Gaahhh. In. Book. Shop. Must. Resist. Even the powerful discount must not tempt me!!
Category: Diary
Diary ++
An auspicious event passed on Saturday 13th September 2014. I finished The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist, my first book since starting the blog. I have taken it off the “Currently Reading” list and [toot tootly toot] created a “Now I’ve Read” page that [toot tootly mmmeeewww] should have been started already when I reviewed Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie… I am not going…
Diary entry
I have said this before, but this will be a quick update blogpost. I am still ploughing through The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist. It is very hard to judge how far through an eBook you are. I know you get the % indication, but its not like a real book. I have been taking notes and highlighting…
New Theme…
Oooh, I have a shiny new theme.
The Story of Stuff
I’ve got a few bits and pieces to report, but none of them ground breaking. I have committed to reading more, so The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist is being gnawed away steadily. I had a major disagreement with my Kobo device as it decided not to update where I had got to! It has done this…
Temptation and the long road
I am discovering so much about post consumerism. That’s not for this post, but I just wanted to share. Diary wise, I am cracking through The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist, and it is proving to be a much more relevant book to the whole ethos of this blog than I was expecting. Anyway, onwards. its late…
This Blog’s title and a collective noun for the consumer
This Blog’s Title My first thought for a title to this blog was “consumerless”. I am a consumer, but I want to do it less. I had a quick look at what was available on blogspot and found a bit of an odd, but I think quite common, situation. http://consumerless.blogspot.co.uk/ (with an r) hosts an almost…