Showing posts with label comedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label comedy. Show all posts

Monday, 16 January 2012

Reading Suggestion

If you are looking for a book that is entertaining, inspiring, and curious at a time, and not too hard for a reading, this could be a choice (8€):

Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

PLOT: January 1946: writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so begins a remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name.

As Juliet and her new correspondent exchange letters, Juliet is drawn into the world of this man and his friends—and what a wonderfully eccentric world it is. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society—born when its members were discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island—boasts a charming, funny, deeply human cast of characters, from pig farmers to phrenologists, literature lovers all.

Juliet begins a remarkable correspondence with the society’s members, learning about their island, their taste in books, and the impact the recent German occupation has had on their lives. Captivated by their stories, she sets sail for Guernsey, and what she finds will change her forever.

Written with warmth and humor as a series of letters, this novel is a celebration of the written word in all its guises, and of finding connection in the most surprising ways.

Short video where one of the authors speaks about the book: VIDEO.

You can also read part of chapter one and value how hard you find its reading: EXCERPT

Friday, 18 November 2011

Are women better at multitasking?

Multitasking can really drive us mad, if not properly controlled. Just have a look at the statistics about surfing the Net while driving. Now it's... Don't drive and surf!

Anyway, the point was to see if a gender excelled the other at multitasking, and it seems to be so... According to the Telegraph, scientists prove that women are better at multitasking than men. The Telegraph - Multitasking 1 - Multitasking 2

Anyway, whatever said in the press, men definitely prove to be better multitaskers... See the sketch.

Wednesday, 2 November 2011

HOT FUZZ

Big cops. Small town. Moderate violence.


Hot Fuzz and Torrente... Two very different ways of focussing on the same kind of humor.