House Betty: November 2009

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Philip M Parker author of 200,000 Books

Author of The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-Milligram Containers of Fromage Frais and Baboon Metaphysics, Curbside Consultation of the Colon and The Large Sieve and its Applications, Parker, has described himself as "the most published author in the history of the planet",

Parker is a professor of management science at French business school and achieves his prolific authorship thanks to his invention - and patenting - of a machine which writes books, creating them from internet and database searches in order to eliminate or substantially reduce "the costs associated with human labour, such as authors, editors, graphic artists, data analysts, translators, distributors and marketing personnel".

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

what i learnt today....

"If you live in the most affluent part of Surrey you will probably live 5.4 years longer than someone in the least affluent part."

"Every day 5 people in Surrey die as a result of smoking"

76% of land in Surrey is agricultural or woodland.

Surrey lacks the infrastructure to support poorer communities such as cheaper transport, cheaper supermarkets and has poor public transport in rural areas.

The affluence of Surrey hides its poverty, in statistical terms.