I was trying to keep everything posted in some kind of nice order, but with the way things went and have been this last week, nope.
I’ve been snowed under, depressed, and just focussed on one job on my list at a time.
Our drive looks amazing now, it took the guys 4 weeks in total, but the job is just brill, and so so much better for us for winter.
Excellent blog. birds aren’t pets. They’re just that, a bird. They are instinctual and dangerous. Even the small once, they’re just not domesticated. Yes, I have Bobby. No, he was not a choice. I just hope I can help make him a comfortable life, one he can enjoy, without wanting to be my mate.
Cockatoos are dangerous.
I’m here to try and convince you not to buy one. Or buy any parrot, that is.
I wish everyone could go to an avian rescue and see the inhabitants there. I wish also that everyone could see the Island Parrot Sanctuary and meet parrots who cannot live with people, through no fault of their own. And no, it’s not even (always) the fault of the owners. The problem is that humans try to make a pet out of a beautiful animal that isn’t suited to caged living. We’re fighting against the base nature of a wild animal. Not all of the IPS birds come from devastating circumstances; many have been surrendered by people who couldn’t meet their ultra-demanding needs. The IPS is filled with birds of all sizes, not just large macaws and cockatoos and the like. They have senegals, conures, and a little lutino Indian…
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Sweet, defining SciFan and it’s sub-genres and we get a nice little mention as SciFan Space Opera, go @TeamSecretKing
No matter where we are in life this is one of the most wonderful women I had the pleasure of knowing. Strong, not so strong. We have seen it all. But we deal with it, we move on. I’ve seen from my ED days the most amazing young girls fight, come through, live, learn, love and have children. Against all the odds. 🙂 We need to educate, we need to talk, always…
If you hadn’t noticed – it’s been trending worldwide for most of the day – it’s World Mental Health Day.
First celebrated in 1992 at the initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health, World Mental Health Day is now recognised on October 10th every year. Advice and information is shared, statistics are released, money is raised, personal stories written and challenges to stigma are made.
With the help of social media, it gets bigger every year – which means both awareness and money are raised to help those living with mental illness. But some things stay the same, and not everything is as helpful and positive as it looks on the surface.
I, and many people I have communicated with through social media, have very mixed feelings towards this day and other similar ‘Awareness Days’. So I thought I’d list a few things, because… well, balance.
But first, I did…
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I have been flying through these and there’s no other explanation that I’m really enjoying them. I have been a little nervous as I saw that the last few books aren’t out as audio yet! What am I going to do, I hope they’re soon on their way.
Anyways, the reviews this time were pretty short and sweet, because I really am fascinated with this world.
![Maximum Violence: Arisen, Book 4 | [Michael Stephen Fuchs, Glynn James]](https://i0.wp.com/ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FIrXJYnrL._SL175_.jpg)
I must admit, I wasn’t sure if I should get all the books, but I did, (now up to book 7) and I’m enjoying them through the whole of the series.
I do think there were a few cringe-worthy mistakes here in regards to the character/story, but I also do think that the authors also gave some convincing reasons as to why those happened. I guess no one is totally infallible and that is what the Special Ops guys are supposed to be.
Still, very entertaining series, 🙂 Thanks for bringing this to my ears and keeping me from going insane at work haha.
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I really hoped we’d follow Sarah and Homer to some extent through this last book and maybe even some of this, but we didn’t.
I did enjoy this a lot, the action was totally intense, will they, won’t they. Just brilliant and totally had me on the edge of my seat. However, that ending, so worth it. This was one of the more exciting parts to this series, at least so far for me. I’m wondering how on earth the authors manage to keep up this level of intensity, but they really do a great job.
RC is also one of the best narrators I’ve listened to, I love his Yorkshire and English accents, yeah maybe not quite what I’m used to as I live here, but they’re pretty realistic. 🙂
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To say that the last 5 books were just a zillion miles a minute would be putting it mildly, but after the huge battle to save the JFK this was a good time to take a breather, recoup, think things through. See what and how these guys and gals can move forwards.
This doesn’t mean that this part isn’t thrilling, there are some real scary situations for everyone, from the surviving tunnelers, and the ops mission to retrieve the BioForce. It can’t get any harder for these people, but it does, and it still manages to have us on the edge of our seats, everything is riding on these huge tasks to come together and all at the right time. It’s not going to be easy, there are some huge losses and it tests everyone to their utmost ‘give’ up level.
Excellent narration as ever, I am not gonna be happy when this series is over, I’ll have a major book hangover. Well an audiobook hangover….
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