to avoid typing & mouse use have been to the library and am now catching up on the Temeraire books - a wee bit in to Tongues of Serpents and once again i find myself wanting a series of books all about Tharkay, of whom there is never anywhere near enough.

favourite part of Victory of Eagles? this reference ( Read more... )

plan: catch up on f-list. actuality: get stuck writing reply to interesting discussion in china_shop's lj here (which spins of other equally fascinating one here). actuality #2: fail to say what i mean despite repeated edits, also keep getting sidetracked by anecdotes - which, as the annoying but accurate quote states, do not become data when pluralised - ( Read more... )

my job at the moment. hate. may fake own death and adopt new life, identity and career. meanwhile, i am going to treat abject misery + frustrated rage with bed + tea + an episode of the sentinel (go laptop!). thank god for the prospect of cocktails on saturday. cocktails, and the return of my biggles books - there is still a tiny spark left in ( Read more... )

( dangling mammals: of little interest to the rest of humanity )

in the spirit of actually being informed in advance of the epic holiday (ok, the expensive holiday, with the trains and the giant lake and the - hopefully - staying in yurts etc.) just started orlando figes 'natasha's dance: a cultural history of russia' and it's really, really good. it's all sparkly and facsinating and makes my brain feel alive ( Read more... )