Twelve First Lines Make a Post
It's been a thin year for posting. But I did manage at least an entry a month, so here are the first lines gleaned from 2013, for what little amusement or edification they may provide:
I am mildly croggled that people think anyone besides Leonard is the central character in Big Bang Theory.
I will not say anything insensitive to people with ashes on their foreheads tomorrow.
The short list of Hugo Award nominees will be coming out in a couple of weeks, on Easter weekend.
Overheard somewhere, someone making disparaging remarks about "the boys in Enterprise"... I don't think they were talking about a television show, its fans, or cast members.
him, in the other room: "...." [not quite audible]
A bit of time has passed since the first weekend in May but things have been Somewhat Hectic in my little corner of the universe, so that between the trans-hebephrenic crescendo of Spring Quarter insanity at work, a sudden and unwelcome flurry of legal filings surrounding the (let us hope) final dispensation of my parents' estate, still getting all the list mail from the upcoming Lone Star Con despite the increasing unlikelihood of my attending, and somewhat foolishly volunteering to help with administering the PayPal voting for the DUFF race, I have not posted my pictures from Corflu or indeed said boo about it.
Here's a picture of cool evening for those who are about to have a stinking hot day.
Today is a Do All The Things day.
I was going to say that I may be less active with the writing here because school starts Wednesday (Wednesday! What rational school starts classes on Wednesday?) and I'm taking another run at third year Mandarin.
Well, it's been a glorious October here in Seattle, with dry weather, clear sunny skies, and a particularly spectacular fall display around campus.
One of our junior-most faculty came into the office this morning to tell me that she had been laughing out loud on the bus to work while reading my minutes of the previous month's faculty meeting.
Along with most of the rest of the country, we've been having a chilly week.
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Hmm. Really must work on generating more scintillating first lines, I think.