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I wonder if London 2012 will bring simplicity back to the Olympic Games - then again, is it ever that easy to be an Olympian...?

Chariots of Fire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-7Vu7cqB20

http://www.yogainsalento.com/link/la-na ... -the-soul/

Dire Straits - Why worry ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im2SoltmZEc

Glad to hear of your success, AS - you truly deserve it ! I popped into your website once -how I got there, I have no idea - anyway, it's all good stuff. What's this artist's cafe ? As for me...let the music say it... Still figuring stuff out... Inside Out...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPAwrtm-JK...

AS: I didn't know he wrote a book...I am so out of the loop...lol.

Same here ! I was looking for summat by the Bob, and this seemed appropriate given PN's current theme of children. Hope all is well with you...guess you are in another kinda loop de looop ?

See the bright lounges
Hear deep notions swelling
Full sense and nonsense

I like the song I posted above because it reminds me of wikileaks. It's as if it is a song from the seducer which is America, to it's people it calls 'babe'... I eerily fell in love with this song for that reason...and because the guys voice reminds me a little bit of bob dylan...raspy and weird in...

Enya - Only Time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0NoHN1TU5I

Haven't posted on here for a while; still think it should be in 'The Lounge', but what the heck.

This kind of tranquil spot is not for everybody. It worked for me today - any other time it might just irritate the life outta me

John, thanks again; and yes, my eyes boggled at the price of the protective cover - you could get a quarter of a Kindle for that ! I have been looking at the top 100 free books - fascinating to compare with the 'paid for' list. Coming in at no.71 - Goethe's 'Erotica Romana' ; a Hume lowdown 'History...

The Kindle is the one to have at present. Has a great look and feel, very page-like and can be read in most lighting conditions, heads and shoulders above the others. Pity it hasn't got the smell and texture tho' :) It's the 'at present' that stops me from buying, that and the £110; they seem to be...

John : I got a kindle at Christmas and to be honest my intent was to use it for convenience with certain types of books and not to have it replace the experience of reading from a traditional paper book. What a great present ! What 'certain types of books' is it better for ? ... I don't find the exp...

I downloaded the Kindle app to my PC to try it out. The other day I purchased my first book. I like it. I don't know if I'll ever buy a machine, though. Thanks for that; I had no idea that you could do so such a thing. The free Amazon application was easy to download. I registered, as per my Amazon...

Hello

I love the feel of books. Never been tempted by the machine.
Now considering a Kindle purchase; but already have so many books on shelves still to be read. The agonies of indecision.

Anyone here delighted with an e-reader, and what makes it better than the book ?
I am open to persuasion...

Hume' by Simon Blackburn, 2008, Granta Publications. A great little book, at just over 100 pages; a way to understand Hume 'properly' (?), looking at 10 of his most important moments. I'm not sure about ' How to...' books, when it comes to philosophical interpretations; however, this wee gem helped ...

Barbara, are you watching over my shoulder ? We can't possibly be on the same wave-length, can we ? Here is something I've been repeatedly listening to today : Vivi, Tiranno ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87r-NU7S81g&feature=related 'ave a heart, luv, an' save the tyrant, he cannae help it ?! M.

I wait to hear from you. I bet you wait with baited breath ! OK, some running thoughts.... About your development into a philosopher ( at the end of Chapter 5 ? ) ; and the point where you 'crossed the colour lone '...and became a philosopher ( ? Ch 1, 1963/4 ). Perhaps this illustrates well philos...