Rapture

There is a long running joke I have with a girlfriend that when she becomes a neuroscientist and cures Alzheimer's (her ultimate goal), the ensuing fortune she will amass with allow me to cease work and pursue my creative endeavours while she foots the bill.

May I suggest she acquires this apartment for us/me to live in when this happens?

 She (or anyone else who's interested) can see the full shoot here. 

Yum

Yum.
I love the yellow of this skirt, and teemed with a grey t-shirt it is lovely and casual, but you could dress it up as well.

The Moral Animal

An interesting article from American Prospect magazine concerning BF Skinner, one of the most famous psychologists. Like the author Robert Wright, my at first ardent agreement with Skinners behaviourist theories on human behaviour have waxed and waned due to their reductionist conclusions - though I still admire what Wright refers to as his anti-intellectual intellectualism. As usual, the comments following the article make also make for interesting reading.
Enjoy.

Beanhunter

One thing I prioritise is good coffee - so I was delighted to discover the truly superb Bean Hunter...if you can find a better source of where to get the best coffee I would love to know! Reviews from multiple countries make me wish I had stumbled upon it during my somewhat extensive travels last year. In the case of this excellent website however, better late than never.
Enjoy.

I was born that way

I found this article about the reasons we are liberal or conservative interesting, although maybe more could have been said of those who are politically apathetic. Which kids were they in the playground? Did they suffer both ups and downs in their development that made them decide the path of least resistance was easiest? I admit to my own bias creeping in when when I was horrified at the suggestion that perhaps medicare contributes to increasingly conservative elderly populations. Either way, interesting reading.
Enjoy.

Hip Hip Gin Gin

I have recently become acquainted with the fantastic Hip Hip Gin Gin.
I love her cocktail recipe for a London Special - it is making me so nostalgic for for that great far away city. This is obviously someone who is my kind of fashionista - her post on Zara's seemingly perfect new pair of pumps has made me even more excited for the opening of Zara's flagship store in Sydney this Easter.  What do you think are the chances they will still be in stock?

She has also led me to another fantastic time wasting site, Fashion gone rogue.
Now I can look up all those editorials from Vogue I loved but didn't want to tear out of the magazine.
And some I haven't seen before.

Fantastic, no?

Um...awesome

Yet again the internet has provided me with a little piece of entertainment to waste my time (but is it really time wasting if I am enjoying myself so much?)
Enjoy.

Tea time

A hilarious article from Christopher Hitchens on the correct preparation of a cup of tea. Having lived in Hitchen's homeland, and having struggled with such issues myself in the states (including their equally exasperating inability to make good coffee) it made me smile in recognition.
Enjoy.

Boring books

English Muse has written a list of great "boring" books. Fantastically, I haven't read a single one, although I have a feeling she has hit the mark - being inspired by The Guardian's often amusing Robert Crum. 

I myself have just finished Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, one of the popular penguin series. Despite the unashamedly gory subject matter, I found the book very much enjoyable - surely a sign of great writing as the ending is established at the beginning, yet I was still eager to see the plot unfold. I have recently made the happy and sad discovery that Penguin has released another 75 of their little orange books...one hundred of which currently sit on my shelves (of which I have read about 30 so far). I say happy and sad because now I will be able to add Freud's The Psychology of Love to my bookshelf, but as a new student, the expense of this may mean it takes me some time to accrue the whole collection.