2008. In many ways a very positive year. In many ways a year I’m glad to see the back of.
(I might be even more positive if this weren’t day three of Vacation Days That Are Ruined By The Annoying Head/Throat Cold, and were a blizzard not currently threatening my ability to leave the house [...]
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Saw this at Margo Lanagan’s blog, and felt like doing it.
Things you’ve already done: bold.
Things you want to do: italicise.
Things you haven’t done and don’t want to—leave plain.
Started your own blog - you are reading it, running strong for more than a couple of years
Slept under the stars - in a Roman ruin outside Ouchy [...]
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I like to think I have a pretty large vocabulary, and more than that I kind of pride myself on understanding why words mean what they do–what the history behind them is.
Even so, there are lots of times I find myself using a word or phrase in a way that I’ve heard it used before, [...]
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Life is hard: Wear A Helmet.
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This time last week, I had no idea that tonight I would see the new James Bond movie with a Russian rocket scientist.
Or that I would go with a bunch of Australians to “The Outback” for dinner. This is possibly the most hilarious thing I’ve done in a while. Their reaction to the notion of [...]
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Infected via Wheeler and Gwenda, I find that:
Your result for What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test…
Traditional, Vibrant, and Tasteful
19 Islamic, 16 Impressionist, 11 Ukiyo-e, -29 Cubist, -30 Abstract and 14 Renaissance!
Islamic art is developed from many sources: Roman, Early Christian, and Byzantine styles were taken over [...]
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The next few days are about focusing on my family. Back on Thursday evening.
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