It must be at least four five(!) months since I last posted, but if I'm going to make another one of those fill-in lists I think I'll stick to the last couple of weeks, in which I ( Read more... )

» As of today I've been in NYC/Jersey for just over a week. The trip went about as hitch-less as any transatlantic journey, and arguably better than most; the back-of-seat TV didn't work for my row but I had three seats to myself, an iPod touch and a laptop, so I didn't exactly mourn the chance to see Green Lantern for free ( Read more... )

Happy Geek Pride Day (aka Star Wars Day, aka Towel Day, aka the Glorious 25th of May), everyone!

In commemoration, I tucked my TARDIS dishcloth (which, due to a lack of available blue cotton yarn at the time, is lilac) into my bag and spritzed on a bit of my mother's lilac eau de toilette, but I don't have any Star Wars paraphernalia right now, ( Read more... )

During Lunar New Year we put out offerings of fruit for our ancestors in a nice big bowl with a candle or incense burning nearby (but, apparently, with the stickers still on - I pointed out to my mother that this seemed tacky, but she ignored me). The deal is that the ancestors eat the “spirit” of the fruit, and at the end of the New Year we eat ( Read more... )

I've been so busy working out presents for other people that I forgot that in two days, I get presents.

Sweet.

Books (since last update, in no order):
» R.U.R. and the Insect Play, Karel and Josef Čapek
» The Mismeasure of Man, Stephen Jay Gould
» The Oracle's Queen, Lynn Flewelling
» Titus Groan, Mervyn Peake
» The Difference Engine, William Gibson and Bruce Sterling

Hero of the week (and also, just in general): the Grameen Bank.
Heroes: is a fun if not ( Read more... )