Banville, John The Sea Picador
Barnes, Julian Arthur & George Jonathan Cape
Barry, Sebastian A Long Long Way Faber & Faber
Ishiguro, Kazuo Never Let Me Go Faber & Faber
Smith, Ali The Accidental Hamish Hamilton
Smith, Zadie On Beauty Hamish Hamilton

I've only read one, The Accidental, but I thought that was fab. I started a discussion on it below somewhere. I hope that Ali Smith wins but I see that she is the least favourite.

Barnes has never appealed to me. He always seems too self-consciously clever.

I cannot believe that in the launch of their new "doughnut" edition, the Grauniad, having garnered so many column inches about their wonderous new Berliner format (shurely, "filled so many column inches of their own disreputable organ..." - ed.) have not yet availed themselves in print of the above quote by the celebrated sexologist and former US president, Jack Kennedy.

Oh she creased us all up. We were watching an old 20s black and white movie and she said "Crikey, I'm glad I didn't live in those days" "Why's that mum?" "Do you see how they had to rush around!" Ah she hasn't lost it the old girl. More stories please.

In this week's Big Issue I found the following story:

A shocked insect specialist who was confronted with two black beady eyes in the mouth of the red snapper fish he was about to cook had come face to face with a tongue-eating ipsopod - the only parasite that eats and replaces an organ of its host. The Californian crustacean, found by Dr Jim Brock, enters a fish's gills, and when its host's tongue shrivels to a stub, the fully grown louse acts as a replacement tongue, with its head facing out of the mouth. It will now be exhibited at the Horniman Museum in south London.

My girlfriend bought me 'Black Belt Sudoku' for my birthday, & I thought, 'that'll pass a few minutes here and there'... I didn't expect'em to be so addictive!

Who's with me on this??

http://www.abctales.com/skydolphin/the_car_and_the_car_ride

...So true, skydolphin, so true...

In fact, time is different in different locations/situations... In the office, waiting for a bus, in the doctor's waiting room... Time is, indeed, as Einstein said, relative!

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I just wanted to share my good news about something...

I've just got a place on the 'Creative Alliance'! - & for those who don't know what that is (i.e. probably just about everyone (including me until recently))...

The Beckhams have been voted number 1 & 2 (Vicky 1, David 2) in a Pointless poll.
http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/entertainment/news/story.htm?articleid=A1281781...

The Beckhams have been voted number 1 & 2 (Vicky 1, David 2) in a Pointless poll.
http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/entertainment/news/story.htm?articleid=A1281781...