I read books for one simple reason – to stay sane in a world that has clearly lost its mind.
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Timbo’s Top Thirty Movies
The day before Christmas, I took my youngest daughter to see Spider-Man: No Way Home. It felt like a novel thing to do because we had not been to a movie theatre in a long, long time.
Continue reading “Timbo’s Top Thirty Movies”Under the Black Flag by David Cordingly
We all have a price. Each of us can be persuaded to compromise our sense of right or wrong if a reasonable sum of money or dream job is offered to us.
Continue reading “Under the Black Flag by David Cordingly”Finite and Infinite Games by James P. Carse
My wife has told me more than once: “Tim, you like to play games and push other people’s buttons.”
Continue reading “Finite and Infinite Games by James P. Carse”The Untold History of the United States by Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick
I found this book hiding in a box of unwanted paperbacks at a second-hand book fair beneath a church.
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What a time to be alive! Our industrialised society appears to be on its knees. Economic, political, and environmental crises jostle with each other to deliver a fatal blow.
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The world is drowning in bullshit. Unfortunately, those of us who are paid to write are contributing to the problem.
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My paperback copy of The Lucifer Principle by Howard Bloom is dog-eared and feral. This is appropriate for a book with a savage bite.
Continue reading “The Lucifer Principle by Howard Bloom”Feeling BLUE
I’m unsettled. Since last Wednesday evening, I’ve been awash with the sense that I’m part of a tragedy. A big, blue tragedy. Continue reading “Feeling BLUE”