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Haymaker

You are one of life’s enjoyers, determined to get the most you can out of your brief spell on Earth. Probably what first attracted you to atheism was the prospect of liberation from the Ten Commandments, few of which are compatible with a life of pleasure. You play hard and work quite hard, have a strong sense of loyalty and a relaxed but consistent approach to your philosophy.


You can’t see the point of abstract principles and probably wouldn’t lay down your life for a concept though you might for a friend. Something of a champagne humanist, you admire George Bernard Shaw for his cheerful agnosticism and pursuit of sensual rewards and your Hollywood hero is Marlon Brando, who was beautiful, irascible and aimed for goodness in his own tortured way.


Sometimes you might be tempted to allow your own pleasures to take precedence over your ethics. But everyone is striving for that elusive balance between the good and the happy life. You’d probably open another bottle and say there’s no contest.

What kind of humanist are you? Click here to find out.

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The perfect wedding rings?

I considered this idea for wedding rings for, ooh, about two tenths of a second. Think I'd prefer white gold for ours!

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Rings of bone grown for couples

Update!

I'm crap at keeping this up to date!! Anyway, i read a few more books last year and this is the list of what I've read so far in 2005:
[scroll down - not sure why there's this huge gap, can't get rid of it!!]

Books read in 2005
No.	F or NF	Book title	Author	Source	Comment	Score out of 10
1	F	I Like This Poem	ed. Kaye Webb	BC loan	Took me back to my childhood! Great poems, not just for kids.	8/10
2	F	Enigma	Robert Harris	BC ring	Slow starter , reeled me in, race to the finish. Good!	7/10
3	NF	Asperger Syndrome and Difficult Moments	Myles & Southwick	BC loan	Recognised my son's autistic traits, useful info.	7/10
4	NF	The spirit catches you and you fall down	Anne Fadiman	BC ray	Fascinating look at the Hmong culture, interlaced with a child's fight for life.	8/10
5	F	The Chocolate Run	Dorothy Koomson	BC	Heartwarming tale of love, relationships and chocolate. Made me cry!	8/10
6	NF	Last Chance to See	Douglas Adams	BC RABCK	Douglas Adams and amazing animals. What more could you want from a book?	10/10
7	NF	The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly	Jean-Dominique Bauby	BC	Interesting observations of a man trapped by paralysis.	7/10
8	F	Disturbia	Christopher Fowler	BC	Secret societies and puzzles in late night London. A bit disappointing.	6/10
9	NF	A Decade of I-Deas: encyclopedia of the 80s	ed. John Godfrey	BC	Check the entry to see how I define myself in the 80s! Good bathroom read.	7/10
10	F	The Lovely Bones	Alice Sebold	Mine	Lived up to the hype! A family's recovery from a tragedy and an interesting view of heaven.	8/10
11	NF	The best democracy money can buy	Greg Palast	BC ring	Globalisation exposes - done before and done far better.	4/10
12	F	My Sister's Keeper	Jodi Picoult	BC ring	Fantastic novel about a family in an impossible position.	9/10
13	F	The Bad Mother's Handbook	Kate Long	BC ring	Warm novel about three generations of women.	8/10
14	NF	Hard Work: life in Low-Pay Britain	Polly Toynbee	PC	Investigative report into the struggle to live on a minimum wage.	8/10
15	F	Virtual Strangers	Lynne Barrett-Lee	RABCK	Enjoyable chick lit about a cyber romance.	7/10
16	NF	Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader	Anne Fadiman	BC ring	A few interesting essays but ultimately too technical!	6/10
17	F	Flood	Richard Doyle	BC ring	Believable horror scenario - London flooded and on fire - but way too long.	6/10
18	NF	Nickel and Dimed	Barbara Ehrenreich	PC	Similar to #14 - but low-pay work is even harder in the US.	8/10
19	NF	Fragments: memoirs of a childhood 1939-1948	Binjamin Wilkomirskih	BC Ring	Amazing, horrific memoir of a child's fight for survival in the Polish death camps.	10/10
20	F	Old School Ties	Kate Harrison	BC Ring	A school bully reunites with her victims. Good fun read with a serious undercurrent.	8/10
21	NF	Scenes from a Smallholding	Chas Griffin	BC Ring	Entertaining anecdotes of life on a small organic farm; a little bit repetitive.	7/10
22	NF	True Tales of American Life	Paul Auster	BC Ring	Hated this :0( stories with no punchline.	3/10
23	NF	The Devil in the White City	Erik Larson	BC Ring	Unusual novel based on facts about murder and an amazing world fair.	8/10
24	NF	Expecting Adam	Martha Beck	BC Ring	Life-affirming account of a woman's pregnancy with a Down baby.	8/10
25	NF	Maverick!	Ricardo Semler	BC Ring	A business with very unusual workplace ethics. Interesting but dull.	6/10
26	F	Just One Look	Harlan Coben	PC	Great thriller with loads of twists!	9/10
27	NF	Marching to a Different Tune: Diary About an ADHD Boy	Jacky Fletcher	PC	Interesting but doesn't go deep enough - and too many exclamation marks!!!!!!	6/10
28	NF	Dogme Uncut	Jack Stevenson	Library book	Read for college but an interesting look at a lesser known cinematic style.	7/10
29	NF	Let Me Go: My Mother and the SS	Helga Schneider	BC ring	Fascinating and frightening account of the fnal meeting between a woman and her Nazi mother.	9/10
30	F	Ladies of Letters Log On	Carole Hayman & Lou Wakefield	BC ring	Mildly amusing but joke wore off.	6/10
31	F	Hotel World	Ali Smith	BC NSS	Beautiful novel about five women and a tragedy that touches them all..	10/10
32	F	The Way I Found Her	Rose Tremain	BC Ring	A thrilling mystery, love story and coming-of-age novel in one - beautifully written.	9/10
33	F	The Christmas Mystery	Jostein Gaarder	BC	Gaarder's own retelling of the nativity story, very simple.	6/10

#52

The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
BC Ring
5/5
Beautful poetic simple book full of worldly wisdom.

Reached my half century!

#50 Geek Love
BC Ring
5/5
Excellent book to bring me to my half century - fascinating and revolting at the same time.

#51 C is for Corpse - Sue Grafton
BC Ring
4/5
Enjoyed, didn't guess whodunnit at all!