Scattered
Have been trying for some while now to Write A Review -
Edited volume, chapters covering a range of disciplines and a wide time/geographical spread -
I will admit, there has been a certain amount of procrastination on this, but also, a certain amount of, I think I have set time aside to crack on with it and -
- the temporary cap on my recently filled tooth came off, and they were able to fit me in at the dental practice to have it reapplied, but somehow that ate up significant parts of the day -
- and today I thought, I will just renew our Senior Rail Passes (why do they not send alerts for this???) which for various reasons, which I will not go into agonising detail about, but really, what is this thing that I cannot renew another person's pass that is already on my account??? and have to faff around and buy a new one instead??? And do not get me started on the sudden demand for information from passports which is the cryptic information from the bottom of the personal info page...
There was also unexpected phone-call from the Specialist Dentist to whom My Dentist had referred me and from whom I was really not expected to hear this side of Christmas to make an appointment re root-canal (o joy).
There was also the getting distracted by query on Twitter within Mi Area of Expertise, I Show U It, and we observe that certain people writing in the 70s/80s seem to have been perpetuating (without citation) a factoid that some author initially derived (but did not cite to) from, misquoting, A Victorian Porno. (Which is now available via Project Gutenberg rather than being something one has to go and represent oneself a fit person to consult in the Cupboard section of the British Library, o tempora, o mores.)
And, quite randomly, saw in the paper today that Wallis Simpson's divorce from her husband was 'a judicial farce', which, you know, I think we knew already it was an entirely put up job, like a very large number of divorces at the time, though I am charmed that there was a hotel which was not about the staff testifying to adulterous couples having morning tea in bed there, but getting sacked for grassing up guests being there with someone they should not. This entry was originally posted at https://oursin.dreamwidth.org/3018248.html. Please comment there using OpenID. View
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