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This afternoon I've actually ticked some things off my longterm to-do list which was a good feeling ( Read more... )

I anyone else obsessively watching for news of the Rosetta mission? Philae is on its way down (land safely little robot!)

I currently have open the Philae2014 and ESA_Rosetta twitter accounts, BBC's live update page and of course today's XKCD which is updating regularly mostly with harpoon related comments *g*

On Sunday seiyaharris and I went to West End ( Read more... )

At some point this afternoon it suddenly occurred to me that a number of the things I've been mentally beating myself up about recently (forgetfulness, apathy, inability to sleep, inability to focus) might actually be somehow connected to the fact that work is making me ever so slightly stressed ( Read more... )

So... Nine Worlds? I had a fantastic, if completely exhausting, time and came away with quite a few books but even more book recs ( Read more... )

I'm working on my Yuletide requests and offers at the moment. I'm quite conflicted this year, weirdly the option to ask for up to 6 things has thrown me completely because I can thinking of 6 things I want to ask for but do I REALLY want all 6 or might I end up with a request I've put in as filler? So I'm determined that any requests will be ones I ( Read more... )

So presumably by now Mark Cavendish and Peta Todd are Mr & Mrs ( Read more... )

One day Livejournal is going to manage to properly communicate with us about a problem from the start and we will all know that the end times have come ( Read more... )

So far this year I have read a LOT more than last year, though possibly that's because I've just been on holiday and last year I didn't go till March *g* I've also finally finished the Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell which I've wanted to read for a long time. I'm not sure it has entirely changed the way I see the modern novel (As one review ( Read more... )

Christmas Day has been really rather lovely <3 Nice service this morning, lots of VERY wonderful presents including enough books to keep me going for a looooooooong time and some nice CDs to accompany them PLUS I will be getting a Doctor Whooves shirt when it escapes it's warehouse :D ( Read more... )