. A meeting at work led to my boss quoting from this book when things seemed difficult: ‘Don’t Panic‘. I’ve heard of the franchise before I started this project, but that meeting I had got me started on reading the book. I thought it was very funny and clever. It [...]

. I read this at a recommendation from my collegue, who read it as part of his school’s curriculum. This book is a political satire that exposes the corruption of the Russian Revolution led by Joseph Stalin. Although making no direct references, it is a clear allegory of political figures [...]

.. I read this at the recommendation of my boss. This book is a tragic comedy or satire about a 30-year-old man in New Orleans in the 1960′s who still lives with his mother and is forced to find work and has misadventures along the way.  It was published posthumously [...]

In an earlier post, I wrote about how I would write reviews for the books I’ve read for my 1001 Books Project. I was in the middle of writing the review for Animal Farm, when I realised that it takes a lot of time to write up anything worthy of [...]

I’ve loved reading books as a child but have since stopped reading for most of my adult life. Since moving to Port Hedland, a lot more time has become available to pursue reading again. I find sitting in a good couch with a good book (with no interruptions) is one [...]

I’m starting a new section in my blog for all things iPhone and iPad related. I own both the iPad 2 and the iPhone 4S and will admit I spend a fair bit of time playing around with them. A Charlie Brown Christmas (iPad) is a very visually beautiful book [...]

Time for a mini-rant. It is late Tuesday night and I’m working on something due tomorrow. Before I continue, it will make sense to know that I am a Financial Analyst for BHP Billiton Iron Ore responsible for (the reporting and financial analysis of) capital in our Port and Rail [...]

Hello! I’m blogging again. This time I’ve decided to archive all my previous posts so I still have them saved in my WordPress database but they are no longer published. I just felt like having a clean slate just in time for the new year coming up. One of the [...]