It’s just dawned on me that my iPhone app has eaten 2 posts over the past week, so you guys are going to get a bit of a smorgasbord of what’s going on . . .

One was a post of gratefulness for a job that I don’t absolutely abhor - it is such a relief to have the kind of work where no one yells at you, the stress is limited in time and space and the ( Read more... )

One of my ex-teachers is working on her doctorate and needs some people to take part in her experiment. The only requirements are for "Native monolingual English speakers, who started learning Russian after the age of 12. The current level of proficiency has to be Pre-Intermediate/Intermediate - Advanced ( Read more... )

* warning, the below is very stream of consciousness, just roll with it and we'll all be fine. A small peek into my current frame of mind. Be not afraid ( Read more... )

after falling off . . .again. Not that life in our own personal universe hasn't been interesting mind you. Somebody needs to poke me when it's been more than a few days (let alone two weeks!) since I last posted. Last week's four day weekend was exactly what the doctor ordered (mostly lots of diablo, punctuated by tango, friends and art), but ( Read more... )

The Guardian has a neat article on this year's short list for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. I always get something of a hankering for short fiction in the summer; something about the heat due to lots of sunshine that shortens my attention span. And this list should do me just fine. Not only that, but will inspire me to get ( Read more... )