Posts Tagged ‘cliche’

…and that’s a wrap.

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

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 [...]

The final meme of 2008

Monday, December 29th, 2008

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 [...]

Language By Example

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

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, [...]

The Deepest Thought I Can Manage

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Life is hard: Wear A Helmet.

I’m just saying

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

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 [...]

Meme-ery

Friday, October 24th, 2008

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 [...]

Please rejoing us after this short hiatus

Monday, July 7th, 2008

The next few days are about focusing on my family. Back on Thursday evening.