Apparently, Alice Liddell (the one who is linked with Lewis Carroll) was the daughter of the Liddell who co-authored the Liddell & Scott Latin Lexicon.

Huh.

Facts I never expected to glean from a YA horror novel. But I've checked it, and it's correct.

Huh.

(ETA: The book I am reading is The Lake of Dead Languages, by Carol Goodman. It's a ( Read more... )

So, in the last week or so, I've had massive family drama, total physical exhaustion due to activities I participated in to make other people have fun, my period, a friend's car getting towed from in front of my house, a canceled concert, and dizzy spells sufficiently impressive that I'm taking off work today due to inability to drive ( Read more... )

Part I ( Read more... )

Firstly, I didn't get a chance to post wishes for the new year - may all of you have a joyful, restful, peaceful, and wondrous year in 2009!

At midnight coming into the new year, we were at our local game store, which hosted an all-night gaming party. It was fantastic - we were there until about 5am, and it was fantastic.

We had a visiting angstnokami, ( Read more... )

Take the first sentence (or two) from the first non-meme entry of each month and put them together in a post ( Read more... )

I have finally put my teacher planner together, a la Levenger. It rocks my world. I have the best teacher planner EVER.

Also, my pen arrived. It makes me happy to write with.

Unfortunately, they also sent me a 20%-off coupon. Evil bastards. They know how addictive their stuff is, don't they?

I am also a total dork for fine writing instruments, but unfortunately I can't use fountain pens due to the state of my wrists and hands - I don't hold a pen the same way twice, and the result is that fountain pen nibs hate me. Which is a shame, 'cause I love them ( Read more... )

Random facts about me.
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( Questions and answers here, cut for length. )

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Those of you who have known me in real life for a long time will recognize this man. :)