I have realised that what with bank holidays and other such things I only have 11 working days left in my current job. That is not a lot of time… I probably should start to shred all those papers that have built up over the last *four* years. That is rather a lot of paper. I should also transfer lots of files on to the shared file system. That is rather a lot of files. I think I could be busy over the next 11 working days.
I have got a bit behind in updating what book I am currently reading. At the moment it is “The Double” by Jose Saramago, an interesting if weird read. You have to be willing to read very long sentences because the author’s style seems to involve him avoiding the full stop (although all other punctuation does not appear to be a problem). Sometimes there is a whole page without a full stop and also you have to be aware that conversations are not punctuated and just move from person to person without any warning. But even so, it is quite readable. Saramago won the Nobel Prize for Literature, so it seems that punctuation is not a requirement to win that award. There is hope for us all.
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Which three books would you take to a treasure island?
Kahless - what a good question. Maybe... The Day of the Triffids (except maybe that would be a bit scary given that it has evil plants in it), A Town Like Alice and perhaps a book by Paul Auster. Or maybe I should take very long books with me that might take me a bit longer to read. Would I be allowed to take my glasses too or else I wouldn't be able to read them anyway?
I would supply the books in large print.
Or maybe a talking book because then I would have someone to talk to me. But I might then also need electricity etc.
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