Saturday, October 14, 2006
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October 14th.
The paragraphs don't come out as I plan for some reason. When I type this, I do try to make the beginning and end of paragraphs quite clear but when published it looks quite different. I'm not quite sure why we have paragraphs anyway. Is it to give us a rest or somehow to make a piece of prose look less bulky or less formidable? The reader can surely see for himself or herself if the subject has changed.
Readers of the Guardian will surely have noticed that this blog has been way ahead of the press in many ways. A few weeks ago it was Padura. Today it is Camilleri, who gets a full page article about him and his creation, Inspector Montalbano. A very poor article too. In spite of what is written, 'Rounding The Mark' is already available from Penguin Books, as is 'The Smell Of The Night' and 'Voice of the Violin'. Note that Penguin have it as'Smell' not 'Scent'. There is a nice picture of Andrea Camilleri though.
There were several other interesting pictures in the Guardian today. There is one of Vladimir Kramnik having become the unifiedworld chess champion. Just behind him is ayoung woman wearing a silly hat - possibly designed to look like a chess piece. On his right stands Kirsan Ilyumzhinov who is both president of Fide and the southern republic Kalmykia (capital city-Elysta). He would not look out of place in the photograph of Kim Jong-il with soldiers of the people's army. Of the Sixteen soldiers whose faces can be seen none are smilng and only three of them have normal looking ears. Is there something about the ears in North Korea or is it some part of the recruitment for the People's army? Kim Jomg-il himself loks fairly normal though it seems strange to pose for the photo in dark specs. He doesn't have much dress style however.
The third amazing picture was of the strange Tara Stout who poses on a park bench in the polka dot miniskirt and matching pants she wore at the Magistrates Court. Red Shoes, red flower in her hair matching red bag. A restraining order was issued. It wasn't recorded whether the judge commented on the clothes. There were nice pictures too of Billie Piper, a blond with brown eyes and of Harold Pinter. Almost the strangest picture was the one of the store room at the Natural History Museum. There are about a dozen heads of giraffes that look surprisingly alive.
This week I have had two sessions digging and three games of squash. Today I have eaten two eggs, three slices of corned beef, two yogurts, salad, a tin of sardines. Last night about five pints. Weight? I don't know.
The paragraphs don't come out as I plan for some reason. When I type this, I do try to make the beginning and end of paragraphs quite clear but when published it looks quite different. I'm not quite sure why we have paragraphs anyway. Is it to give us a rest or somehow to make a piece of prose look less bulky or less formidable? The reader can surely see for himself or herself if the subject has changed.
Readers of the Guardian will surely have noticed that this blog has been way ahead of the press in many ways. A few weeks ago it was Padura. Today it is Camilleri, who gets a full page article about him and his creation, Inspector Montalbano. A very poor article too. In spite of what is written, 'Rounding The Mark' is already available from Penguin Books, as is 'The Smell Of The Night' and 'Voice of the Violin'. Note that Penguin have it as'Smell' not 'Scent'. There is a nice picture of Andrea Camilleri though.
There were several other interesting pictures in the Guardian today. There is one of Vladimir Kramnik having become the unifiedworld chess champion. Just behind him is ayoung woman wearing a silly hat - possibly designed to look like a chess piece. On his right stands Kirsan Ilyumzhinov who is both president of Fide and the southern republic Kalmykia (capital city-Elysta). He would not look out of place in the photograph of Kim Jong-il with soldiers of the people's army. Of the Sixteen soldiers whose faces can be seen none are smilng and only three of them have normal looking ears. Is there something about the ears in North Korea or is it some part of the recruitment for the People's army? Kim Jomg-il himself loks fairly normal though it seems strange to pose for the photo in dark specs. He doesn't have much dress style however.
The third amazing picture was of the strange Tara Stout who poses on a park bench in the polka dot miniskirt and matching pants she wore at the Magistrates Court. Red Shoes, red flower in her hair matching red bag. A restraining order was issued. It wasn't recorded whether the judge commented on the clothes. There were nice pictures too of Billie Piper, a blond with brown eyes and of Harold Pinter. Almost the strangest picture was the one of the store room at the Natural History Museum. There are about a dozen heads of giraffes that look surprisingly alive.
This week I have had two sessions digging and three games of squash. Today I have eaten two eggs, three slices of corned beef, two yogurts, salad, a tin of sardines. Last night about five pints. Weight? I don't know.
# posted by Bob @ 1:41 pm 
