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Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Say no more, England! Here's the Red Bull truck, coasting along in Georgetown, Washington, DC, a fancy neighborhood clearly in need of some late night drinks. And we all love our vodka red bulls!

I recently noticed the can size increasing - plus special editions. And of course the market is now flooded with a host of enrgydrinks, from Amp to Monster to Rock Star and the list goes on. Check out this link for a full list of the available drinks and their health and energy pros and cons!

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Who's the odd one out?

Not Grover!

New York storm!

A few weeks ago I met some friends in New York, and though not international news, we got caught in a quite incredible rainshower, thunder, lightning the works - summer storms USA!

Paddy and me after the storm. Sir Pad is currently Lecturer in English at St. Hilda's, Oxford University, and keeps a firm hand on the Paddy Hayes Jazz Quartet. The man!

Voila the Brits in Central Park with token American! Say hello Ms. Willers!

Trying to flag down ubiqitous New York yellow cabs - ubiquitous except where we're standing.

Monday, June 30, 2008

Matt wins Unpublished Novel Competition!

Bookhabit.com is pleased to announce the winner of the inaugural Bookhabit Unpublished Competition is Matt Fullerty's The Pride and the Sorrow. Matt receives a US$5000 prize and is "thrilled" about winning the first Bookhabit competition. We will be posting an interview with Matt on Bookhabit.com shortly. Congratulations from Bookhabit!

You can see full details with an endorsement of the novel at http://bookhabit.com/competition/
The Pride and the Sorrow is the story of Paul Morphy (1837-1884), born in New Orleans as a chess prodigy, his famous journey through Europe and his ultimate downfall on and off the chessboard. He is celebrated in fashionable European society, honored by Napoleon III of France and Queen Victoria of England and returns to New Orleans a local celebrity, only to find Civil War looming, a storm brewing in his family and his own mind coming apart ...