Archive for July, 2009
Booker Longlist 2009
The list has finally been revealed – at 15:45 of all times?
Here we go -
Byatt, AS The Children’s Book
Coetzee, J M Summertime
Foulds, Adam The Quickening Maze
Hall, Sarah How to paint a dead man
Harvey, Samantha The Wilderness
Lever, James Me Cheeta
Mantel, Hilary Wolf Hall
Mawer, Simon The Glass Room
O’Loughlin, Ed Not Untrue & Not Unkind
Scudamore, James Heliopolis
Toibin, Colm Brooklyn
Trevor, William Love and Summer
Waters, Sarah The Little Stranger
A strange but potentially fantastic(al) mix methinks.
I’ll be starting with Not Untrue & Not Unkind.
Happy reading!
Add comment July 28, 2009
Booker Fever
I have been on the Booker website all morning.
I have subscribed to the newsletter, and gone hunting for twitter tags.
I think I may have a problem…
Add comment July 28, 2009
Who belongs?
Another new group has been launched today to encourage a yes vote for Lisbon 2.
The group is called ‘We Belong‘ and seems to be very new-media and celeb-endorsement focussed, which is fair enough.
Unfortunately their endorsements are forcing me to do what I almost never do… post images on a blog (gulp, etc):
I’m all for first-day f-ups, but that’s a fairly basic one right there.
Makes me wonder if Pat Gilroy and Mick Galwey really mean what they said on the same page…?
Add comment July 27, 2009
Crosaire 31
Crosaire 13,898.
Total Clues: 36
Clues guessed of my own volition: 13
Clues I nearly could have gotten myself: 2
Total remaining that I had to rely completely on Bill for: 21
Add comment July 15, 2009
Crosaire 30
Crosaire 13,897.
Total Clues: 32
Clues guessed of my own volition: 4
Clues I nearly could have gotten myself: 6
Total remaining that I had to rely completely on Bill for: 22
Really not very good at all.
Add comment July 15, 2009
Crosaire 29
Crosaire 13,896.
Total Clues: 32
Clues guessed of my own volition: 11
Clues I nearly could have gotten myself: 2
Total remaining that I had to rely completely on Bill for: 19
Add comment July 15, 2009
Back to… grey…
It’s grey and it’s raining. Welcome home to summer in Ireland! Despite my cynicism, it is nice to be back. That should read, despite my cynicism, and the mound of work on my desk. Crosaire-er-y will resume tonight or tomorrow.
Two quick links that distracted me today, if you’ll forgive the uber-tardiness… This letter, and this article.
Others have linked before me and will hopefully do so again but the former and probably the latter should be required reading.
Because it’s not okay.
Add comment July 13, 2009
Crosaire 28
Crosaire 13,888.
Total Clues: 32
Clues guessed of my own volition: 13
Clues I nearly could have gotten myself: 4
Total remaining that I had to rely completely on Bill for: 15
Last one for a while, holiday time for me 
Add comment July 5, 2009
Crosaire 27
Crosaire 13,887.
Total Clues: 32
Clues guessed of my own volition: 10
Clues I nearly could have gotten myself: 4
Total remaining that I had to rely completely on Bill for: 18
Add comment July 5, 2009
Crosaire 26
Crosaire 13,886.
Total Clues: 32
Clues guessed of my own volition: 9
Clues I nearly could have gotten myself: 4
Total remaining that I had to rely completely on Bill for: 19
Add comment July 1, 2009
