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In which there are signs, portents, and unimportants
- This is for lenores_raven in exchange for the inflatable pink unicorn. Hmm, which way to... DOOM?
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In which there are birds and blossom
- Watching parental robins at an urban railways station: the local robins at University station in Birmingham know which side their bread is buttered, and have begging from the commuters down to a fine art. I was eating my breakfast, a saffron fruit bun (translation from EnglishEnglish: a very buttery bread-textured roll with raisins, sultanas, ( Read more... ) -
In which there are interspecies interactions and computer mediated nonsense
- Reading: headline of the [random time period], "Dutch town terrorised by rogue owl"!!1!! "Residents in the northern Dutch town of Purmerend have been advised to take umbrellas out at night after a spate of attacks by an owl. Dozens of residents have suffered head injuries over the past three weeks at the claws of the rogue European eagle owl." ( Read more... ) -
In which there are London, Oxford, and the Rhubarb Tart of Omar Khayyam
- Tourist advice for London and Oxford please: it seems likely I’ll be in central London and/or Oxford for several hours in the middle of a weekday. It’ll probably be too cold for flanage, I’ll have a rucksack (under 20L but I know many places hate them), and I’ve probably seen all the major permanent museum collections (my favourites being the ( Read more... )
