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The great job search continues.
*sighs*
Of course there still is every possibility that I might yet end up being a primary school teacher.
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Since I don't have too much to do I've been taking advantage of working in a library and have managed to find some some rather... interesting books of late.
First up is the wonderfully titled Taking The Piss: A Potted History of Pee by Adam Hart-Davis et al. Pretty much self explanatory and absolutely hilarious in parts.
Another good one is Filthy Shakespeare by Pauline Kiernan which basically decodes Shakespeare oft-times over effusive innuendo and lays it completely bare. I tell you something... Iago is a dirty, dirty wee man *G* This would be a brilliant book for all those snobs that think that Shakespeare has to be revered and held aloft as a high-brow playwright. Everyman theatre.
One book I got a wee bit too excited about at work was Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947. *shrugs* What can I say? I love history. My favourite high school topic was on the causes of the First World War... you know Gavrillo Princip, The Black Hand, Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Monumental change. Everything seems to be so focused on WWII these days. WWI is where modern history was defined. Anyway, Prussia... don't see too many books as expansive as this on this subject.
Other than that it's been wall to wall vampires and werewolves and exorcists... and a little interlude of Doctor Who (10 of course)*G*
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I've tried to like Torchwood I really have, but good grief! If they're going to run about with guns shouldn't they at least give the actors some training? They look like they're out playing cops and robbers with the cap guns/water pistols they got with their pocket money. And the dialogue... I won't even start.
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Scotland had been doing pretty well in the pre Six Nations autumn tests... until Australia of course. Managed to score the first try and then... and then Australia decided to whup our asses 15-44 *le sigh*
*sighs*
Of course there still is every possibility that I might yet end up being a primary school teacher.
***
Since I don't have too much to do I've been taking advantage of working in a library and have managed to find some some rather... interesting books of late.
First up is the wonderfully titled Taking The Piss: A Potted History of Pee by Adam Hart-Davis et al. Pretty much self explanatory and absolutely hilarious in parts.
Another good one is Filthy Shakespeare by Pauline Kiernan which basically decodes Shakespeare oft-times over effusive innuendo and lays it completely bare. I tell you something... Iago is a dirty, dirty wee man *G* This would be a brilliant book for all those snobs that think that Shakespeare has to be revered and held aloft as a high-brow playwright. Everyman theatre.
One book I got a wee bit too excited about at work was Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947. *shrugs* What can I say? I love history. My favourite high school topic was on the causes of the First World War... you know Gavrillo Princip, The Black Hand, Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Monumental change. Everything seems to be so focused on WWII these days. WWI is where modern history was defined. Anyway, Prussia... don't see too many books as expansive as this on this subject.
Other than that it's been wall to wall vampires and werewolves and exorcists... and a little interlude of Doctor Who (10 of course)*G*
***
I've tried to like Torchwood I really have, but good grief! If they're going to run about with guns shouldn't they at least give the actors some training? They look like they're out playing cops and robbers with the cap guns/water pistols they got with their pocket money. And the dialogue... I won't even start.
***
Scotland had been doing pretty well in the pre Six Nations autumn tests... until Australia of course. Managed to score the first try and then... and then Australia decided to whup our asses 15-44 *le sigh*