back on-line

We had a wireless thing put into the computer, and it didn't work for a while, untill the nice man at BT told me what to do (this was the second time I called, the first, the exasperated engineer told me it was a firewall problem, and tried to fob me off to some other company).
This now means that there are no ugly wires from the hallway to the computer in teh living room,a nd that I can surf on the laptop, desktop and talk on the phone at the same time. Still have no idea how to get a podcast downloaded onto my Mp3 player. Ug.

Hve finished reading the Time Machine. Cracking good read, and better than the last H G Wells I read, the Invisible Man. Also ther is the typical turn of the century way of third person monologue. First couple of chapters are how theauther gets to hear the hero tell the story, and the rest of the book is in quotation marks as the hero relates to the auther.

Planet of the apes

The everyday tale of a french journalist, Ulysse Mérouwho, travels halfway across the galaxy to be stranded on a planet whee apes are the dominant species, and humans are beastial bipeds. Strong morals prevale.
A great read, and the translation only anoyed me as far as talking about 'monkeys', instead of 'apes'.
Any fault lies in the amount of Planet of the Apes films that are out there, none of which follow the origional book by Perrie Boulle, very closley. There is no statue of liberty, as the planet is around a different sun. The humans are truly wild animals with neither clothes or language. Apes do not escape to modern day earth and have a child [Escape from the Planet of the Apes](but the earthman has a child) and the book has an ape world that is advanced as 1960s france.
Because of the movies, there are no real surprises, but it does give an insight into the Tim Burton ending. Well thought out moralistic tale, that i enjoyed.

Good week

It was a long week with lots of good stuff, especially since I was off.
Monday: Lunch in Coleraine, and a chance to do a bit of shopping. Not vey exciting, but we did it.
Tuesday: Finvoy fun farm enjoyed our patronage. It is basicly a giant play area for children, with a couple of animals to feed. Not too sure about there health and safety. Charlotte enjoyed there slides and the trampoline. A bit of a bump on the head while sitting on a bench.









Wednesday: Being the 12th, we stayed put. We had Jenny Rountree (who has progressed from Charlotte calling her 'Lady' and is now refered to as 'sweet') and her friend Carie. Really nice time.
Thursday: Back to the train at Damnhead. We had a picnic as well, and Charlotte had three rides on the Train. Good fun.








Friday: We went to see my Mum in Hamiltonsbawn and were pleasently surprised at the way she interacted with Charlotte and even took Katherine while she (K) was bawling. It was the first of the really hot days. We had a walk around Hamiltonsbawn, and are not surprised that people never heard of it.








Saturday: We went to Alex and Chriostines for lunch, and a very nice salid, you know the type you would never lay on for your self, but enjoy anyway. We went back hoem a brought out the pool, put some water in and Charlotte and i got very wet. Charlotte really enjoyed the slide in the pool.












Sunday: Over the past couple of days, Katheriane has not slept well, but tosya she slept most of the day. So we spent a lot of time in the garden, in the pool and a BBQ lunch.

Wyrd Sisters

Now I have finished the course, I have a bit more time to read other books than counselling orientated. I Have finished Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters.
Three witches, who rule with headology in the small kingdom of Larnce, are drawn into a mystryof a dead king, a lost prince and a fool.
Generally concidered to be the first of the disk world books to not just be good, but really good. I have enjoyed Pratchett's books for the past few years, but never tackled thsi one. I found it for 75p in a charity shop, and left it to ferment on the shelf for a year. Even thro this is the first witches book, I have read most of the others. Like Sam Vimes, and now unlike Rincewind, Terry knows how to tackle these characters, and they ahve lasted over the years. The book is loosly based on Macbeth, but with more funny bits.
Really good book.