Daily archives: February 11, 2009

Tweets today

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00:24 Blog: Tweets today tinyurl.com/cn6xay #

09:23 Today’s film is Punisher @ 7.15 @ amc. My deciding vote was swayed by the idea of explosions. #

13:23 Blog: Get the Cartoon Biography of Charles Darwin for free tinyurl.com/b8oznw #

15:30 All I wanted was some tender loving care, before it gets sponsored with the water and the air. #

15:31 T only thing I got right was to lie about my age. #

15:35 #ianslyrics Guess the songs and win a prize (a Marvel no-prize style prize, but still….). Until I get bored. #

15:42 Hello, good evening and welcome to nothing much. A no holds barred half nelson and the loving touch. (Spot a trend in today’s #ianslyrics ?) #

16:27 Blog: If you’re going to the Auvergne this year- Gite La Jonchere tinyurl.com/dczdvt #

20:18 On Two Wheels- The bicycle thieves of Paris tinyurl.com/aznka3 #

20:18 On Two Wheels- Cycling on the Pavement tinyurl.com/cmzmqg #

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If you’re going to the Auvergne this year- Gite La Jonchere

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My sister- who seems to have inherited all the hard work and organisation genes- moved to France with her husband last week. They’ve bought a farmhouse in the Auvergne with a gite attached. I may not be able to make it until next January, but if you’re looking for somewhere to go this year, consider Gite La Jonchere.

Get the Cartoon Biography of Charles Darwin for free

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But only if you live in a select number of locations. The 100 page cartoon biography is being given away free-

Where can I find it?

It has been published as part of the Lost World Read 2009 mass-participation reading project, which is happening in the following locations:

* Bristol and the South West
* Edinburgh
* Glasgow
* Portsmouth and Hampshire
* Shropshire
* Westminster

If you live in one of these locations have a look here for details of which shop, library, or museum near you is giving the book away. For example, here in Bristol the book can be found at all branches of Bristol Libraries; Blackwell, Park Street; St George’s, Brandon Hill; Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Road; Waterstones, Bristol Galleries; Bristol Zoo Gardens; Blaise Castle; City Museum and Art Gallery; ss Great Britain.