Archive for January, 2007

Dullest blog in the world

Monday, January 29th, 2007

I’m slowly recovering from the trauma of reading the UN book. I’m having to cheer myself up with the dullest blog in the world.

We did nothing – are doing nothing – will do nothing…

Saturday, January 27th, 2007

I’ve started reading We Did Nothing by Linda Polman. It’s all about the UN – how it is structured and why it is useless. She looks at three crisis situations: Somalia, Haiti and Rwanda. It’s fascinating and should be mandatory reading for anyone interested in international affairs. She describes with great adeptness how the UN […]

Part time

Monday, January 15th, 2007

Stayed up late last night watching Almost Famous. Quite good actually. Have spent the rest of the weekend reading Bridget Jones. Dairy 1 and 2. Supposedly funny but actually quite sad. A good read nonetheless. Looking forward to lovely lunch with Ella tomorrow. The joys of part-time work!!

Religion

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

Just been reading Jyoti’s blog.

Car Club!

Saturday, January 6th, 2007

I’ve just discovered a very cool car club. Check out City Car Club Such a simple idea! If I wasn’t already a member of a car co-op I’d join up right now!