2009 was probably the happiest year of my life. 2010 had some challenges that were probably some of the hardest I have had to date, but also some peaks that I have never achieved before.
Both to satisfy my voyeurs as well as an aid to memory and the way forward, I thought I would amuse you by giving you a brief rundown of my year.
Finally! It’s here (well almost, but it’s available for purchase at least!).
After a rather traumatic last few months, I have now been able to send off the brand new book for final edits.
You can see more information on it at: SYSTEMA BOOK
Various issues kept me from the internet until now, so this post is a few hours late.
On the good side though, in a couple of weeks you will see an announcement here about my second book. I wrote the first one in 1995 and it’s now out of print (although if people are interested in it, at some point in the future there may be a reprint). That was called The Face on Mars and was pretty technical and had a lot of science in it. It also got me flown to London to give some lectures and made me appear on TV in Europe and the USA and on radio in South Africa.
It did relatively well considering how few of them were printed and a lot of it was also plagiarised by Graham Hancock, he of Fingerprints of the Gods fame. I called him on it too when I next met him at a talk he gave and he blamed his ghost-writers. Ah well, what you gonna do.
Anyway, this book is on a totally different subject and in about a week or two you will be able to read all about it here.
So come back to have a look soon.
Some of you may know of my old blog A Martian in London, which amongst other things, chronicled my search for a suitable female Number One to help me find my spaceship, all-female crew, and eventual rightful claim to the Galaxy.
My research involved more than a few Earth Females and for the benefit of all mankind I summed it up in a couple of politically incorrect but accurate charts (click on the image for a larger, more legible version):
Would you rather be Rich and Famous or Feel Good about yourself?
[This is a long post (a 20 minute read) but on the up side it's kind of gossipy and takes personal shots at some writers of famous books. And I told them about it too. **]
Ideally you’d want to be able to pick any two (I don’t care for fame really), but most of the time it really does seem as if we have to chose between integrity and monetary wealth. I once worked in the American Air Force base at Aviano in Italy, for a German company who was stuffed to the gills with the most incompetent managers I have ever had the misfortune of knowing. Read more »
By G | 4 October 2010 | Posted in Increasing Happiness, News, Relationships, Social Commentary