It may not look like i'm busy to an outsider, but it feels like it to me. We got back to work on the downstairs WC; our first attempt at "woodgraining" has been easier and more successful than i expected. YEA!
I had put "Anatomy of an Epidemic" on my Amazon wish-list, and i got it for Christmas; it only took a few days to read, it was so interesting in content. Some of it was a bit "redundant in theory" because once you know the first dozen psych drugs didn't do what the public believes, the 13th is kinda predictable. But the last bit, talking about how psychiatry SHOULD be practiced takes away that hopeless feeling....
The mention of another book -- "The Myth of Mental Illness" -- piqued my curiosity, so i just bought it for Kindle. ... If i suddenly turn Christian Scientist, please be aware it's to put another layer of separation between me and the medical industry! Ye gods, compared to some of the egomaniacal quacks out there, Peat, Mercola and Kruse are shining beacons of reason!
Nonfiction of this nature does NOT make for good bedtime reading. Detective fiction does! I've started on George Simenon (Maigret) and Ellis Peters (Cadfael), since i've read everything Hammett, Chandler, Stout and a good chunk of Christie and Doyle (non-Holmes stuff is a lot less intriguing). The Cadfael has also put me in a medieval mood, as far as movies are concerned -- i need to re-read "The Name of the Rose"! Good movie, but leaves out a hell of a lot. For capturing that faith-centered, black-and-white, miracle-loving, unrealistic/unscientific mindset, though, you can't beat "Ladyhawke." ;-)
Do you remember Tess, they had a show on PBS "Call a midwife"? I recently ordered the memoir of Jennifer Worth through the inter-library loan and enjoyed reading it.http://www.alibris.com/booksearch?qisbn=9780297868781&device=c&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=sem&utm_term=Call_the_Midwife&utm_campaign=none
ReplyDeleteLife was so hard not long time ago.
i don't recall that show. Depending on where i've lived at any particular time, PBS has been very good, very bad or somewhere in between. For more than the last decade, i've been where it's very VERY bad. :-(
DeleteDon't know if it's the same show but here in the UK we also have a very good television series called 'Call The Midwife' it has proved very popular. The powers that be have now scheduled it against another popular car show called 'Top Gear' needless to say Top Gear is not my most favourite watch so the catch up TV button is being used a lot !!! (Can you guess who watches Top Gear?)
ReplyDeleteHere's to more reading, watching and listening to our choices ...and at least these days thanks to great technology we can.
All the best Jan
It is the same show,Jan. Book is even better, however the series are very good too. I believe there are several books based on the Jennifer Worth's diary.
DeleteThanks Galina - will have to look into the books.
DeleteAll the best Jan
if it weren't for DVDs and Netflix, it wouldn't be worthwhile to HAVE a television anymore, in my opinion. A&E, TLC and a few others USED to be good, but went right down the toilet. The "History Channel" shows programs about UFO nonsense and tattoos. How these stations manage to stay afloat just amazes me.
Delete"How these stations manage to stay afloat just amazes me." It is becoming more difficult for them with the money from advertising diminishing. We have so many channels and so many repeated series to watch. There are a few good ones - but there are many many good books!
DeleteAll the best Jan
amen!!!
DeleteI'll second the comment about the TV. I never got a digital antenna, so it's just for DVDs. I don't know why anybody bothers with cable or a dish unless they're into sports, news or infomercials.
ReplyDeleteI recently read Machiavelli: A Renaissance Life. Loved it.
even Turner Classic Movies isn't as good as it used to be. :-( AMC went down the tubes long ago.
DeleteWe have the least expensive cable package now as a part of the internet service. So many good channels degenerated into a rubbish, it is horrible - Discovery, Discovery Health, History, Bravo,TLC, National Geographic, that there is nothing left worth paying for.I am glad I had it when my son was growing up, now I watch mostly news, weather and PBS . Even Cooking channel turned into some ridiculous I don't know what .
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