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Poll Androids have feelings too

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Autumnal or vernal, depending on your hemispherical orientation.

Also, it is my birthday and this morning I opened my gifts with two eager assistants. We were all very pleased by the cuddly Jupiter which arrived without sender designation. Mystery sender has since been identified as Dear Friend Josh. \o/


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Last night I couldn't sleep because of this nasty throat infection, so I went downstairs to complain to the bloke about it ( Read more... )

I'm spoiler-immune AND I read the book before I went to see the film, so I will do everyone who is spoiler-sensitive a favour and simply put this entire post behind a cut.

( Spoilers, spoilers everywhere I'm sure )

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The bloke brought home an infrared camera from the forest he's doing experiments in at the moment. Naturally we set it up in the back garden overnight.

And we learnt we have hedgehogs!

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Less surprising was the discovery that we have a Telstar.

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Keiki and I spent two part-days visiting Smithsonians in Washington DC whilst we were staying in Silver Spring, MD, for dizzykj’s wedding. I’ve wanted to go to a Smithsonian (any of them!) since I read about them as a child, and I was as thrilled to be able to go this May as I would have been thirty years ago ( Read more... )