Category: Thoughts

  • Explain

    ExplainCJ Levinson Overslept again, so I got up lateForgot the day and the timeBurnt the toast and lost my headSomewhere in the in-betweenAnd even in this endless nightI still remember what it was like to dream Do you see the strange light in the sky?Feels like time’s standing stillAnd it’s a strange kind of ironyThat…

  • Time on Earth

    Seems like it’s been a busy few months in music. Groups and bands we’d all thought had played together for the last time have reunited; while the Spice Girls grab the headlines, news that The Police, The Verve and Rage Against the Machine have reunited has brought equal excitement to their fans. In contrast I…

  • Do you feel sorry for Lindsay Lohan?

    I feel like I’m going crazy. Every day it seems like there’s another story about Lindsay Lohan or some young celebrity spinning out of control. It’s everywhere. Rehab, jail, speeding, drugs… it’s like some high school soap opera. Except it’s not a soap opera, it’s real life, and to be honest I’m not sure what…

  • 5 books for children to read after Harry Potter

    Have your kids just finished reading Deathly Hallows but aren’t sure what to read next? Here are five suggestions (1990s onwards). 5) SabrielGarth Nix4) The Lightning ThiefRick Riordan3) The Secret HourScott Westerfeld2) TwilightStephenie Meyer1) The Lost Years of MerlinT.A. Barron

  • Back to the past

    So I’ve almost finished Deathly Hallows; started it on Sunday and should have it finished later tonight. I’m enjoying it so far; the beginning is one of the best in the series and the pace is good throughout. I’m not going to give away spoilers, but there was something which caught my interest halfway through…

  • Exploring netiquette

    A few things have been going round in my head for the last few days. The first thing is that I’ve been helping my mother get set up online. She’s used computers for awhile, but she’s never really gone online more than to shop at Amazon and some fabric stores. For the last couple of…

  • 5 books to introduce people to science fiction

    Ever wanted to try science fiction, but not sure where to start? Or had a friend ask you for something they might like? Here are 5 suggestions.5) Ender’s GameOrson Scott Card4) Blood MusicGreg Bear3) SpinRobert Charles Wilson2) The Man in the High CastlePhilip K. Dick1) Never Let Me GoKazuo Ishiguro

  • Wasting Time

    Wasting TimeCJ Levinson Sometimes I feel like I’m just wasting time againThought I’d be someone different by nowEverything I said keeps coming back to meThought I’d know the perfect wordsBut they never came to mind And is that really you, standing in front of me?Is that really you, standing in front of me?Hold me now…

  • 5 post-apocalyptic books everyone should read

    5) A Canticle for LeibowitzWalter M. Miller4) Oryx and CrakeMargaret Atwood3) On the BeachNevil Shute2) Alas, Babylon!Pat Frank1) Earth AbidesGeorge R. Stewart

  • When did rehab become the "in thing"?

    There’s been something about Britney Spears in the news every day this past week; feels like it too. I don’t want to ask if anyone even cares anymore, but aren’t the media going too far with this? It can’t help someone who is self-destructing to see every second of it being analysed on TV. And…