Now, where did I put my running shoes?

11Apr09

It’s sobering to realise that I will never again be as fit as I was at the age of 15.
Back then, I was training 12-14 hours a week (for a school sports team, no less – we worked hard), as well as walking a mile a day as part of my journey to school. [...]

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Tags: Dance Music, Exercise, Health, Intervals, Podrunners, Running

iTunes and I

16Jan09

By way of making the most of the 5091 tracks in my All Music playlist, here’s ten of them, with my opinions and the reasons they’re in my collection. Sort of a “Laura by Notes” sidebar, I suppose. Songs, in the best tradition of blog music lists, selected by the shuffle feature.

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Tags: iTunes, Music, Shuffle

The Booklovers: Prologue

03Jun08

“This book deals with epiphenomenalism, which has to do with consciousness as a mere accessory of physiological processes whose presence or absence… makes no difference… whatever are you doing?”
I’ve always thought that The Divine Comedy are an under-rated band. Most people I know have either not heard of them, or heard only a few tracks [...]

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Tags: Books, Music, The Booklovers, The Divine Comedy