http://shorno.net Journal : Critique & Commentary: On the Human Condition Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:40:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sonia will be reporting back from the British Museum Open Evening 30th November Couple of items from the programme which I think will be interesting: Meet the author and book signing /18.15–21.00 Book Shop 19.30 Colin McEwan, Exhibition Cur ator of Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler & Elisenda Vila Llonch, Assistant Curator of Moctezuma: Aztec ... http://shorno.net/2009/11/30/british-museum-november-members-evening/ things are hotting up in honduras as the exiled president Manuel Zelaya is minutes away from landing (or not) - depending on what the military will do. its been a week now, and as tom watson says, he's a brave man indeed. the protestors are being tear-gassed by the army ... http://shorno.net/2009/07/05/honduras-coupwhats-going-on/ Doris Lessing in the Golden Notebook: "I say to these students who have to spend a year, two years, writing theses about one book: ‘There is only one way to read, which is to browse in libraries and bookshops, picking up books that attract you, reading only those, dropping them when ... http://shorno.net/2009/06/14/on-reading-and-thinking/ New look in progress - some of the text & content seems to have altered itself somehow, as I seem to have been somewhat overtaken by spam, so please bear with me. As it has been so long that this blog has been sitting gathering dust, I'll also be updating ... http://shorno.net/2009/06/06/new-look-09/ let"s try again -since the last post was quite a while back! spring: rebirth -constant renewal. life goes on, doesn"t it -i suppose, things always do, but somehow i feel the need to seize some control again - feel alive and continually so. i have been having too many "black ... http://shorno.net/2009/04/07/lets-try-again/ autumn is most definitely here! it looks beautiful if you"re in the countryside, still, i"d rather have russet gold leaves masking the wet concrete streets.the times they are a changing.  i have been free of the world of bureaucratic institutions as of friday the 10th october. and i"m feeling that ... http://shorno.net/2008/10/20/coming-back-to-life/ go ayeshe!amusing title for a post eh? sister sonia the social pariah.  much as i would like to claim that as one of my witty inventions, i"m afraid the glory must be given over to one Pickled Politics commentator, who goes by the name Ashik.  it sounds as though it ... http://shorno.net/2008/09/23/sister-sonia-the-social-pariah/ According to wikipedia, Sarah Palin "opposes same-sex marriage and supported a non-binding referendum for an Alaskan constitutional amendment to deny state health benefits to same-sex couples".What a psycho! Social conservative indeed. Nothing "social" about denying someone health benefits because of who they"re in a relationship with!Goodness. Don"t see why the ... http://shorno.net/2008/09/14/sarah-palin-who-is-this-woman/ I have been meaning to write a lot of things over the last few years..but the procrastinator that i am ( i did say so..) I somehow have not gotten around to any of it. Still, its never to late to say never - ( which is why i have ... http://shorno.net/2008/03/18/travelogue/ Laptops eh? ..sit it on your lap.. and work away..(ok so in the US they call it a "notebook")I hadn"t thought much about this myself till a couple of weeks ago when i was afflicted with sudden and terrible pain..(i"m much better now thanks!) and i joined the millions of ... http://shorno.net/2008/03/17/on-laptopsand-back-painbeware/