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Blogoration
This site seems like it would benefit from moving to a blog format, so as of January 2010 I'm mostly moving it here.
The Buddha, Geoff and Me
by Edward Canfor-Dumas
First of all, I have to admit that I know Eddy (the real one). We are both members of Hertsmere Green party. And I swapped him Angels Chic for The Buddha. However, don't worry, that wouldn't stop me slagging off his book if it was bad. Which it isn't, not by a long way.
Basically this is a book of Buddhist teachings told through a simple story of the lives of master (Geoff) and 'disciple' (the fictional 'Ed'). And all the more interesting for that, rather than a dry philosophical book. Definately a modern classic. More >
Angel's Chic now available
 Angel's Chic, 4 years in the writing and 16 getting published, is finally available (well, from Midsummer Solstice 2008 anyway). I'm excited, and if you haven't read it yet, you should be too.
" Set in 1990s Liverpool, India, Tibet and Chandraloka, Angel's Chîc is the gripping tale of two unlikely partners attempting to cope with contrasting lives of love, chaos and career. The appearance of a teleport machine sets them off on a trip of external and internal discovery, poses questions of ethics, conspiracy, mental health and philosophy, and puts them at odds with the Bavarian Illuminati as they seek an ancient and transcendental treasure without equal."
More information and on-line ordering at Atma Communications.
Review: Hotel Lily, Earls Court, London SW6
What an flea pit! I stayed here in April 2008 as a budget alternative to the Ibis. It's like it hasn't seen any improvements or decoration, and not much cleaning, since the 70s. In fact it's right up there in my top three worst hotels of all time. I thought people might think I was exaggerating unless I took some photos... More >
Book reviews
I finally got round to uploading a load of book reviews that I'd had hanging round for a while:
6. A multiple-choice solution to the problem of getting planning permission for Wind Farms
Unbelievably, for those unaquainted with the League of Gentlemen, it seems that the British countryside is populated with a number of ignorant and inbred imbeciles, who, when they are not mounting sheep, mount moronic campaigns against ... repressive regimes? the evils of chemical agri business? No, they tilt against windmills.
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3. Oil-free Food
Our current high-tech society provides an abundance of cheap food and consumer goods for those living in the misdeveloped world, even though other living costs such as accomodation, taxes and transport make balancing their budget a challenge for many people.
Both cheap food and cheap consumer goods however, are completely dependant on cheap oil. Like land, oil is something they ain't making any more, so its price basically moves in one direction only. Of course vegetable oil is a renewable resource, but when cars are competing with people for crops, the agregate population of both will have to decline, and it won't make any difference to the direction oil's price moves.
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1. Work out how many people fit in a country, and how they can get on together
Come on, this isn't rocket science. Countries have a certain area and from that comes a certain, finite amount of food, fuel, other crops, space to live and wilderness for plants and animals. To formulate policies for imigration, transport, taxation and everything else on a short-term economic basis, with no population policy ... is madness!
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