Laura | February 9, 2006
As much as I love Edvard Munch’s paintings I couldn’t afford £16.9m for a collection of his work [news.bbc.co.uk]. Munch’s work is just amazing and I love his take on life. He painted “The Scream” in 1893 which sold for £17m in Sotheby’s previously and was famously stolen from a Norwegian museum in 1994 [news.bbc.co.uk]. [...]
Laura | February 7, 2006
Was flicking through the internet, as you do, and came across this story about a couple who married blindly [guardian.co.uk]. This is just absurd. A Birmingham radio station launched a competition entitled Two Strangers and a Wedding to find 2 people who would be willing to marry somebody without meeting before the big day. I [...]
Laura | February 6, 2006
# 26 – Be able to say I have read at least 50 books from The BBCs Big Read In April 2003 the BBC launched a search for the nation’s best loved novel [bbc.co.uk]. Here are the results: 1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien 2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen 3. His Dark [...]
Laura | February 6, 2006
Author James Frey has been dropped by his publishing company because he embellished the truth [guardian.co.uk] in his bestseller A Million Little Pieces [amazon.co.uk]. I am quite shocked that people have reacted like this to him and his book. It just seems daft to me. The author has come under fire recently as people have [...]
Laura | February 5, 2006
Get my own webspace that I can dedicate to this Well, these seems done to me :p It’s quite nice, I can score off one item
Laura | February 5, 2006
Well, I am fairly happy with the current layout and have finally managed to get most of my options correct and how I want them. A few little tweaking bits need to be done, but generally I am happy. Yippee
Laura | February 4, 2006
The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days. The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part). Why 1001 Days? Many people [...]
Laura | February 4, 2006
The Arctic Incident is the second installment of Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer. Artemis, the criminal mastermind, joins forces with Captain Short of LEPrecon in order to save the People, who were under threat from someone trying to take control over them, and to save Artemis’ father, Artemis Senior, who went missing 2 years ago [...]
Laura | February 4, 2006
Pretty In Purple is getting bigger! One of the things I wanted to do here was have a bit of a photo gallery for some of the photos I take and some that I like. Well, with the assistance of David [misthaven.org.uk/blog] and PixelPost [pixelpost.org] I have created my photo gallery [prettyinpurple.com]. This is quite [...]
Laura | February 3, 2006
Well, the EuroMillions Lottery Jackpot is £125million! [news.bbc.co.uk]. However, with odds of one in 76million you have more chance of being dealt a Royal Flush in poker or being killed in a car accident. If you were to work, earning £35k per year then you only need to work for 3572 years to earn that [...]