Random Quote #176

Adventure is worthwhile in itself. 

Amelia Earhart

Late To Another Party

The other week I mentioned that I had just discovered Metallica.

Well this week I've discovered something else that isn't at all new... in any way.

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I don't know how I managed to miss this (probably cos in 2001, when season 1 premiered, I was 15 and didn't really care about crime drama).

But last Sunday I watched 4 episodes in quick succession and then went out the next day and bought the box set.

And I did spend a fair amount of time during the first episode saying 'don't trust him, he was ... in ...'

But that's because I now watch a lot of crime drama. :)

Teaser Tuesday

All you have to do to take part in Teaser Tuesday is:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Then head over to Should Be Reading and add your link to the comments. 

Here's mine:

 It was way too quiet. Where was everyone?

Page 17, Unlucky 13 by James Patterson

Random Quote #175

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength. 

A. J. Cronin

Random Thought #55 - 10 Years Old

It occurred to me a couple of weeks that something I own is 10 years old.

In fact it's older then 10... it's about 10 and 1/2 now.

It's my alarm clock!

I bought this alarm clock (minus the butterfly sticker) just before I went away to university, which was back in 2003.

And it still works... I've probably only changed the batteries about 1/2 a dozen times... if that.

And eagle eyed readers will notice that my alarm is set for 07:04.

That is not because I have to get up at precisely 07:04. No as this alarm clock has gotten older it gains time slightly... no matter how many times I correct it.

If I put it to the correct time in a couple of weeks it will be back to being 4 minutes fast. So rather than try and beat the alarm clock I decided to join it by adjusting the alarm time.

So I'm actually getting up at 07:00.

So a happy belated 10th birthday to my alarm clock!

Random Quote #174

Nobody gets everything in this life. You decide your priorities and you make your choices. I'd decided long ago that any cake I had would be eaten. 

Donald E. Westlake

Teaser Tuesday

 

All you have to do to take part in Teaser Tuesday is:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Then head over to Should Be Reading and add your link to the comments. 

Here's mine:

But that night, as he sat smoking his after-dinner cigarette, Reason, so violently expelled, came stealing timidly back to her throne, and a cold hand seemed suddenly placed upon his heart.
With Angus McAllister gone, how would the pumpkin fare?

The Custody Of The Pumpkin - page 18, Blandings Castle by P. G. Wodehouse

This book counts towards my total for the New Author Challenge 2014 hosted by Literary Escapism.

 

Random Quote #173

You see things; you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not? 

George Bernard Shaw

Late To the Party

I'm a bit late to the party but...

...I've discovered Metallica!

Teaser Tuesday

All you have to do to take part in Teaser Tuesday is:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Then head over to Should Be Reading and add your link to the comments. 
 
Here's mine:

I underestimated him. The rosy streaks of dawn were scarcely brushing the sky when we descended into the lobby of the hotel, to find Lucas waiting, with an armful of flowers for Evelyn and a knowing smile for me.

Page 78, Crocodile On The Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters 

This book counts towards my total for the New Author Challenge 2014 hosted by Literary Escapism.

 

Random Quote #172

Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg before it is broken. 

M. F. K. Fisher