(def a (ref 1))
(def b (ref 1))
(future (#(dosync (println "a " @a) (Thread/sleep 1000) (println "b " @b))))
(dosync (alter b inc))


=> #'com.xmltravel.elasticbookings.mqtest/a
=> #'com.xmltravel.elasticbookings.mqtest/b
=> #object[clojure.core$future_call$reify__6736 0x5fd016bb {:status :pending, :val nil}]
a  1
=> 2
a  1
b  2