Yesterday I had the perfect plan in my mind. I was going to use Russian with unknown people, in an easy situation. I'd prepare what I'd need to say, and it would look so perfect that no one would notice that I'm a foreigner. My aim was to talk with enough insurance so that I could pretend to be a local.

I had to go and buy a stamp at the post ( Read more... )

I'm really into corresponding. I find it's a great way to make friends. I have written to fantastic women this way, and even met some of them. These are very precious friendships.

But

The stuff some people write on their profile is incredible sometimes. Here's one of the last howlers I saw:

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I want to stay up late and waste my time on the internet doing silly useless things like this:


Blogthings: Learn Something Surprising About Yourself

Nobody knows I'm a spy. It's because I'm a good one. On almost each game I play/played, I ended up playing a spy. It's fun, you get to use cryptography goodies, and conspire with other players in the same position.

This evening, thanks to someone whose name I won't reveal in order not to blow her cover, I discovered the personality test of the CIA. ( Read more... )

I just:

1) purchased the core book of Ars Magica 5th edition although I already have the 2nd and the 3rd editions in various languages and that I had told myself that I wouldn't need more than the 24 Ars Magica books I already have

and

2) joined a forum to play an Ars Magica saga online

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bad, bad Astramance... 

Very few people realise that part of the universe is actually situated in their own bedroom. I mean, we're talking about the cosmos, right? This huuuuuge thing. Yet we don't have to go far to see it.

iconoclass  and I are also fortunate to have a black hole in our bedroom. It's a small one, about 2 centimeters of diameter. However, I've settled it to absorb ( Read more... )